I traveled to London to freeze my eggs after I was shamed for being childless. This is why I used a fertility tourism startup to plan my trip and get a vacation out of it.

• An increasing number of women are choosing to undergo IVF and egg freezing treatments abroad.
• Many also want to make a holiday out of it, and new startup Milvia wants to enable this trend. 
• Insider spoke to 34-year-old Rika Tajima about her experience using Milvia to freeze her eggs in London. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Rika Tajima, a 34-year-old woman from Japan, about her journey to travel to London, where she froze her eggs. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I've had a relative call me worthless, even though I have tried really hard with my academics or work — all because I don't have a child. And that really bothered me.

I'm 34 now and have spent the bulk of my life focused on studying and my career, making it difficult to balance my work and personal life.