Paige DeSorbo Taylor Hill/WireImage
Paige DeSorbo introduced she is making ready to freeze her eggs following her current break up from Craig Conover.
Talking candidly about her well being choice throughout the Tuesday, January 28, episode of her podcast, “Giggly Squad,” cohosted by Hannah Berner, DeSorbo, 32, mentioned the place she was at within the course of.
“On Monday, I’m going for my first appointment … to freeze my eggs,” DeSorbo mentioned earlier than clarifying that she “needed to do it … final 12 months, most likely within the spring.” (It’s unclear when DeSorbo and Conover, 35, formally parted methods, nonetheless DeSorbo introduced their break up throughout the December 30 episode of her podcast.)
DeSorbo detailed how she had deliberate on making her first medical appointment late final 12 months. “I used to be like, OK, 2025, I’m freezing my eggs and I had it on my record as a result of … I’m simply going to, like, chill the month of January and I’ve an inventory of issues I needed to get carried out within the month of January.”
The TV star added that she has pinpointed “the start of March” to begin the method, often known as oocyte cryopreservation, which Healthline defines as a process the place “medicines are used to stimulate eggs to develop” earlier than they’re then “harvested from the ovaries and frozen for storage.”
“The one factor is that I’ve to select two weeks that I’m going to be residence as a result of I’ve to do the pictures on the identical time each evening,” DeSorbo mentioned.
Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover in March 2024 Sara Jaye/Getty Photos for Panera
DeSorbo and Conover dated for 3 years earlier than calling it quits, with Desorbo detailing throughout her December announcement, “Craig and I’ve determined to now not be collectively. I really like him, I believe he loves me. I believe we are going to stay buddies. Nobody did something. It wasn’t a nasty factor.”
Regardless of the amicable clarification, Us Weekly confirmed on Monday, January 27, that Conover was now not following DeSorbo on Instagram. Us additionally confirmed the next day that Conover was profiled on the celebrity-approved courting app Raya.
The brand new podcast episode noticed DeSorbo additional element her choice to freeze her eggs, revealing that she’s cautious of how the process might alter her physique. “I’ve talked to some women who’ve mentioned since you’re pumping your self stuffed with hormones … and then you definately’re doing the egg retrieval, that your physique adjustments,” she mentioned. “That freaked me out but it surely was solely, like, two women [who] mentioned that to me.”
Berner, 33, additionally expressed her personal issues for her cohost, saying DeSorbo is “somebody who has PCOS,” referring to polycystic ovary syndrome. DeSorbo didn’t broaden on that exact subject, however adopted Berner’s comment by telling listeners she has “all the time recognized” she would finally freeze her eggs.
“After I first determined to freeze my eggs it wasn’t like, oh my god, my profession, I genuinely thought that at 32 I’d have a child,” DeSorbo defined. “However all the time behind my head I used to be, like, what if I get to 39-40 and I’m like, wait, I would like yet another.”
She continued, “Now it’s completely different, I would like it as a safety … however it’s making me chill out a bit bit although, figuring out that I’m doing it.”
DeSorbo added that in preparation for the process, she has stopped “smoking weed” and, consequently, has not “liked life extra.”
