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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.
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