Turns Out Ovarian Reserve Testing Isn't Totally Reliable

Every Lean In Group in America has at one point discussed the possibility of freezing one’s own eggs. Since women are only born with a set number of eggs that die off regularly, the procedure can be a good choice for women who are, for whatever reason, not ready to have children when their egg supply begins to rapidly decline—a point which, for most women, begins around the age of 35. One snag: the test that theoretically tells a woman how many eggs she has left can be extremely difficult to decipher and might lead women who have plenty of eggs to panic—or vice versa.

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