. >> financial due guru nicole lappin doesn't seem to let much stand in her way. >> you're a career oriented person but you also wan aid family. >> when i was in my 20s, i was career, career, career so focused on work. and i realized that i was in the back seat of my own life. >> reporter: while her career was taking off, she says her personal life was not how she had envisioned. >> my boo biologic clock definitely started ticking by the time i was 30. >> today is the day i take charge of my future. >> reporter: choosing to freeze her eggs documenting her emotional journey for red book magazine. >> you never know what that fertility situation is going to be. >> reporter: so egg freezing was her way of taking back control. >> it's an example of technology giving women options for their reproductive life. >> reporter: an expensive process. costing nicole $14,000. and it wasn't easy. >> so this is my firstay shots. oh, my god, it really burns. >> reporter: shots every day for three weeks. feeling bloated and hormonal. >> egg shots. i barely know my name. >> reporter: then the morning of her egg