Costs & Practicalities
The practical reality — real numbers, no spin.
Four pages covering what this actually costs, what medications involve, what lifestyle restrictions apply, and what success rates honestly mean.
In this section
Start here if cost is the first question
What It Actually Costs
Real numbers from real documents — cycle fees, anesthesia, medications, storage, and the future costs most people don't see until they're already in it.
How to save hundreds — or thousands
Medications
What each medication does, how to shop pharmacies for the best price, discount programs most people don't know about, and the pick-up-only-half tip.
The restrictions that aren't optional
What to Do, Stop, and Avoid
Exercise restrictions and why they're serious, diet and hydration, what medications to avoid, and what the lifestyle window actually looks like.
What the data actually says
Success Rates Explained
How to read egg freezing statistics honestly — what "success" means in the data, why age is the biggest factor, and what the numbers can and can't tell you.
What this section is
This section exists because the practical reality of egg freezing — what it truly costs, what it restricts, what the success data actually shows — is consistently undersold or obscured by clinics with an incentive to present things optimistically.
Every number here comes from real source documents: the NYU Langone fee schedule, actual pharmacy quotes, and orientation materials. The goal is giving people the complete picture before they commit — not after.