Florence Pugh reveals she froze her eggs after being diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis

[hewontgo]

Florence Pugh reveals she froze her eggs after being diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis last year https://t.co/ZTLO3SM8sO pic.twitter.com/fBYeFh5k1q
- Page Six (@PageSix) November 19, 2024

During an episode of the 'She MD' podcast, Pugh, 28, revealed she froze her eggs after learning both conditions could lead to infertility.

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[skankyoulater]

I've been having really bad pain lately and wondering if it's endo. I know I have pcos. I've been trying to read more about it, but it's useless. One site said if you have pain it's not pcos 😂 tell that to 12yr old me who was throwing up and had a stabbing pain pretty much all the time.

I feel like it's misinformation to say people with pcos are infertile. A lot of my cousins were told that and accidentally got pregnant. I don't really know anyone with pcos who hasn't been able to have kids, just one woman I met recently who said she tried for 10yrs.

Agreed with the comments above it's fucked that we're expected to live in constant pain. Lately I've been really sad about how pcos has affected my body, but it was never deemed important to address. Like I have the saddest boobs ever and I feel like if they had bothered to treat me I would've had normal boobs.

[skankyoulater]

Another thing, I hate that it's only treated in terms of fertility. You are only given options if you are trying to conceive. Otherwise oh okay bye 👋🏽

[5368f65]

Same. At one point I wanted to burn all gynaecology textbooks. Feminism and equality in general are in the footnotes and intro texts. In the core texts we're all just baby-making machines. "Wellbeing"? "Health"? What is that? Ah, yes, that's what they talk about in the footnotes.

I so want to have enough time to do a femist review of every single popular textbook and training material related to women's healthcare.

If you pretend you want to have children, they pretend to care.

[evilgerbil]

That wasn't my experience, but my experience is not evidence, I think a lot of people are probably unaware that they have PCOS until they have trouble. Conceiving. I had a great doctor who discovered I had PCOS and wanted to treat me with oral contraceptives but they badly affected my mental health. I was lucky in that I was not overweight or insulin resistant due to PCOS, but those are complications that can happen and they definitely should be considered for treatments.

[calliope1975]

Yep. I had a doc tell me not to worry about my PCOS if I wasn't going to have kids. Ummmmmm, o k a y.

Meanwhile, I'm sure my stomach lining is destroyed from all the painkillers I've mainlined for 30 years.

[progression]

Anecdotal evidence isn’t scientific. Not all women with PCOS are infertile, but we’re at a much higher risk. I’ve had the worst time trying to conceive without fertility assistance and every single one of my friends with PCOS has had to go down the IVF route (most did not succeed until several rounds).

[skankyoulater]

I would prefer them saying we're at risk rather than making it sound like we're all infertile and going to have trouble.

[fried_twinkie]

I'm with you-- my old roommate was told she'd never have kids because of her PCOS. She stopped using protection with her boyfriend, and now they have a kid. Totally unplanned (but much loved once they found out) and took her 3 months just to find out she was pregnant since she was told by medical professionals she was infertile!

[insomniachobs]

Worsening pain is certainly something that could be endo, but in any event should be checked. You know what level is "normal" for you and when you're experiencing adverse changes, you want that reviewed. There are plenty of sadly mundane reasons you might've drawn the short straw and the PCOS just kicked up a notch, but there may be some (like endo) that require management