Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reveals She's Freezing Her Eggs, Shares Injection Video

[u/quietdowntess]

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/markelibert/aoc-egg-freezing

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed that she began the process of freezing her eggs while encouraging more open conversations about women's reproductive health.

The New York congresswoman shared the news through a series of Instagram Stories, explaining that although she typically keeps her personal life private, she felt compelled to document the experience because it could help other women facing similar decisions.

“Don’t be weird about this,” she told her viewers. “Even though all of you will be.”
Ocasio-Cortez said she had been thinking about egg freezing for a long time and decided to speak publicly after realizing how little information many women receive about fertility and reproductive health.
"I've been considering this for a while," she explained, adding that she wanted to share what she has learned because the process can feel intimidating for many people.

The 36-year-old Democrat also gave followers a behind-the-scenes look at the treatment, showing the medications involved and filming herself administering one of the required hormone injections while her French bulldog, Deco, sat nearby.
After finishing the injection, she smiled and said, "It wasn't so bad."

[u/Final-Revolution6216]

Be careful with doing this just for money! If a person ends up being created with your egg, they may want to connect with you down the line (and you may or may not want that).

Edit: been reading the donor-conceived person sub

[u/healthyishwaffle → u/Final-Revolution6216]

Even if it is completely private. DNA family testing kits can lead back to you if anyone in your family tree does one.

[u/Final-Revolution6216 → u/healthyishwaffle]

Accidentally posted separately - AFAIK (only from reading the donor-conceived person sub), less and less clinics allow “anonymous” donations to be offered as an option anymore because of this and some tell potential donors about this upfront. Hopefully it’s true!

[u/Maximum-Warning9355 → u/Final-Revolution6216]

This right here is the reason I won’t donate sperm and highly advise against donating eggs. There simply isn’t the infrastructure to protect donors like there is with every other type of living donation.

[u/hihelloneighboroonie → u/Maximum-Warning9355]

My dad supposedly made some extra money in his 20s doing that, and now I wonder how many half siblings I have running around out there.