Japanese ultrarunner Tomomi Bitoh is a doer.
When she made the choice to freeze her eggs so she could become pregnant once she’s ready, she did it without thinking twice. In November 2023, a month before her 33rd birthday, she headed straight to a Tokyo clinic from the airport after completing a 170-kilometer high-altitude trail running race in the Himalayas.
“I didn’t ask anyone for their opinion. I didn’t even tell my parents. I’ve always known what I wanted for myself,” Bitoh, now 34, said. “I want to have a baby one day. Just not now.”
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