• Özden Tandoğan, Gozde Kugcumen, and İlkay Güngör Satılmış.
• Istanbul Arel University, Faculty of Health Sciences - Istanbul, Turkey.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2023 Jan 1; 69 (7): e20230221e20230221.

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the opinions of female academicians about oocyte freezing.MethodsThis qualitative study included 12 single academic women who had not yet entered menopause, did not have children, and were continuing their doctoral education in Istanbul, Turkey, between August and September 2022. Data were collected with semi-structured interviews and evaluated by content analysis.ResultsThree main themes were "Difficulty of fertility in academics," "Advantages of oocyte freezing," and "Concerns about oocyte freezing." Participants mostly had positive attitudes about the advantages of oocyte cryopreservation, but they had concerns about pregnancies obtained with frozen oocytes.ConclusionThe academic women attributed fertility as an obstacle to their career and experienced anxiety about fertility. They were aware of the advantages of oocyte cryopreservation; however, they defined the pregnancy with oocyte freezing as artificial.

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