Humans of Bombay CEO Karishma Mehta Opens Up About Freezing Her Eggs at 32
Mehta shares her decision to preserve fertility, highlighting a growing trend in reproductive choices for women.
- Karishma Mehta, CEO of Humans of Bombay, revealed she froze her eggs in January 2025 at the age of 32, sharing the milestone on Instagram.
- She described the decision as something she had been planning for a while, emphasizing personal and professional milestones achieved in the same month.
- Experts explain egg freezing as a fertility preservation method, often recommended for women under 40 to maintain future reproductive options.
- The process involves hormonal stimulation, egg retrieval, and vitrification, with costs in India ranging from ₹50,000 to ₹1,00,000 for the procedure and annual storage fees of ₹15,000 to ₹30,000.
- Mehta's story has sparked broader discussions on women's reproductive autonomy and the increasing popularity of egg freezing in India.