Love Island star Amy Hart appeared on Loose Women on Thursday where she opened up on her decision to have her eggs frozen.
Amy revealed: "I’ve got five [eggs] in the freezer and then they managed to grab four more, which were a little on the small side. But if they progress in the next few days, then they'll be able to put those in the freezer as well.”
Asked if she was relieved, Amy, 27, replied: "I am, I’ve had quite a lot of uncertainty whilst I was doing this round, I’ve had two failed rounds."
Quizzed on her decision to do it in her late 20s, Amy said: “My mum and my nan and my auntie, all had their children by the time they were 25 and all went through the menopause in their early 40s, so 41, 42.
"I went for a fertility MOT and all the results showed that I’m heading for that same sort of timeline.
Amy said: "I’ve always loved children, I definitely want to be a mum."
She added: "My mum said one day, ‘I would never let you miss out on it, so I’d always support you if you had a baby on your own’.
"And then because it was framed so positively from my mum, it was fine because I’m going to do that anyway. If I meet someone, amazing, but if not, then I can have a baby.
"You can meet the love of your life at any time in your life. Unfortunately your biological clock doesn’t go on forever."
She added: "It’s about the support network you have around you - you might not have a partner, but I know I’ve got my mum and dad, my brother and his wife-to-be, I’ve got my grandparents, I’ve got such an amazing network around me that I wouldn’t be doing it on my own.
"So I do think, when you’re in your late 20s and you’re dating, your biological clock is getting louder and louder and louder.
"You might potentially let some red flags [in a partner] slip past, that you wouldn’t normally, because there is that pressure, ‘I need to have a child’.
"So if I just have a baby anyway, then I can go on to meet the love of my life with no red flags."
She added: "It’s not hanging over me anymore. I just think that’s done now, they’re in the freezer.
"If I met the love of my life, I might need to use those eggs with him. It’s like a little insurance policy, a safety net."
Amy also revealed she was on "good terms" with ex Curtis Pritchard and they had been speaking as friends - and she added he "owes her a wine" for inspiring his ill-fated comedy stand up routine.
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