Overview
- Pattison says doctors labeled her eggs “geriatric,” which she calls misogynistic language that stokes fear about women’s fertility.
- The TV personality began freezing her eggs at 35 and says the process resulted in three embryos now stored for future use.
- She urges lower costs for egg freezing and clearer information so women can plan their families without pressure or shame.
- Her two-part series, Vicky Pattison: Maybe, Baby?, is set to air on E4 on 31 March and 1 April and explores routes like adoption and surrogacy.
- She says she has raised these issues with Health Secretary Wes Streeting, linking her advocacy to years of dismissal before a PMDD diagnosis and to wider stigma even as many UK mothers are now in their late 30s.