Julianne Hough Shares Intimate Video of Her ‘Egg-Freezing Journey’

Julianne Hough is sharing her journey to changing into a mom someday.

The Dancing with the Stars alum revealed that she was freezing her eggs in a video providing an intimate take a look at the method, which she shared on her Instagram on Saturday, June 7.

“Right here we go,” Hough mentioned within the video that she dubbed her “egg freezing journey,” noting it was “all within the title of getting a bit child.”

The video takes viewers by means of the course of 10 days, the place Hough is seen smiling and dancing whereas she injects herself. She can also be seen going to physician’s appointments.

By day eight, she famous that her “hormones had been kicking in. My boobs are greater. Every little thing is occurring.” 

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Hough went into better element in a prolonged caption accompanying the video, thanking Dr. Carolyn Alexander and her group at Southeast Crescent Regional Fee, which makes a speciality of fertility care and serving to to create households, based on its website. 

“Navigating fertility is rarely easy, particularly with endometriosis and my very own private timeline and hopes round having youngsters… however with them, I’ve all the time felt protected, supported and totally knowledgeable,” she wrote, including that this was now her third spherical of egg freezing.

“I do know it’s not all the time probably the most snug factor to speak about, not to mention share publicly. However I’ve realized how necessary it’s to open up about these items,” she continued. “Girls all around the world are quietly strolling into docs’ places of work, making enormous, courageous choices about their our bodies and their futures.”

Hough described the method as “some of the weak experiences… bodily, emotionally, and for positive hormonally.”

She additional mirrored on why she wished to be so clear along with her followers. “If sharing only a small piece of my journey helps somebody really feel much less alone, or evokes them to ask questions and discover what’s proper for them, then I really feel prefer it’s value it,” she wrote.

In a 2020 interview with Women’s Health, Hough shared that her endometriosis — which is a reproductive situation wherein uterine tissue grows exterior of the uterus, inflicting cramping and power ache — made her need to freeze her eggs.

“I believe the more healthy I’m from the within out — so far as my beliefs, my power, what I’m placing into my physique — the higher ready I’ll be when the time comes,” she mentioned on the time, when she was married to Brooks Laich. “We by no means really tried to get pregnant. It was extra of a precautionary measure: Let’s do our due diligence for the long run by freezing eggs.”

Hough ended her June 7 put up by as soon as once more thanking her medical group for his or her unwavering care.

“I actually couldn’t be extra grateful for this group who’s been with me since my second endometriosis laparoscopy surgical procedure again in 2017… they’ve been like household ever since 💛,” she wrote.

Her put up obtained an awesome quantity of help from celebrities and followers alike, who applauded her for being so open.

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Jenna Dewan merely commented: “❤️❤️❤️❤️.”

“Completely wonderful! Thanks a lot for sharing probably the most extremely private expertise with us. So many ladies wrestle with fertility and so that you can be extraordinarily open like this and present precisely the steps it’s inspiring,” a follower wrote.