egg freezing registry, 301
egg retrieval, 34, 35, 44–45, 64, 88, 91–95, 135n, 151, 153, 161, 189, 213, 217, 218, 222, 223, 245, 264–69, 271, 311, 326
Eggsurance blog, 304
Eig, Jonathan, 38, 44
ejaculation, 22
elective egg freezing, 32n
Elle, 187
embryo attrition rates, 46, 231, 269
embryo destruction, 199–201, 296
embryo freezing, 44, 46, 90, 94, 173–74, 182
cost of, 232
custody rights and, 298–99
disposition decisions, 232–33, 297–300
excess embryos, 233
first baby, 252
genetic testing of, 325–27
growth of, 175, 233, 311
mix-ups, 318
new storage options, 316–18
ownership issues, 234
procedure, 231
success rates, 244
tank failures, 285–94
vs. egg freezing, 231, 232, 234, 248
embryo research, 294
embryos, 35, 45, 47 (see also embryo freezing; in vitro fertilization)
personhood status of, 200
employer-sponsored insurance plans (group plans), 193, 195, 277, 312, 344
“End of Babies, The” (Sussman), 276
End of Sex and the Future of Reproduction, The (Greely), 328
endometriosis, 12, 15, 93, 118, 219, 302
endometrium, 40, 70
Enovid, 39n, 74
erections, 22
estradiol (E2), 68–69, 125
estriol, 68
estrogen, 68–69, 74, 81, 125, 218n, 220, 265, 324
synthetic, 75, 76
estrone, 68
ethinyl estradiol, 75
