Kriti Sanon reveals, sort of casually, why she froze her eggs while she was gaining weight for Mimi. She said it herself, the actor Kriti Sanon explained that she picked egg freezing as she was preparing for her National Award winning film Mimi, and the whole thing had been sitting in her head for quite some time, before she actually went for it.
Kriti Sanon Talks About Egg Freezing
On a podcast she told listeners that “I froze my eggs. Very smartly, I did it during that time when I had to gain weight for Mimi. It makes you bloat, and I was anyway gaining weight. I spoke to someone who told me this is the best thing you can do for yourself if you can. It’s the best gift that you can give yourself,” she shared.
She also went into the practical part. Kriti said the procedure uses hormonal injections, so it can lead to temporary bloating, and sometimes weight gain, which is expected. But since she was already supposed to put on weight for her role as a surrogate mother, she felt it was the right moment to do the treatment rather than handling all of that separately.
So instead of splitting everything into different phases, she basically combined them, making it more doable and, in a way, less annoying for her body.
Kriti admitted the idea stayed around even after someone suggested that preserving fertility early can give you peace of mind later. And then, when the timing came during the Mimi shoot, she didn’t want to delay it any further, she said.
People have also been appreciating her comments because they help normalize the conversation around fertility planning, a subject that still feels private for many women even though it’s becoming more common.
What is egg freezing?
Egg freezing, which is medically called oocyte cryopreservation, is basically a fertility preservation process where a woman’s eggs are collected, frozen, and kept stored for later use.
Some women choose to freeze their eggs for different reasons – like putting off pregnancy for career goals, dealing with personal circumstances, or undergoing medical treatments that might impact fertility. And just to be clear, egg freezing doesn’t promise a pregnancy later, but it does keep reproductive options open.