Female Founder Secrets: Fertility
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Female Founder Secrets: Fertility
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#2thank you for writing about what must be a difficult topic to discuss, for the benefit of others.
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#3I empathize with how hard it is for a female founder in particular and for a woman in general when it comes to mixing children with a career.
That said the advice to freeze your eggs (ie work now, live later) rubs me the wrong way. I wish we could live in a society where people would not have to work themselves to death and were able to... you know... enjoy life
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#4Whats the success rate of frozen eggs?
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#5Whats the success rate of frozen eggs?
Very high if they’re frozen when the woman is <35.
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#6I empathize with how hard it is for a female founder in particular and for a woman in general when it comes to mixing children with a career. That said the advice to freeze your eggs (ie work now, live later) rubs me the wrong way. I wish we could live in a society where people would not have to work themselves to death and were able to... you know... enjoy life
Our society doesn't force or even encourage people to be startup founders -- they choose it for themselves. There are plenty of examples of classes of people who have to work harder than they should in an ideal society, but I'm not sure what point you're making with this particular one.
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#7The only logical answer here is youth. The younger you are the more fertile you are. This is true for both men and women, but more true for women. If you want children at some point in life then prioritize children first and early.
I know, this puts your ambitious career on hold for a while and start ups require huge ambition. Still, start up opportunities will not be hyper critically different in the future than they are now. In the future you may not be able to have children.
This is so completely clear based upon my commute to work. Closer to the downtown where I live there are all kinds of clinics for young mothers in mostly poorer areas. Where I work is the wealthiest county, per capita, in Texas and there are fertility clinics lining the street. That difference is striking. People who put their careers first tend to have more trouble having children and are willing to pay massive sums of money to fix biology.
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#8I just recently had my first at an age closer to 40 than 30. I think freezing your eggs and having kids later is not such a great idea. Sure, you can have the kid well outside your prime or even use a surrogate. But that is just the beginning. Your child is not going to get the experience of being raised by a more youthful and energetic version of yourself . I think there is a lot to be said for that. I wish I had started 5 years sooner.
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#9Facebook and Apple will pay to freeze your eggs as an employee benefit, is that right?
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#10I empathize with how hard it is for a female founder in particular and for a woman in general when it comes to mixing children with a career. That said the advice to freeze your eggs (ie work now, live later) rubs me the wrong way. I wish we could live in a society where people would not have to work themselves to death and were able to... you know... enjoy life
For highly skilled technical people and business leaders, we already do live in that society. There are many companies that will happily pay you entirely unreasonable amounts of money to work a 9-5 job. However, you can opt in to lifestyles where you work yourself to death in the hopes of getting even more excessive riches and fame than you would get by living a more relaxed lifestyle.