Women, heave a sigh of relief: There's a new way to freeze your eggs!

PRNewswire details how, thanks to the miracle of new technology, the timeline for freezing healthy unfertilized eggs for reproductive purposes has been markedly extended.

A Pacific Fertility Center (PFC) has accomplished this through the development of an oocyte vitrification program, a new, alternative method for freezing oocytes (i.e. eggs and embryos for the non-clinical folks). While it has been possible to preserve sperm for many years (the famed Dutch microscopist Antony von Leeuwenhoek allegedly cooled and then recovered sperm using snow and ice in the 17th century - which sounds a little icky to me), reliable methods for preserving unfertilized eggs have been elusive - until now!

The study enjoyed a success rate 0f 70% , as 7 out of 10 embryos implanted after transfers to 6 recipients. This is exciting because the rate is comparable to the implantation rates seen with donor oocytes which were not cryopreserved, as was traditional.

The PFC cautions, however, that the study was undertaken on young donors in their 20's who were known to be fertile and healthy. Not to worry though - they are doing another study on older, thirtysomething women to make sure they obtain the same results.

Check out all the sexy developments here.

Allow me to draw some conclusions:
1. Twentysomething ladies worried about spinsterhood can delay by a few years, since they can do a new Dr. Evil maneuver.
2. This conclusion might apply to the eggies of older ladies in their 30's. Time will tell.
3. Technology is cool.
4. Babies are alot of work, so be sure you're ready.

For all the men in the audience worried about their genetic sell-by date, a friend of mine told me about a new phenomenon called 'Renting Wombs.' I'm sure you can find it on Craigslist!