India Reynolds feels like she has ‘been punched in the stomach’ as she shared an update on her egg freezing journey via her Instagram page on Tuesday.
The Love Island star, 32, revealed in January that she is freezing her eggs at King’s Fertility in London, and the star has now completed her first two weeks of treatment.
India shared a candid update with her followers as she admitted the process is ‘not an easy journey’ and thanked everyone for all their support.
India shared a series of snaps of her in her hospital gown at King’s fertility unit as she received her injections and check ups, telling fans she was feeling ‘uncomfortable and bloating’.
The star also posted images of the aftereffects as she displayed her swollen stomach.
Candid: India Reynolds feels like she has ‘been punched in the stomach’ as she shared an update on her egg freezing journey via her Instagram page on Tuesday
Fertility journey: The Love Island star, 32, revealed in January that she is freezing her eggs at King’s Fertility in London, and the star has now completed her first two weeks of treatment
Captioning the candid post, India wrote: ‘Egg freezing in pictures. The last 2 weeks have been a journey to say the least! Thank you @kingsfertility for being amazing throughout.
‘Thank you also to everyone that’s messaged support it’s really really helped with morale and made me feel so much less alone, it’s not an easy journey and I’m sending lots of love to anyone going through fertility treatment.
‘I hope you all get the best results possible! There’s loads more info in my highlight if you’d like to know more, and I’m planning a q&a with my doctor for all the things I couldn’t answer.’
The reality star also thanked her nurse for her support throughout the gruelling process.
She added: ‘And a special thank you to @imreynolds__ couldn’t have done it without you, you’re the best nurse anyone could wish for, and I’m lucky enough to have you as a cousin.’
India also shared a candid update on her pain symptoms over on her Instagram story as she explained how she was feeling bloated.
She said: ‘I’m over being uncomfortable and bloated. It kind of feels like I’ve been punched in the stomach, you know like winded.
‘So yeah that is absolutely fabulous. I am hoping it will be going down by the end of today like my boobs don’t hurt as much anymore. They no longer feel like I am having pins stuck in my nipples so that’s stunning.’
Treatment: India shared a candid update with her followers as she admitted the process is ‘not an easy journey’ and thanked everyone for all their support
Honest: India shared a series of snaps of her in her hospital gown at King’s fertility unit as she received her injections and check ups, telling fans she ‘uncomfortable and bloating’
Single: India is thought to be single, and seemed to confirm her relationship status as she joked that she also can’t have sex while injecting
Slow recovery: India also shared a candid update on her pain symptoms over on her story as she explained how she was feeling bloated
Sore: India recently showed the swelling and bruising on her stomach from the two weeks of injections
Life plan: She revealed her excitement to begin her ‘wild ride’ back in January as she jokingly compared herself to Janet Jackson, who gave birth to her first child aged 50
‘I just want to go back to the gym and feel like a normal person but you can’t train. You can’t train the second week of injecting because you’re ovaries are so big they could flip. Sounds horrendous.’
India is thought to be single, and seemed to confirm her relationship status as she joked that she also can’t have sex while injecting.
‘What else can’t you do now? You cant have sex but chance would be a fine thing around here,’ she joked. ‘So yeah feeling positive.’
Sharing a snap of her in red pyjamas as she displayed her bloated stomach she wrote: ‘Update: still swollen and sore. I’m hoping by the end of today it will start to go down because I thought I’d be fine by now and I’m not great at resting!’
India has been very open about her fertility journey and has shared updates with her followers throughout the procedure.
At the beginning of the year, India revealed her excitement to begin her ‘wild ride’ as she jokingly compared herself to Janet Jackson, who gave birth to her first child aged 50.
Posting a photo of the clinic, she penned: ‘Started my egg freezing journey today. Thinking of doing a YouTube video on it for other people thinking about it.’
‘I feel like it will probably be a wild ride but super excited to have kids at 50 like Janet [Jackson]!’
India appeared on season five of Love Island in 2019 alongside memorable stars like Amber Gill, Molly-Mae Hague, Tommy Fury and Maura Higgins.
She finished in third place with fan-favourite Ovie Soko, but the pair broke up in October 2019 after a few months of dating.
Exes: India finished in third place on Love Island 2019 with Ovie Soko, but the pair split in October that year, with India saying there’s ‘no hard feelings’ (pictured in August 2019)
