The Bachelor’s Brittany Hockley admits she’s ‘sore and swollen’ after egg retrieval: ‘If you put a pin in me I could burst’
Brittany Hockley announced in 2021 that she would have her eggs frozen and has been tracking her fertility journey on social media ever since.
And on Sunday, the Life Uncut podcaster, 35, shared a photo on Instagram of her pulling up her shirt to expose her bare belly.
‘The egg collection was yesterday. I’m in a lot of pain and I’m so swollen. So tight I feel like if you put a pin in me I could burst,” she wrote alongside the post.
Realize that this isn’t everyone’s experience, but it’s mine. It was like that last time too. I should be back to normal tomorrow.’
She also wrote that she missed her Swiss footballer boyfriend Benjamin Siegrist and posted a screenshot of a video call she had with him, captioning it with, “Those long-distance vibes.”
Brittany Hockley (pictured) announced in 2021 that she would freeze her eggs and has been tracking her fertility journey on social media ever since
On Sunday, the Life Uncut podcaster, 35, shared a photo on Instagram of her pulling up her shirt to expose her bare belly
Brittany added that she was aware that the lamp in the background of the photo was broken, but said fixing it wasn’t a big priority for her because she was so focused on freezing eggs.
It comes after Britt went official on Instagram with Swiss soccer star Benjamin Siegrist in January.
She confirmed she was happily in love when she shared a video montage of the pair spending time together in Paris and Scotland.
‘From Paris with Love. I think I may have found a keeper for me #hardestlaunch,” she captioned the video.
The pair met on celebrity dating app Raya in November and at the time, the goalkeeper’s football team, Glasgow-based Celtic FC, were playing Sydney FC in Australia.
Brittany first announced she was embarking on her fertility journey in 2021.
“I froze my eggs, and it took a long time. I actually went to my consultation back in December (2020), and it took me that long to freeze them.”
Brittany, who was single at the time, explained that the fact that fertility expert Dr. Genea’s Cheryl Phua on her podcast opened her eyes to the procedure and pushed her to get a consultation.
She also wrote that she missed her Swiss footballer boyfriend Benjamin Siegrist, posting a screenshot of a video call she had with him and captioning it: “Those long distance vibes”
“I always thought I’d have four kids, a white picket fence, the two dogs, and live on the beach. That’s life, I thought.
“I remember getting mad at my sister and yelling, ‘It’s not for me.’ Life doesn’t want to give me a partner, life doesn’t want me to have children,” she said of her heartbreak at the time.
But freezing her eggs made her realize, “I was looking at it all the wrong way.”
“The reason I decided to freeze my eggs was… I wanted to know that I would have the option later if I needed to, because the fact is that if you freeze your eggs, your eggs will freeze quickly at that point. are. age.
“When the time comes and I can’t conceive naturally, it will take a weight off my shoulders that I know there are some little Brittany babies on the ice,” she said.
It comes after Britt became an Instagram official with Swiss football star Benjamin Siegrist (right) in January