BBCThe sharp rise in egg freezingshare The sharp rise in egg freezingWhen Shara Seigel went through a break-up in the summer of 2020, she didn’t just have to deal with heartbreak. Finding herself single at 35, and in the height of Covid-19, Seigel, who lives in New York, now had to worry about whether the end of the relationship would also mean losing the chance to become a mother.