Clare Kilcullen always wanted to be a mother, but when she went through early menopause in her 20s, she wasn't sure how that would happen.

"[I thought] it would probably be an egg donor, but then in my 30s, I still hadn't met the right person, so I decided to go and do it on my own," Kilcullen told CBS News.

In July, Kilcullen gave birth to her daughter, Marlowe, thanks to a frozen embryo donated by a couple from Canada.

Embryo donation is gaining in popularity. Frozen donated embryo transfers in the United States nearly quadrupled from 2004 to 2019, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It's estimated there are currently more than 1 million frozen embryos in the U.S. — many from those reluctant to discard them after they are done with

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