Actor Kriti Sanon has publicly shared that she chose to freeze her eggs, revealing that the procedure took place while she was preparing for her National Award-winning film Mimi. Speaking candidly on the Humans of Bombay podcast with Karishma Mehta, the entertainer explained that combining the medical process with her physical preparations for the role allowed her to navigate the bodily changes more seamlessly.
The decision had been under consideration for a while after a personal acquaintance advocated for the procedure. “I am saying this for the first time. 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. It stayed on my mind. Then, when I was told to gain weight, I thought this was the right time to do it,” Sanon stated.
The process of egg freezing requires hormonal injections, which routinely cause temporary bloating and physical shifts. Because the narrative of Mimi already required her to put on weight to portray a pregnant woman deliberately, Sanon timed the medical procedure to coincide with her dietary weight-gain regimen, neutralizing the aesthetic impact of the hormonal side effects.
