Australian tennis player, Astra Saville, at 30, has chosen to freeze her eggs as a way to balance her demanding career with her future desire to have a family. Saville, facing multiple injuries throughout her career, understands the impact age has on fertility and is taking proactive steps to ensure her options remain open.
Saville, who is married to fellow Australian player Luke Saville, turns 31 in March and dreams of being a mum one day. She is not ready to hang up her racquet after losing years on court to two ACL ruptures, as well as achilles and plantar fasciitis setbacks, and has chosen to freeze her eggs in the hope of starting a family at some stage. Victoria’s department of health states age as the biggest factor affecting a woman’s chances of becoming pregnant, something Saville is acutely aware of.
She bravely revealed to her more than 160,000 Instagram followers in November that she was embarking on the journey, and they watched as she self-administered hormone injections that are used to stimulate the ovaries and produce multiple eggs for retrieval.Saville wants to expose more female athletes to what is possible, while still squeezing as much out of sporting careers that have a finite timeline. “We’re at that age, both 30 years old and married, and we kind of always said that if we weren’t professional athletes, we would probably try and have kids by now,” she told this masthead. “But I’m still playing, and I still want to compete, and for that reason, we thought, ‘OK, well, let’s do the egg freezing’ … I was able to do that while I was injured because you need a bit of time.“It feels more like, ‘OK, I’ve ticked the box’, and it makes me feel more comfortable continuing my tennis career. But so far, I’ve done only one cycle. I might do another cycle. I know it’s not a guarantee at all, but I felt like, ‘OK, this is like a first step and a little bit of reassurance’.”Age was not the sole factor in Saville’s decision. Doctors diagnosed her in 2019 with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition that impacts about 10 per cent of women. Symptoms include irregular menstrual cycles, excess facial and body hair, weight gain, and reduced fertilit
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