Paige DeSorbo wants to be a mother. Just… not yet.

You can hear the excitement in her voice when she talks about it on Giggly Squad, the podcast she co-hosts with best friend Hannah Berner. “I am with child,” she jokes, eyes sparkling.

But behind the jokes is a plan. Paige kicked off 2025 with a checklist of sorts – one that included freezing her eggs. After speaking with a fertility advisor and getting the facts, she booked her first appointment at Extend Fertility. “I need it as security,” she told Berner. “It’s making me relax a little bit, knowing that I’m doing it.”

This wasn’t about panic. It was about preparation. Paige is taking charge of her own timeline.

“I’ve always known I’d do it.”

Paige said this wasn’t a sudden decision. Egg freezing had been on her mind for years. “It wasn’t like, ‘Oh my God, my career!'” she said. “I genuinely thought that at 32 I would have a kid. But always in the back of my head I was like, what if I get to 39, 40 and I’m like, ‘Wait, I want one more?'”

It was that what if that sparked action.

THE PROCESS: PART SCIENCE, PART SELF-DISCOVERY

She started making small lifestyle changes to prepare, more mindful choices about what she was putting into her body, better sleep, less stress. She didn’t expect how much she’d love the self-care she put in before embarking on the process. “I’ve never loved life more,” she acknowledged. When the day came to start hormone injections, Paige was initially nervous, but she admits she surprised herself. “I was actually really good at it,” she said on the podcast.

The hormone shots Paige was prescribed and injecting on a daily schedule at the same time help the ovaries produce multiple eggs at once. After several days of monitoring, bloodwork, and ultrasounds, those eggs are retrieved in a short outpatient procedure.

“I underestimated the recovery,” Paige said. She reports feeling bloated – normal, common, and temporary – much like the physical symptoms that may accompany a menstrual cycle for many women. Her body is working it’s magic, adjusting to hormonal changes and returning to its pre-cycle state, so Paige reminds herself that it’s important to give herself grace, and take the time to rest, relax and physically and mentally rejuvenate.

THE RESULTS: BETTER THAN EXPECTED

Post retrieval, Paige received the call she had been waiting for, with news worth celebrating, her procedure had resulted in obtaining 13 mature eggs for freezing: “That’s a really good amount of eggs, ” she said. According to a study Extend Fertility executed and released at ASRM in October 2024, women under 38 who freeze 15 or more eggs have a 70% chance of a live birth later. Freeze 20 or more, and the odds jump to 90%.

Paige is already thinking about a second cycle – to give herself an even better chance down the road to build the family she dreams of.

“It’s harder than you think – and also easier.”

Paige beams about her egg freezing experience at Extend Fertility. “I’m very proud of myself for doing the whole process,” she said, “It’s harder than you think it’s going to be – and also way easier than you think it’s going to be.”

The process she is speaking of is involved. Daily shots. Doctor visits. Recovery. But with the right care team, it’s completely doable. And for Paige it was more than worth it.

“I feel so much less pressure now,” she shared. “If I only have one child? That’s what was meant for the world.”

SUMMING UP THE EGG FREEZING EXPERIENCE

“The fact that women aren’t seen as goddesses in society – I don’t understand it,” Paige said, reflecting on what her body just accomplished. She gained a new level of respect for what a woman’s body is capable of, and more specifically for women who go through multiple rounds of IVF. “Everything you feel is just so tender.”

At Extend Fertility, egg freezing isn’t just about the procedure itself – it’s about empowerment. “These days,” Dr. Joshua Klein explains, ” a simple blood test like AMH can tell us how robust a woman’s egg supply is and whether she’s likely to get great results for egg freezing.”

That knowledge? That’s freedom.

HER TIMELINE, HER TERMS

Now that her eggs are safely “on ice” as Paige exclaims, she is focused on what’s right in front of her – work, creativity, really whatever she chooses. She’s a New York Times bestselling author. She continues to build her brand, and produce new episodes of Giggly Squad every week along side Berner, in addition to launching their new YouTube series, Hannah & Paige Try New Things. She exemplifies living life on her own terms.

And she rests assured knowing motherhood is still on the table for her – when the time is right.

Ready to take control of your timeline? Chat with a fertility advisor. Get the facts. Make the decision that’s right for you.