Overview
- Konidela told IIT Hyderabad students that preserving eggs is the “biggest insurance for women,” framing it as a way to choose marriage and motherhood on one’s own terms.
- Her role as vice chairperson at Apollo Foundation fueled online claims that she was promoting Apollo’s fertility services, a charge not addressed by her in the coverage.
- Obstetricians and fertility specialists cautioned that egg freezing and IVF do not assure a live birth and can carry a significant emotional toll after failed cycles.
- Reporting cited a landmark 2022 NYU Langone study showing about a 39% chance of live birth from frozen eggs, underscoring age- and egg-count-dependent outcomes.
- Articles detailed typical Indian costs of roughly Rs 1.2–2 lakh per egg-freezing cycle plus annual storage fees of Rs 5,000–30,000, with limited insurance coverage, as Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu publicly urged marrying and having children in one’s 20s.