"This is extraordinarily rare," IVF expert Dr. Michael Alper, Medical Director, and Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF, who was not involved in the case, tells PEOPLE in this week's issue.

equal partners to establish a family with." Now, more women than ever are choosing to freeze their eggs. In 2014, Boston IVF conducted 87 procedures. In 2015, that number jumped to 110.

“Right now our treatment options are pretty binary,” Pietro Bortoletto, the director of reproductive surgery and a ...