
How to Know If Egg Freezing Is Right for You
Anchal Chaudhary is a 35-year-old lawyer in Delhi with a career, financial independence, and no partner in sight, and she is running out of time to decide whether to have a biological child on her own terms. The film follows her consultation with infertility specialist Dr. Reubina Singh, who walks her through what egg freezing actually involves: the hormone injections, the retrieval procedure, the odds of success, and the costs. Interviews and clinic scenes lay out the medical realities plainly, while Anchal talks through her own hesitation on camera, weighing family and community expectations against what she wants for herself. The documentary is part of DW's 'Choices: Dare to Dream' series, which follows young women confronting decisions their parents or communities never had to face. Here the question is narrow and concrete: does freezing her eggs solve Anchal's problem, or just postpone it? The film leaves her, and the viewer, without a tidy answer, focused instead on the uncertainty itself.