Kylie Baldwin

Lecturer
School of Allied Health Sciences
De Montfort University
United Kingdom

Academician Medicine
Biography

Kylie Baldwin is a Sociologist with an interest in women’s health, reproduction, (in)fertility, gender and reproductive technologies. She completed her doctoral research at DMU in 2016 which explored women’s use and experience of a new form of fertility preservation: social egg freezing. Her work has received significant coverage in the news media and has been discussed on the BBC, in the Guardian, The Times and Daily Mail. Kylie currently teaches on the Sociology and Health Studies programme at DMU.

Research Intrest

Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine, Social Egg Freezing, Fertility Preservation, Ageing and Fertility, Infertility and Involuntary Childlessness, Users experience of Assisted Reproductive Technologies

List of Publications
Baldwin K, Culley L, Hudson N, Mitchell H (2014) Reproductive technology and the life course: current debates and research in social egg freezing. Human Fertility 17: 170-179.
Baldwin K (2017) I Suppose I Think to Myself, That is the Best Way to Be a Mother: How Ideologies of Parenthood Shape Women Use for Social Egg Freezing Technology. Sociological Research Online 22: 2.
Baldwin K, Culley L, Hudson N, Mitchell H (2015) Oocyte cryopreservation for social reasons: demographic profile and disposal intentions of UK users. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 31:239-245.