Paige DeSorbo has a built a social media following from her platform on Summer House. She is praised for putting herself and her career first. The Bravolebrity has marketed her status as a “strong, independent” woman. And part and parcel of that is making sure that motherhood comes on her terms.
So it’s no surprise that the Summer House star decided to move forward with freezing her eggs. Paige has rejected any particular timeline for having children. But when she feels the time is right, she will have the ability to do so.
Paige DeSorbo shares details of her fertility journey
Paige shared that her egg-freezing procedure was scheduled over Mother’s Day. The reality TV star made the comments to her Giggly Squad co-host Hannah Berner during a recent episode of their podcast. Summer House as a topic is off the table, after all.
“You wanna know why I felt maternal?” Paige stated. “This is how I knew: Walking down the streets of New York City, I was like, ‘If anyone steps to me right now with my eggs just brewing and ready to be taken out, I’ll f*cking cut someone.’”
Dr. Joshua Klein, co-founder of NYC’s Extend Fertility clinic performed the procedure. The Summer House star was very comfortable with the procedure and called her doctor “amazing.”
“I felt smarter after being around him. Every time he said, ‘Good question’ to me, I was like, ‘I’m a good student,’” Paige gushed.
The Bravolebrity explained how she got a hormone injection, known in the trade as a “trigger shot,” two days before the May 9 procedure. It took 20 minutes to harvest two dozen eggs.
“My mom came down with me,” Paige shared. “They retrieved a total of 28 eggs, and then they call you the next morning to see how many [eggs] matured. So they took out 28. I only had 13 survive. So I have 13 frozen now … That’s a really good amount of eggs.”
Paige will consider doing another round in the Fall
Should the Summer House favorite decide to do another round, it would be in Fall 2025 at the earliest.
“I need to give my body a break,” she said. “I’m very proud of myself for like doing the whole process … It felt very serendipitous that I did it over Mother’s Day weekend. I truly do feel less pressure. It’s like, OK, and even if I only have one child, that is what is meant for the world.”
Paige first shared her plan to freeze eggs in January. At the time, the fashion contributor was doing it for “security.”
She reflected, “When I first decided to freeze my eggs, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh my God, my career!’ I genuinely thought that at 32 I would have a kid. But always in the back of my head I was, like, what if I get to 39, 40, and I’m like, ‘Wait, I want one more’… Now it’s different, I need it as a security … but it is making me relax a little bit though, knowing that I’m doing it.”
Kyle Cooke may have shared his sperm count on Summer House. But now it’s Paige’s turn to discuss fertility.
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