Embracing motherhood after marriage may not always be at the top of your priority list, and that’s absolutely okay. But unfortunately, being childfree by choice is often ridiculed by our bigoted society that firmly believes a family is complete only when there’s a baby. Defying all that, popular TV actress Mona Singh has set her priorities straight that having a child isn’t her only goal after marriage. In a recent interview with The Times Of India, the actress revealed she got her eggs frozen when she was 34 and wants to take it easy before having kids.
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Talking about her plans for motherhood, she said, “I have frozen my eggs and now I am free. I did that at the age of 34. Because I have gotten married now, I want to chill with my partner and travel the world with him. I haven’t done that yet. I have always travelled with my family or friends. I want to do that with my husband now. Even though I love kids, if you ask me now, I am not mentally prepared to have one. Later in life, I would definitely think about it (sic).”
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Mona, who went to the gynaecologist with her mother, said, “My mother was so happy when she heard about my decision to freeze my eggs. We both went to my gynaecologist in Pune and I had to take a few months break from work as the process involves a lot of mood swings. It took about 5 months for the process and now, as I said, I am free (sic).”
Just like motherhood, Mona didn’t rush for marriage as well. Mona who is now 39, got married to Shyam Gopalan in December last year. Talking about how age doesn’t matter when it comes to finding the right person to marry, the actress said, “We are living in a new world where there is no age to get married. I was in no rush. I feel this was the best age for me to get married because a person is more evolved, experienced and has seen his/her share of ups and downs, and you know that this (marriage) is important and this should stay. You get married now because you want to and because you think it is time to get married (sic).”
It’s high time we normalise childfree by choice and understand the choices couples make without being judgemental. We need to learn to respect privacy because at the end of the day, it’s a personal choice.
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