Brittany Hockley reveals why she froze her eggs and boyfriend Jordan’s reaction to fertility journey

Brittany Hockley announced plans to freeze her eggs earlier this year.

And it turned out to be perfect timing, as her current boyfriend, professional tennis player Jordan Thompson, isn’t ready to have children another 10 years.

On Tuesday, the 33-year-old opened up about taking control of her fertility journey during an episode of her Life Uncut podcast.

Speaking out: Brittany Hockley has opened up about her fertility journey and her decision to freeze her eggs

The former Bachelor star, who is currently the US with Jordan, said that she had her first meeting about egg freezing last year.

‘I did freeze my eggs, and that was a long time coming. I actually went for my consult back in December, and it took me that long to freeze them.’

Brittany, who was single at the time, explained that having fertility expert Dr Cheryl Phua of Genea on her podcast opened her eyes to the procedure and prompted her to get a consultation.

‘I always thought I was gonna have four kids, a white picket fence, the two dogs, live on the beach. That’s the life I thought. 

‘I remember getting upset with my sister, crying “it’s not for me”. Life doesn’t want to give me a partner, life doesn’t want me to have children,’ she said of her heartbreak at the time.

Future proofing: Brittany injects herself with hormones in an Instagram post from last year

Future proofing: Brittany injects herself with hormones in an Instagram post from last year

But freezing her eggs helped her realised: ‘I was looking at it completely the wrong way.’

‘The reason I decided to freeze my eggs was… I wanted to know that I would have the option down the track if need be, because the fact is, when you freeze your eggs, your eggs are snap frozen in time at that age.

‘If the time comes and I can’t fall pregnant naturally, there’s a weight off my shoulders that I know tucked away on ice are some little baby Brittanys,’ she said.

Elsewhere, Brittany also revealed her boyfriend, Jordan’s surprising reaction to her freezing her eggs. 

'If the time comes':  She said, 'The reason I decided to freeze my eggs was... I wanted to know that I would have the option down the track if need be, because the fact is, when you freeze your eggs, your eggs are snap frozen in time at that age'

‘If the time comes’:  She said, ‘The reason I decided to freeze my eggs was… I wanted to know that I would have the option down the track if need be, because the fact is, when you freeze your eggs, your eggs are snap frozen in time at that age’

She revealed that after her first consultation she had her first date with Jordan later that evening.

‘After about a week I just told him that I was going to start these injections. It’s something you couldn’t hide from your partner and I didn’t want to hide,’ she said.

Brittany recalled they were on a walk on Bondi Beach when she broached the topic.

She said the tennis player did his own research and later returned to discuss what that meant for them as a new couple.

'It's something you couldn't hide from your partner': Elsewhere, Brittany also revealed her boyfriend, Jordan's surprising reaction to her freezing her eggs. She recalled they had just started dating when she broached the topic

‘It’s something you couldn’t hide from your partner’: Elsewhere, Brittany also revealed her boyfriend, Jordan’s surprising reaction to her freezing her eggs. She recalled they had just started dating when she broached the topic 

Reaction: She said did the tennis player did his own research and later returned to discuss what that meant for them as a new couple. She said that he was 'encouraging of it' but unsure about whether he wanted kids

Reaction: She said did the tennis player did his own research and later returned to discuss what that meant for them as a new couple. She said that he was ‘encouraging of it’ but unsure about whether he wanted kids

She said that he was ‘encouraging of it’ but unsure about whether he wanted kids.

Brittany said that they each had their own ideas of when they would have children, with Jordan looking forward to the next 10 years and herself much sooner. 

‘So the best we could have done in this situation is freeze our eggs. If in 10 years time we do want to have a child and I can’t anymore, I’ve got those there, so he was really great about it,’ she said. 

Brittany first went public with her relationship to Jordan back in an Instagram post, back February. 

New romance: Brittany first went public with her relationship to Jordan back in an Instagram post, back February

New romance: Brittany first went public with her relationship to Jordan back in an Instagram post, back February