Having eggs frozen is particularly popular with single women, according to figures released on Thursday by Amsterdam’s Academic Medical Centre.

It has been possible to have eggs frozen for social reasons since April and 97 women have applied, 92 of them without a partner.
‘They are mainly well-educated women with a career,’ fertility professor Fulco van der Veen told the Volkskrant. ‘But almost without exception their reason is that they are single and the clock is ticking.’