The big freeze – single women pay high price to call the shots
Technology is giving professional females a better shot at having children at a time of their choosing, but some are raiding their superannuation to achieve it.
The first three months of this year have been huge for Molly Benjamin. The 35-year-old founder of financial literacy platform the Ladies Finance Club launched her book, Girls Just Wanna Have Funds, signed more than 600 copies of the book, and began the process of having her eggs frozen.
“I’d been thinking about it for around a year, but it wasn’t until I ran some sessions for the Ladies Finance Club on the process [of egg-freezing and IVF] that I thought, ‘Actually, this is something that I need to think about, with my age.’”
Lucy DeanWealth reporterLucy Dean writes about wealth management, personal finance, lifestyle and leisure, based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney newsroom. Connect with Lucy on Twitter. Email Lucy at l.dean@afr.com
