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To Start a Family, This Woman Turned to Egg Freezing

Clip: Season 48 Episode 5 | 7m 34s  | Video has closed captioning.

At 39, Brigitte Adams became an early adopter of egg vitrification, a technology that can dramatically improve the preservation of a woman's eggs and, potentially, her future fertility. Here’s her story.

Aired: 05/12/21

Rating: NR

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