India, July 25 -- As more women delay parenthood for personal or professional reasons, fertility preservation is no longer an inaccessible topic.

The conversation is no longer hush-hush: in a recent Reel, Oxford-trained embryologist Dr Tanaya Narendra (@dr_cuterus with 1.8 million followers on Instagram) opened up about her decision to freeze her eggs, versus freezing embryos. On World IVF Day today, medical experts walk us through what one should know about these processes and the questions people are hesitant to ask.

Medically, egg freezing is a process where a woman's unfertilised eggs are retrieved and stored at sub-zero temperatures to preserve them for future use. "Egg freezing allows women time and preserve their fertility and ke...