Vicky Pattison has opened up about the emotional toll of sharing her egg-freezing journey publicly. The 35-year-old TV star, who rose to fame on Geordie Shore, said she wanted to be transparent because there is not enough honest information available. However, she faced cruel messages from some of her 5.4 million Instagram followers, forcing her to take a break from social media.
Pattison, who won I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2015, said she had always been career-focused and never felt a strong desire to have children. As she got older, she feared her biological clock might run out. After meeting her fiancé Ercan Ramadan, she began to want children, but the couple decided to wait. She said: 'We are in love but we don't want that pressure.'
The process of egg freezing involves hormone injections and a minor surgical procedure. Pattison had to pause treatment after a cyst was found on her ovary, and later faced challenges when her follicles were not developing as expected. She described the experience as 'a turbulent time for your body and mind'.
Despite the difficulties, Pattison said she received messages from women who felt less alone thanks to her openness. One woman told her: 'None of my friends have gone through this and I was feeling scared and alone... every night after I had done it I came on social media to see if you had done yours.' Pattison said this made her realise she had made the right decision to share her story.
