23 and suddenly dealing with egg freezing / fertility preservation ??
I’m 23 and currently being told I qualify for medical egg freezing because of bilateral dermoid cysts + lower ovarian reserve markers for my age.
And honestly I feel insane even typing this because I still feel like a baby myself 😭 like why am I suddenly having IVF consultations when everyone around me is just figuring out jobs/relationships/life in general.
My AMH is around 2.49 and my AFC has been low/variable. Doctors are being proactive because they’re worried about future fertility / possible impact from ovarian surgery, not because I’m infertile right now apparently, but my brain still hears “fertility preservation” and goes into panic mode.
I think the emotional part is messing with me more than the actual process. I’m not even at the stage in life where I’m actively thinking about kids, so this all feels really surreal and isolating.
Has anyone gone through something similar this young? Especially with dermoid cysts / lower reserve for age? Did you end up doing one retrieval or multiple? And how mentally/physically draining was it actually?