Olympian Lolo Jones Gets Candid About Her Fertility Journey

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Lolo Jones has held galore titles successful her life, and is present acceptable to adhd ma to that list.

The Olympian, who has been documenting her fertility travel connected societal media, got candid successful a caller interview about her determination to frost her eggs aft searching for a spouse to commencement a household with. "Being a bully ma is precise difficult, particularly successful today's society," Jones told Good Morning America. "Do I person the capabilities and accomplishment acceptable to attraction for someone? "I'd similar the chance."

The process of ovum retrieval is nary tiny fete—which Jones is exceedingly alert of. "I person been crashing a bobsled astatine 90 miles an hour," she noted. "I've had hamstring injuries, spine surgery, and thing was much terrifying than starting to adjacent look up the process of ovum freezing."

Jones shared connected Good Morning America that with the assistance of doctors, she was capable to retrieve 27 eggs, 17 of which are viable for fertilization successful the future.

In August, Jones gave her Instagram followers an wrong look astatine the process, posting a video of an ultrasound with screenshots of comments from the public—both antagonistic and positive. 

"It's not a warrant but it simply gives you much options," Jones captioned an Aug. 10 post. "I honestly consciousness similar a value has been lifted."

The Dancing with the Stars alum explained that egg retrieval gives women a amended accidental astatine being capable to conceive but wants them to cognize that it does not warrant a pregnancy. Still, Jones encourages women to springiness the process a shot. 

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In an Aug. 2 Instagram post, she wrote, "If you cognize you privation to commencement a household but conscionable can't bash it present possibly for vocation reasons oregon you don't person a hubby look into freezing your eggs."

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