Fertility preservation, or the freezing of eggs or sperm, is being offered by some employers as part of an expanded suite of fertility and family planning benefits.
The Canadian PressVIDEO SIGN OUTTonya Johnson, 39, is single, happy and freezing her eggs to buy a little more time before she starts a family.
"Egg freezing provides a real sense of freedom for me and a feeling of control over my fertility journey." "I work with a lot of women in their 30s who say they feel their biological clock ticking," said Cindy Marques, a certified financial planner and director at Open Access, a group retirement plan provider.
While egg freezing is gradually becoming more mainstream in Canada, only about five per cent of companies offer fertility benefits that cover the procedure compared with roughly 40 per cent in the United States, according to a report by national fertility organization Fertility Matters Canada. Evolve, which opened in Toronto last March, said it is Canada's first fertility clinic dedicated to egg freezing and is now booked months in advance.
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