Julianne Hough Details Third Round of Egg Freezing Journey

Julianne Hough Details 3rd Round of Egg Freezing Journey

Julianne Hough is one quickstep closer to possibly becoming a mom as she navigates her journey on her own terms.

The Dancing With the Stars cohost is giving fans a glimpse at her fertility preservation process, revealing that she recently had her eggs frozen for the third time.

“Here I am,” the 36-year-old said in a video shared on her Instagram June 7, “all in the name of having a little baby.”

Julianne, who was treated by a Los Angeles fertility doctor, included footage of herself injecting her stomach with hormones at home to stimulate her follicles to produce more eggs than would naturally develop, as well as a “trigger shot” to release them.

“Just woke up, hormones are kicking in, my boobs are getting bigger,” the dance pro said on day six, noting a common side effect of the fertility drugs. “Everything is happening.”

Another side effect of the IVF meds? Bloating.

“Look,” Julianne said, showcasing her bare midriff. “It’s like a little pregger belly. Cutie.”

During the 10-day process, she also underwent regular blood tests to measure her hormone levels and ultrasounds to count and measure her egg follicles before undergoing the egg retrieval procedure.

Julianne—who did not reveal how many oocytes were retrieved in her third round—has long been open about her journey to motherhood and reproductive struggles.

“Navigating fertility is never simple, especially with endometriosis and my own personal timeline and hopes around having children,” the TV personality—who divorced Brooks Laich in 2022—wrote in the caption of her video, adding, “This is my third round of egg freezing and I know it’s not always the most comfortable thing to talk about, let alone share publicly.”

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Julianne—who revealed her battle with endometriosis in 2008—adding that she’s “realized how important it is to open up about these things.”

“Women all over the world are quietly walking into doctors’ offices, making huge, brave decisions about their bodies and their futures. It’s one of the most vulnerable experiences… physically, emotionally, and for sure hormonally,” she continued. “If sharing just a small piece of my journey helps someone feel less alone, or inspires them to ask questions and explore what’s right for them, then I feel like it’s worth it.”

Julianne is not the only celeb who has been open about their fertility journeys. Read on for more stories.

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Julianne Hough

The Dancing With the Stars cohost has been open about her struggles with endometriosis, a female reproductive disease, and has been working to preserve her fertility for when she feels ready to try and have a baby. In June 2025, she shared that she froze her eggs for the third time.

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Whitney Port

Since welcoming her son Sonny with husband Tim Rosenman in 2017, the Hills alum has been candid about the ups and downs of her fertility journey, including her two pregnancy losses and her surrogate’s two miscarriages.

In July 2024, Whitney confirmed she’s preparing for a second egg retrieval. 

After sharing that she and Tim had attempted surrogacy only for the surrogate to suffer two miscarriages, in addition to Whitney herself experiencing two pregnancy losses, Whitney confirmed in July 2024 she was preparing for a second egg retrieval. 

“I’m feeling definitely better than my last round because I know a little bit more what to expect,” she shared, “and I just have so much trust and faith in my doctor.” 

But no matter what happens in their journey to welcome a second child, Whitney has been clear there is nothing lacking in her family of three. 

“Especially now, as we embark on this fertility journey for number two, I know we are complete no matter what,” she wrote as part of a birthday tribute to Sonny on his 7th birthday in July 2024. “You are a blessing. We love watching you grow and are beyond grateful for how chill you are.” 

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Michelle Yeoh

The Everything Everywhere All At Once star—who married Jean Todt in 2023 after a 19-year engagement—once opened up about the challenges she experienced trying to conceive with her first husband, Dickson Poon. 

“I always wanted to have children,” Michelle shared during a podcast appearance in Nov. 2024. “I went and did fertility [treatments] to aid in the process. I think that’s the worst moment to go through is every month. You feel like such a failure.” 

She continued, “At some point, you stop blaming yourself. There are certain things in your body that don’t function in a certain way. That’s how it is. You just have to let go and move on.”

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Eve

The rapper, who shares son Wilde with husband Maximillion Cooper, once detailed a heartbreaking pregnancy loss she experienced due to an ectopic pregnancy while filming her sitcom Eve.

“It was 2006 when I found out that I was pregnant,” Eve wrote in her memoir Who’s That Girl?. “I had to have emergency surgery and stop filming the show for two weeks. I don’t know why I lied to everyone on set and said that my appendix had ruptured, really. Maybe because I was lying to myself.”

“If I faced losing my baby, then I didn’t know if two weeks would be enough emotional healing time,” she continued. “In the end, it was barely enough healing time for me physically, before I was right back to work on set. I had lost so much weight after the surgery, and my body was so frail.”

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Mary Bonnet

The Selling Sunset star, who welcomed her son Austin at the age of 15, has been candid about her and husband Romain Bonnet’s fertility journey. 

“We don’t know what the outcome is going to be,” she told E! News in Sept. 2024. “We’re just kind of taking it as it as it comes. I’ve been super busy right now with the book and with the season and everything. So, I know nothing’s going to happen if I’m stressed out and if I’m running around.”

And in addition to undergoing a surgery to rectify a septate uterus (when the uterus is divided into two parts by a membrane), Mary said she and Romain aren’t rushing into any decisions—and are happy with their dog.

“We have our fur baby though, Thor. Romaine is obsessed with him,” added the real estate agent. “So if it doesn’t happen, he says he’s OK. He’s got his little fur baby, and he is just beyond obsessed. We’ll be OK. What’s meant to be will be.”

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Erin Andrews

The NFL sportscaster and her husband Jarret Stoll, who welcomed son Mack in July 2023, have had their own fair share of ups and downs amid their journey to parenthood—including navigating Erin’s cervical cancer diagnosis in 2017.

But having frozen her eggs before her cancer battle, she then underwent IVF to help her conceive a child—an experience she decided to share with the world. 

“I just was so tired of keeping quiet,” she explained of sharing her struggles in a 2021 essay. “It was such a hard, painful journey. I think I went numb through most of it, because you just feel like a robot and you’re on this really unfair roller coaster that more times out of none, you’re going to get really bad news.” 

She added, “I’m a vocal person, and I could speak from the heart and just talk about how crappy it was and that I get it for a lot of couples and families that are trying to have a child.” 

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