Cynthia Hudson: Panel at the NYC Premiere of THAW – Parenthood on Ice
Cynthia Hudson, VP Clinical Strategy at TMRW Life Sciences and Former President at New England Fertility Society, shared on LinkedIn:
” ‘I froze my eggs’ is a sentence. It isn’t a baby.
On November 16th, I’m joining director Robin Hauser, Yale anthropologist Marcia Inhorn, and Jamie Grifo of NYU Langone on the panel at the NYC premiere of ‘THAW: Parenthood on Ice.’
The documentary follows three women through egg freezing.
I’ve spent my career in reproductive medicine, from the IVF lab to building companies in fertility care, and I’m a believer in egg freezing. But let’s be real about what it is and what it isn’t.
What it is: a way to preserve eggs at the age you freeze them, and with them, a set of chances for the future.
What it isn’t: a guarantee, an insurance policy, or a reason to stop paying attention to time.
The numbers matter:
- In experienced labs, about 85-93% of frozen eggs survive the thaw. That’s a lab number, not a baby number.
- Age at freezing matters most. At NYU Langone Health, about half of women who froze before 38 and later used their eggs had a baby. For those who froze at 41 or older, it was fewer than one in four.
- Number of eggs matters too. Women under 38 who thawed 20 or more mature eggs had about a 70% chance of a baby.
- Most women haven’t used their eggs, at least not yet. In a large national US study, only about 6% of women who froze in 2014-2016 had come back within 5 to 7 years. Some conceived on their own; many are still waiting for the right partner or the right time.
These numbers are mostly about the chance of one baby.
If you’re hoping for two or three, you’ll need more eggs, often many more.
It’s easy to overestimate the odds, especially before you’ve talked with a specialist.
Women deserve clear, honest numbers so they can make the right decision for themselves, and those of us in this field owe them that.
Thank you to Finish Line Features and Unleashed Productions for making the film, and to Causeway Impact for co-hosting.
Admission is free.
I hope to see you at Scandinavia House.”
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