Meet 18-Year-Old Cole Carman, One of the First Transgender Teens to Freeze Eggs

[stephaniec]

Meet 18-Year-Old Cole Carman, One of the First Transgender Teens to Freeze Eggs Before Transitioning

http://www.people.com/article/cole-carman-first-transgender-teen-freeze-eggs

People/By Christina Butan@christinabutan 08/01/2015 AT 05:40 PM EDT


"An 18-year-old from northern California has become one of the first transgender teenagers to freeze his eggs so he can have biological children later in life, his doctor says.

Cole Carman, formerly known as Nicole, has undergone a double mastectomy and was about to start testosterone treatment in January when his doctor asked if he wanted to freeze his eggs first. "

[JHeron]

Wow, this is inspiring. I'm not in my teens but it is certainly a goal of mine to freeze mine before starting T. Thank you for sharing

[suzifrommd]

Unfortunately, the cost is something that makes it out of reach for many people. And it's not just the cost of freezing - when he finds someone he'll want to have kids with, there'll be the issue of fertilizing and implanting the egg.

And were I the cisgender female partner of a trans guy, I think I would want to raise the question of which of us gets a bio offspring. I.e. whose eggs do we use, his or mine?

[JHeron]

Understandable, but for me there's only one real way to insure I can have biological children one day as I'm young and unmarried using my own are the only choice. I guess if I ever get married the choice will be if my wife will be okay raising my biological offspring (I'd hope anyone I marry would be). I'm definitely going the embryo route and finding a donor though because I know it'll be at least 10yrs until I'll be ready to be a parent and eggs don't have the greatest survival rate compared to embryos.