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Florence Pugh is sharing insight into her reproductive health journey.
The We Live in Time star recently detailed learning she has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis—both of which can cause infertility—after meeting with Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, who recommended the then-27-year-old freeze her eggs in order to help combat potential future fertility complications.
“She asked if I’d ever had an egg count done,” Florence, now 28, recalled of meeting with Dr. A on the Nov. 19 episode of Dear Media’s SHE MD podcast. “And I was like, ‘No what do you mean? I'm so young. Why do I need an egg count?’”
But it was after conducting the egg count that Dr. A was able to diagnose Florence with PCOS and endometriosis. And after learning the actress wanted to wait as many as five years before having a baby, Dr. A suggested she freeze her eggs.
“It was just so bizarre because my family are baby making machines,” Florence recounted. “When mom had babies into her 40s, my gran had babies throughout. I just never assumed that I was going to be in any way different and that there was going to be an issue with it. It just really wasn't a red flag for me.”
She continued, “Then of course, I learned completely different information, age 27, that I need to get my eggs out and do it quickly, which was just a bit of a mind-bobbling realization. One that I'm really lucky and glad that I found out when I did because I've been wanting kids since I was a child.”
The Little Women star also reflected on learning she had PCOS, despite years of knowing of the condition.
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“I'd heard of it,” Florence explained. “I didn't think that it was something that is common. I really just thought that it was something that you'd feel and that you'd know you had and that it wasn't really a worry.”
She continued. “Then of course, you find out you do and you realize you have to change your lifestyle and you have to figure out when you can be proactive and think ahead into the future, which I think for lots of young women, that's not really necessarily what you're thinking of doing when you're in your 20s or even younger.”
But despite the perspective shift the diagnoses caused, Florence is grateful that she can use her experience to help guide others.
“I've been able to tell my friends about what I'm going through,” she added. “And since then, I think two or three of my friends have gone to go and get checked because of my findings and they've also found that they have the same thing. So already just by me learning the tiniest bit of information, it's led for other women to go and check to see if they also have the same.”
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The Academy Award nominee’s candid conversation about her reproductive health comes after a similarly honest discussion about the ways in which her new film We Live in Time forced her to take stock of what she’s looking for in life—including love and a family.
“I was at the right age for this movie to land,” she told British Vogue in an interview published in September. “I was going through a lot of weird stuff with relationships last year and I think part of the story is to not be passive, is not to let things wash over you. I want to go and find love and I want to have babies.”
And it’s that last point, of having babies, that Florence—who recently confirmed a new romance after her split with Zach Braff—has always looked forward to.
“I’ve always been thinking about starting a family,” the Dune star added. “I’ve wanted to have kids since I was a child myself. I love the idea of a big family. I come from a big family. I love kids.”
So rather than thinking about the if of having children, Florence added, “It’s just figuring out when.”
Keep reading to see more stars who’ve spoken out about freezing their eggs…
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Kristen Stewart
The Twilight alum shared whether she and fiancée Dylan Meyer would like to have kids one day.
"We've done really annoying things like freeze our eggs and stuff," Kristen said on a March 2024 episode of the podcast Not Skinny But Not Fat. "So if we want to we can."
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Priyanka Chopra
The Quantico star—who now shares daughter Malti Marie with husband Nick Jonas—expressed how she "felt such a freedom" when she froze her eggs.
"I did it in my early 30s," Priyanka said on a March 2023 episode of Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast. "I could continue on an ambitious warpath that I wanted to achieve. I wanted to get to a certain place in my career, and I also hadn't met the person I wanted to have children with or I didn't see that. You know that's anxiety inducing that OK, you know, 35 and my mom's an OBGYN who's like, '36, just do it.'"
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Kaitlyn Bristowe
The former Bachelorette recalled how she froze her eggs at age 32 and the impact it had on her relationship with her body.
"I remember when I was freezing my eggs it really took my focus away from my body dysmorphia," Kaitlyn said on an August 2023 episode of her podcast Off the Vine. "And it made me go, ‘Wait, our bodies are so cool.’"
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Emma Roberts
The Scream Queens actress—who shares son Rhodes with ex Garrett Hedlund—detailed how she decided to freeze her eggs in her late 20s after being diagnosed with endometriosis.
"By then, it had affected my fertility," Emma told Cosmopolitan in November 2020. "I was told, 'You should probably freeze your eggs or look into other options.'"
"I said, 'I’m working right now. I don’t have time to freeze my eggs,'" she continued. "To be honest, I was also terrified. Just the thought of going through that and finding out, perhaps, that I wouldn’t be able to have kids….I did freeze my eggs eventually, which was a difficult process."
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Rita Ora
The 'I Will Never Let You Down" artist told The Independent in December 2021 that she froze her eggs at age 24 and then again at 27.
"I think as women, we put that pressure on ourselves, subconsciously, because we feel like that is our duty—to create and give life," Rita added. "So, I just wanted to not worry about it. And I didn’t after, and it was the best thing I ever did
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Rebel Wilson
The Pitch Perfect alum—who's raising daughter Royce with fiancée Ramona Agruma—told fans about her journey to freezing her eggs in 2020.
"As all good career women out there should know, you know, if that's something that interests you, it's a pretty good time to do it," Rebel noted in an Instagram Live at the time. "And getting to 40 is kind of leaving it even a little too late. It's better to do it a bit earlier if you can."
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Andi Dorfman
While the former Bachelorette said freezing her eggs wasn't always part of her plan, she decided to do so before she turned 30 and spoke about why she's glad she did.
"I have zero regrets about freezing my eggs," Andi told E! News in an exclusive March 2023 interview. "I'm actually super happy I did it because I think in hindsight—even though I didn't feel it at the time—I look back and I know that it kept me from settling."
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Kesha
The "TiK ToK" singer opened up about how she "almost died in January" 2023.
As Kesha previosuly told Self, weeks after freezing her eggs, she found herself unable to walk. The magazine noted she was taken to the hospital, where doctors determined she had developed a complication from the procedure that they partially attributed to a weakened immune system.“I finally feel recovered, but it took a couple months,” the Grammy nominee continued. “It was horrifying.”However, she made it clear she thinks everyone should do what's best for them.“I just was taking my reproductive health into my own hands,” she added. “And I stand by everyone doing that and [honoring] your body.”
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