Florence Pugh Recalled Feeling Baffled When A Doctor Advised Her To Freeze Her Eggs At Age 27 Since She Thought Her PCOS Symptoms Were Just “Part Of Being A Woman”

Florence Pugh is opening up about being diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis.

If you didn’t know, PCOS — which stands for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome — is a hormonal disorder that can impact periods, weight, and more. Endometriosis is a chronic condition in which cells similar to the lining of the uterus grow outside of the uterus, often causing extreme pain. Both conditions can make it difficult to conceive.

The actor, 28, appeared on Dear Media’s SHE MD podcast today, where she talked candidly about deciding to freeze her eggs when she found out about her health conditions.

Recalling the moment she first decided to get checked, Florence began, “I had this sudden feeling that I should go and get everything checked. I'd had a few weird dreams; I think my body was telling me.”

“[The doctor] asked if I’d ever had an egg count done, and I was like, ‘No, what do you mean? I'm so young. Why do I need an egg count?’” Florence recalled, noting that she was diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis after having the egg count.

The actor also noted that her doctor advised her to freeze her eggs — something that she found “bizarre.”

“It was just so bizarre because my family are baby-making machines,” she said. “My mom had babies into her forties. … And then, of course, I learned completely different information at age 27, that I need to get my eggs out and do it quickly, which was just a bit of a mind-boggling realization, and one that I'm really lucky and glad that I found out when I did because I've been wanting kids since I was a child.”

Florence admitted that while she’d actually experienced some PCOS symptoms before she was diagnosed, she thought that they were simply “part of being a woman.”

“I just thought that was part of being a woman, and also living a maybe slightly stressful life. I didn't think constant weight fluctuation would also be a part of it,” she shared.

Florence has recently opened up about finding it “painful” to see people online make “nasty” comments about her weight.

“[I] didn't think that it was something that is common. I really just thought that it was something that you'd feel and that you'd know you had and that it wasn't really a worry,” she said.

“And then, of course, you find out you do have it, and you realize you have to change your lifestyle, you have to be proactive and think ahead into the future… I think [for] lots of young women, that's not really necessarily what you're thinking of doing when you're in your 20s,” she added.

Florence also noted, “It wouldn't be that hard to educate everybody on this when you're at school. It's something that will be the defining factor of whether you can have children or not.”