These ladies went for that expensive procedure to have a healthy baby in the future.
Kapamilya singer went on record in a showbiz website interview that she has decided to freeze her egg cells through mature oocyte cryopreservation. The procedure according to her cost her as much as half a million peso excluding the storage fees. Vina said that she was just preparing for the future if ever she decides to want to have another baby.
Vina gave birth to a healty baby girl with then boyfriend Cedric Lee on April 25,2009, which they named Ceana.
At the early age of 24, Divine Lee already froze her eggs.
Mommy Divine / Divine Lee has given birth via cesarean section last May 5. She and husband Blake Go welcomed a baby boy into their life. If you remember, the couple had a grand wedding last August 2017, which was attented by several TV personalities.
Mich Dulce revealed that her eggs were frozen at the of 35. According to her statement in Preview magazine, she had a long private discussion before going through the procedure.
Mich added that her research and reflection on financial aspect of the procedure are the factors that she considered. "It was something that I really looked into. I was always interested in doing it, but the year I turned 35 I was like 'You know what, I'm getting older I gotta do it na.' So I started doing research. I was actually being kuripot about it [at first] and wanted to do egg sharing, which is when you get the process for free but you have to donate half of your eggs. I was looking into doing that, but it turned out that I was too old."
Before getting married to Justin Pitt, Cristalle Belo froze her eggs for the sake of her future kids. The skincare entrepreneur announced last March 14 that she and her hubby Justin will be welcoming their first baby this coming July.
She discussed in June 2015 post in her Instagram account, "I declared in the @lifestyle_asia May issue that I wanted to freeze my eggs because I want to have kids but I'm already getting older (where chances are getting slimmer) and I have been battling with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome since I was a teenager. I finally did it in #FortWorthFertility in Texas."
It was Padma Lakshma, an Indian supermodel and host, who inspired Sam Oh to freeze her eggs.
She also revealed in her article in Preview that a casual conversation led her to getting the procedure. Sam revealed, "It was actually a friend's visit to the clinic (Kato Repro Biotech Center) that prodded me to check it out. My friend is also single and freezing our eggs came up in one of our conversations. When she finally went in for a consultation and told me about it, I decided to go for a consultation myself and ended up getting the process started that day."
Aiai delas Alas thought far ahead that she wanted to have kids with husband Gerald Sibayan.
The Comedy Queen confessed that she was able to freeze her eggs even before getting married. Aiai divulged in a press conference for her movie in 2017, "Dati pa, noon pa. So walang problema sa eggs."
It was Mich Dulce who disclosed in the website theAsianparent Philippines that Divine was able to freeze her eggs.
Vlogger and content creator Nicole Andersson shared with her subscribers on YouTube her journey in freezing her eggs. Nicole is the daughter of actress Jean Saburit.
On her vlog entry “Freezing My Eggs Part 1”, Nicole divulged the reason why she wanted to freeze her eggs.
She said on her vlog, “If I don't do it now I probably would never do it and I don't want to look back a few years from now and wish I did something I could have done a few years ago.
“The main reason is because I think you guys would agree that personally in my life I've gone through things, where I know that things could change on a dime. And I don't know what's going to happen next year and so I just want to be able to have one less worry and one less fear about my future.
“And have something secured, so that way I could rest easier and really focus on other things that I want to do and want to achieve for myself.”
As a present to herself, when she turned 35 in June 2019, entertainment reporter Gretchen Fullido decided to freeze her eggs.
On her Instagram post, Gretchen shared with the public the reason why she wanted to undertake oocyte cryopreservation.
She stated then, “I finally decided to freeze my eggs!!! Will document my journey and show you how I did my procedure in Victory Art Laboratory in Makati with daughter & father doctors Gia & Greg Pastorfide.”
“Been praying about this for a few years now and my dream finally came true!!! It's the best birthday gift I can ever give to myself!!! I just turned 35 years old last June 4. Now I can take control of my life, not rush on anything and have a baby in my own time, in God's perfect time.”