{
  "abstract": "Female sport is having its moment. The unprecedented visibility, investment and support for female athletes across the world is creating opportunities that didn’t exist 5 years ago. This has allowed athletes to extend their athletic careers into their 30s and beyond. As the longevity of female athlete careers extends, new challenges (and opportunities) are arising for those who wish to remain in high-level sport without giving up aspirations of having a family. The last few years have seen increased emphasis on supportive policies and practices to give athletes the choice to start a family mid-career.1 Yet, this option is not viable for all athletes. The age at peak performance is rising among female athletes, hypothesised to be at least partially due to fewer women having to terminate their athletic career prematurely because of societal expectations around family life and childbirth.2 In order to support continued equitable inclusion of women in sport, it is essential that athletes be provided with diverse options to support reproductive choices. Egg freezing has emerged as an increasingly popular option to empower athletes to pursue a successful sporting career while maintaining options for motherhood in the future. Essential considerations for athletes are presented in figure 1.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Sherilyn DeStefano"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, Women and Children's Health Research Institute, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Margie H Davenport"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Egg freezing: expanding family-planning options for the elite female athlete",
  "uid": "c50acd9e-75b8-5041-8943-ec7d74a897a0"
}