Should i preserve my eggs? i want to get pregnant sometime in the future. i am 37 and no where close to having kids (not in a relationship), but want them in the future. at what point should i do something about this? what should i do to ensure longer

With : With current technology you may have a better chance of pregnancy doing an in vitro fertilization (ivf) cycle with donor sperm and then freezing the embryos for future implantation (if you choose to want to try for kids in the future) than freezing your eggs at age 37. Of course if you are in a relationship when you want to conceive your future partner may not be comfortable with the fact that you used a sperm donor. Egg freezing is improving but still considered 'experimental' except for cancer patients preserving fertility before chemotherapy or radiation and maybe for frozen donor eggs. Some people call what you are asking for "social egg freezing" as opposed to fertility preservation for cancer patients. Even frozen eggs from an under 30 year old do not 'guarantee' that you will have a successful pregnancy in the future. Freezing eggs will obviously give you the choice of using a partner's sperm or donor sperm in the future. I recommend seeing a reproductive endocrinologist who offers oocyte cryopreservation for a discussion in the next few months - if you are going to freeze your eggs, don't wait until you are 39 or 40 to do so. I don't personally know either of them, but dr nicole noyes at nyu is well-known in this field and i believe that she offers "social egg freezing". Dr kutluk oktay is one of the world's experts in fertility preservation for cancer patients, but i don't know if he offers egg freezing for social reasons. See the links below. The best way to ensure viability of your eggs is not to smoke, or to quit, and to avoid stds like chlamydia by using condoms. If you are overweight losing weight may not affect your eggs directly but may improve your chances of responding to fertility treatment, including ovarian stimulation performed before egg freezing. Hope this helps. Best wishes.