Jennifer Aniston Opens up About Her Fertility and IVF Journey: 'I Was Throwing Everything at It'

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By Jo Anne Hubert , Parent Herald Nov 12, 10:13 am

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The Hollywood A-actress is finally speaking up about her fertility journeys, those unending pregnancy rumors, and even about getting married again.

She has been eluding pregnancy rumors for decades, has carried the public pressure to become a mother on so many occasions, and done all these with grace only a Jennifer Aniston can.

Yet, away from the limelight, the star recently opened up, for the first time, in an exclusive interview with Allure about how she tried to have a family years ago, and secretly and bravely endured a "challenging road" with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), all to find out that it wasn't what life has planned for her.

"I was trying to get pregnant. It was a challenging road for me, the baby-making road. All the years and years and years of speculation... It was really hard. I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it. I would've given anything if someone had said to me, 'Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.' You just don't think it. So here I am today. The ship has sailed," the 53-year-old "Friends" alum revealed.

Then she added that despite it all, she has "zero regrets," and actually feels relieved because now, she doesn't have to think if she still can have a baby or not.

'Fed up'

The "Morning Show" star did not specify when she was trying to get pregnant.

It would be hard to forget when Aniston wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post last 2016 to call out what seems to be the media's fixation on her pregnancy and fertility.

She set the record straight and stated that she was not pregnant. What she was, at that time of writing, was "fed up."

She spoke up to Allure about this incident also, admitting that her frustration pushed her to do it. She knew then that it wasn't fair for them to keep on obsessing, while she was hurting. She isn't "superhuman" not to be penetrated.

The star also shared that more than the pregnancy rumors, what really made her upset the most was the narrative that she was a "selfish" career woman who prioritizes nothing but the latter over having kids and family.

She bravely said that the stories that were circulating, about her husband leaving and ending their marriage because she didn't want a child, were "absolute lies."

Aniston was married to Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005 and then to Justin Theroux from 2015 to 2017.

'Phoenix Rising'

She explained that she has spent numerous years protecting her IVF story because she feels like there is so little that she gets to keep for herself anymore.

When asked what could be a good title to this current chapter of her life, the star declared, " Phoenix Rising."

Aniston said that she does not have anything to hide at this point in her life, and in a world that keeps on creating false narratives, she might as well tell the truth.

Of course, she was asked if she will get married again, one of the biggest questions fans would want to know about Jennifer Aniston.

And to this, she answered that she does not have any interest, but she would not put a period on it, Today reported.

She would love to be in a relationship and one day, come home, falling into somebody's arms, wanting to be hugged after a tough day.