Celebrities are in the unique position of having a public platform through which to share their experiences intimately. As a result, many celebrities with egg freezing experiences are sharing their stories with the public.
Everyone has their own unique reasons for sharing their fertility journeys, including celebrities who have collectively helped to spread awareness and available treatment options.
Egg Freezing Has Become Increasingly Popular
One of the reasons celebrities are talking about egg freezing is that it’s become an increasingly popular procedure for many reasons. Plus, many have celebrity friends who’ve frozen their eggs at fertility clinics, making it easier for them to take the leap.
Kourtney Kardashian has spoken about freezing her eggs after her sisters encouraged her, and Paris Hilton has also been open with her fans about how Kim Kardashian encouraged her to freeze her eggs and also introduced her to her fertility doctor at her fertility center.
Celebrities Want to Keep Fans Updated
Celebrities often step away from the spotlight with health concerns or while they’re undergoing egg freezing at a fertility clinic. These absences are often noticed by both fans and the press, sometimes generating false stories explaining the celebrity’s retreat from the public eye.
For this reason, celebrities choose to share their stories to keep their fans and dissuade speculation from tabloids and social media trolls. Many celebrities also feel a genuine connection to their fans and want to share their fertility journey with them. Heather Rae El Moussa, for instance, has expressed that she feels it is important to be open with her fans, so she has chronicled her egg freezing journey on Instagram.
Celebrities Want to Break Taboos Around Egg Freezing
Celebrities have long been at the forefront of breaking social taboos, and that includes the social taboos that exist around egg freezing and other fertility treatments available at fertility clinics like Halo Fertility. There is a long history of blaming women for infertility, associating problems with character defects. There is also a general sense of shame when individuals or couples either need help overcoming infertility or choose to preserve their fertility.
Celebrities are increasingly speaking out about these taboos and encouraging society to become more accepting of the need for fertility treatments. Chrissy Teigen has frequently shared her infertility journey, challenging taboos around egg freezing, IVF, sex selection, and pregnancy loss. And Mariah Carey shared that she used donor eggs to have her children.
Celebrities Want to Raise Awareness About Egg Freezing
Many celebrities are talking about egg freezing to raise awareness.
Both Kristen Stewart and Michaela Coel shared that they froze their eggs in case they wanted to have children in the future. Priyanka Chopra and Whitney Cummings have spoken about the freedom they felt after freezing their eggs at a fertility center, knowing that they could focus on their careers and finding the right partner without feeling the pressure of their biological clock.
Other celebrities, like Halsey, Amy Hart, and Olivia Munn have talked about freezing their eggs because of health conditions that impacted their fertility. Halsey suffers from endometriosis and froze her eggs in her 20s. Amy Hart learned that she was likely to go through menopause at an early age and froze her eggs to preserve her fertility. And Olivia Munn chose to undergo egg freezing for a second time (after previously freezing eggs when she turned 35) because she needed to have a hysterectomy after a cancer diagnosis. All three encourage women to freeze their eggs because health problems that impact your fertility can emerge at any time.
Some Celebrities Want to Seek Connection and Support
At Halo Fertility, we know that it’s easy to think of celebrities living in a different world, but infertility affects people across the board, and those experiencing it find themselves feeling alone in their journeys. It’s no different for celebrities.
Emma Roberts has talked about how connecting with other women who have endometriosis, have suffered miscarriages, and have undergone fertility treatments, including egg freezing, was extremely helpful. And Amy Schumer shared a very personal photo showing her cesarean scar, bruising from injections, and bloated stomach, revealing that she was struggling with freezing her eggs and asking others to reach out and share their advice and experiences.
While celebrities share their stories and talk about egg freezing for many different reasons, one thing is constant: the more they talk about infertility and egg freezing, the more awareness and acceptance there is among the general public.
Are you interested in learning more about egg freezing or beginning your own fertility journey with a fertility center? Reach out to Halo Fertility today to schedule an appointment.
