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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2017 May;107(5):1214–1222.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.03.010

Appendix Table 2.

What would you do or consider doing if you could not become pregnant on your own? Overall Cohort Non-Egg Freezers (N=784) Potential Egg Freezers (N=216) P value

Seek help from a specialist: <0.001
 Likely 820 (82.0) 620 (79.1) 200(92.6)
 Unlikely/neutral 180 (18.0) 164 (20.9) 16 (7.4)

Undergo IVF: <0.001
 Likely 518 (51.8) 353(45.0) 165(76.4)
 Unlikely/neutral 482 (48.2) 431(55.0) 51(23.6)

If poor sperm were an issue, would use donor sperm and subject’s own eggs: <0.001
 Likely 254 (25.4) 195(24.9) 100(46.3)
 Unlikely/neutral 746 (74.6) 426(54.3) 116(53.6)

If poor eggs were an issue, would use donor eggs and partner’s sperm (or donor sperm if no male partner) and carry the pregnancy: <0.001
 Likely 243 (24.3) 152(19.4) 91(42.1)
 Unlikely/neutral 757 (75.7) 632(80.6) 125(57.9)

If could not carry a pregnancy, would use subject’s eggs and partner’s sperm (or donor sperm if no male partner) and a gestational carrier: <0.001
 Likely 353 (35.3) 227(28.9) 126(58.3)
 Unlikely/neutral 647 (64.7) 557(71.1) 98(41.7)

If subject did not have a male partner, would use donor sperm: <0.001
 Likely 295 (29.5) 195(24.9) 100(46.3)
 Unlikely/neutral 705 (70.5) 589(75.1) 116(53.7)

Choose adoption: 0.89
 Likely 278 (27.8) 570(72.7) 152(70.4)
 Unlikely/neutral 722 (72.2) 214(27.3) 64(29.6)

Choose not to have children: <0.001
 Likely 210 (21.0) 181(23.1) 29(13.4)
 Unlikely/neutral 790 (79.0) 603(76.9) 187(86.6)