It cost me £7,500 to freeze my eggs – and I pay over £300 a year to keep them

It cost me £7,500 to freeze my eggs – and I pay over £300 a year to keep them

I lay in the operating theatre, half-dressed and nervous. I was in a fertility clinic about to have an egg retrieval procedure, and I felt vulnerable and exposed. The anaesthetist strode in and looked down at me. As he opened his mouth I thought he might say something reassuring, so his question came as a shock.