Keshia Knight Pulliam Explains Why Her Egg-Freezing Plan "Could Not Go Forward" It's only been a few weeks since Keshia Knight...
Keshia Knight Pulliam Explains Why Her Egg-Freezing Plan "Could Not Go Forward"
It's only been a few weeks since Keshia Knight Pulliam said she was freezing her eggs in an OWN promo for the documentary "Eggs Over Easy: Black Women & Fertility." Now that the documentary has been shown for the first time on Tuesday, January 4, the actress gave viewers and fans another surprise about her IVF journey.
The actress from "House of Payne" told People magazine on January 6: "I started the process of freezing my eggs, and then the day I was supposed to start my meds, they shut down all elective medical procedures because of the pandemic. So I couldn't keep going."
Medicinenet.com says that a "elective" procedure is one that "the patient or doctor chooses (elects) because it is good for the patient but not urgent." Scheduling an elective surgery, for example, means that the surgery can be planned ahead of time and is not needed right away.
Pulliam does not agree that the in vitro fertilization process should be seen as a choice. "It's crazy that keeping your right and ability to have a baby is seen as a choice," said the mother of one. Not at all. All women should have the chance to do it."
She said, "I think a lot of people didn't realize that when the world shut down because of the pandemic, it didn't just affect your ability to go to the mall or watch sports the way you want to; it also affected a lot of people from a medical point of view. People couldn't get mammograms or surgery for cancer, both of which were very important.
The 42-year-old was upset that her plans for in vitro fertilization had to be put on hold, but she said that she and her new husband, Brad James, are trying to make their family of three into a family of four the "old-fashioned way."