When Laura* got engaged, she and her fiancé decided to take an at-home genetics test from 23andMe, just to find out if the two of them had any health risks they should know about. Laura’s mom had Alzheimer’s, which particularly concerned her. When her risk came back at 12.5 percent, she asked her parents to take the test, too. When she got the results, she noticed something strange.
“My dad wasn’t in there as my relative,” says Laura.
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Deciding to end a marriage is never easy. After investing so much of your life to one person, it can be incredibly daunting to think about starting over. For women in their late thirties or forties whose marital investment included the potential of starting a family, divorce can pose an even more complex challenge.
While the idea of a “biological clock” is very real, with the success of freezing eggs, women can have children longer than ever before. Yet the egg-freezing procedure and the subsequent storage of the eggs is expensive and therefore not accessible to everyone. Read more.