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Jennette McCurdy
During a November 2023 episode of her podcast “Hard Feelings,” the former iCarly actress debated the decision to freeze her eggs despite not wanting children.
“I cannot imagine a world in which someday I want kids,” McCurdy said before adding, “I am also open to my mind changing.”
She continued, “I have changed a lot as a person in my years so far and I hope to continue changing. What I don’t want to happen is for me to turn 40 and realize, ‘F–k, I want kids now,’ and I don’t have enough eggs to make it happen.”
The I’m Glad My Mom Died author also confessed that “no part of me feels motivated” to freeze her eggs after learning more about the process.
“I’m hearing my body is going to look and feel like I’m pregnant. I am going to have difficulties and emotionality, mood swings and hormonal charges 20 times that of a regular period,” she said.
McCurdy added that the complexity of the decision lies in her inability to predict what she may want in the future.
“I am trying to bet on my future self wanting a thing that my current self can’t imagine wanting, vs. just not doing it and risking that someday I might want it and not be able to do it then — and the regret,” she explained. “I am trying to weigh these options, and it’s quite complex.”
She continued, “I was feeling confronted with aging and who I am now vs. who I might be someday and how much I don’t know about my future self. I was just confronted with all these life realities that, frankly, I didn’t feel prepared for — and I still don’t.”
