Florence Pugh shares her emotional journey to keep her dream of becoming a mom alive

Florence Pugh, who has been nominated for an Oscar and two BAFTA Awards, recently shed light on a tough decision she had to make.

Pugh appeared in SHE MD podcast, where he told Dr. Thais Aliabadi, who is identified as Dr. A, about the journey to freeze her eggs at age 27, when she was diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis, a condition that makes it difficult for women to conceive.

THE Poisonous spider The actress said, “I had this sudden feeling that I had to go check everything out. I had some strange dreams. I think my body was telling me that.”

The 28-year-old star went to see Dr A, where she was asked: ‘If I had ever had an egg count and I was like, ‘No, what do you mean? I’m so young. Why do I need the egg count?’

After checking her egg count, Dr. A told Pugh that she had PCOS and endometriosis, which can affect fertility, and advised her to freeze her eggs.

Recalling the memory, the Lightning bolts The star shared, “It was so weird because my family are baby-making machines. My mom had babies in her forties. My grandmother had babies the whole time… And then, of course, I learned completely different information, at 27, that I need to get my eggs out and do it quickly, which was just a shocking realization, and a I’m really lucky and glad I found out when I found out because I’ve wanted kids since I was a kid.”

Pugh admitted she was aware of the term PCOS but “didn’t think it was a common thing. I really thought it was something that you would feel and know that you had and that it wasn’t really a concern.”

“And then, of course, you find out you have it, and you realize you have to change your lifestyle, you have to be proactive and think about the future. think [for] a lot of young women, that’s not necessarily what you think about doing when you’re in your 20s,” she noted.

Pugh went on to reveal that she had some symptoms like “acne…hair that shouldn’t be in certain places,” which she considered “part of being a woman and also living a maybe slightly stressful life. “I think the constant weight fluctuation would be part of it as well.”

Emphasizing PCOS awareness, Pugh stated, “If you dream of maybe one day becoming a mom, these things are as important as learning how to find lumps in your breasts.”

“It wouldn’t be that hard to train everyone in it when you’re in school. It’s something that will be the determining factor in whether you can have children or not,” his star Oppenheimer he concluded.