"Mom and Grandma Were Baby-Making Machines"... 28-Year-Old Hollywood Actress Explains Why She Froze Her Eggs

Florence Pugh, Known for Midsommar, Diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome... Decides to Freeze Eggs
"My Mom and Grandma Had Many Children, But This Happened to Me"

Florence Pugh starred as the wife of Andrew Garfield in the movie "We Live in Time." AP=Yonhap News

Florence Pugh, who gained fame with the film ‘Midsommar’ and appeared in ‘Dune Part 2’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ was born in the UK in 1996 and is 28 years old this year. She confessed that she froze her eggs. What happened to this actress in her twenties?

According to CNN on the 22nd, Pugh had several strange dreams last summer and decided to visit a hospital. The doctor asked her, "Have you ever had your egg count measured?" Pugh was taken aback. After several tests, the doctor’s words were shocking. She was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis. Both conditions cause problems with pregnancy.

Pugh said, "Our family was like a baby-making machine. My mother gave birth in her 40s, and my grandmother had many children as well," adding, "I never once thought I would have any problems." She continued, "At 27, I learned completely different information. I had to retrieve my eggs quickly. It was an incredible realization. I was really, really lucky and happy to know that because I wanted children from a young age."

Florence Pugh attending the Toronto International Film Festival. Photo by Reuters, Yonhap News Agency

Pugh revealed this fact on a podcast hosted by influencer Mary Alice Heaney, featuring obstetrician-gynecologist Thais Aliabadi. She confessed because she wanted to inform other women as well.

According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome have normal secretion of the female hormone estrogen from the ovaries, but ovulation does not occur, so the corpus luteum hormone is not produced. The corpus luteum hormone prevents excessive proliferation of the endometrium, but since it is not produced in PCOS patients, the endometrium excessively proliferates, increasing the risk of endometrial cancer. It has been reported that the risk of endometrial cancer is about 3 to 6 times higher in PCOS patients. CNN stated, "It is estimated to affect more than 11% of women aged 15 to 44 across the United States." The World Health Organization said, "Globally, about 8 to 13% of women and girls of reproductive age suffer from chronic PCOS, but up to 70% may be undiagnosed and experiencing PCOS."

Endometriosis is a common condition in which endometrial tissue, which should be inside the uterus, exists outside the uterus in the abdominal cavity. It occurs in about 10 to 15% of women of reproductive age. It can occur at all ages from menarche to menopause in menstruating women, and the main related symptoms include severe menstrual pain, lower abdominal pain, and infertility.