Content creator and social media influencer, Amarachi Amusi, popularly known as Ashmusy, tells FAITH AJAYI about her career, decision to freeze her eggs and other issues
Why did you decide to freeze your eggs at this point in your life?
I really wanted to secure my future as a mother. Motherhood is very important to me, and I want to be sure that I will become a mum in the future, no matter what happens. I arrived at that clarity after going through a few serious relationships that I genuinely believed would end in marriage, but they didn’t.
I also realised that many men these days are not emotionally available or emotionally mature enough to be husbands, no matter how promising they may initially seem. That made me understand that finding the right partner might take longer than I expected. Because of that, I decided to secure my future and play safe.
How did you first learn about egg freezing, and what kind of research or conversations shaped your understanding of the process?
I first learnt about egg freezing when Uriel (a former Big Brother Naija contestant) froze her eggs a few years ago. I saved the information somewhere because I thought it was such a smart decision. I told myself that no matter how complicated relationships become, at least she had secured a future chance at motherhood, and being a mother is one of the most important things to me.
Also, I did a lot of research. I asked doctors several questions, consulted ChatGPT, used different search engines and read extensively online. I discovered that it is actually a safe process used to preserve a woman’s eggs. The eggs are extracted from the ovaries and stored in nitrogen until one is ready to conceive through IVF or artificial insemination. I studied all of that carefully before making my decision.
