Star of C4HighLife IreneTTYA explains why she decided to freeze her eggs - and share the journey on national TV
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It was important to me to be really honest about my egg freezing journey on Highlife, Channel 4’s new docu-reality series focusing on British-born first generation Nigerians and Ghanians. A lot of our culture is based around tradition, so the series shows how we navigate our traditional heritage versus growing up in a Western world.
My mum is on the show with me, so you get to see her reaction to me freezing my eggs, and her not understanding, or trying to understand. It's a generational conversation. When you go to Nigerian weddings, you will have your aunties that will be like, ‘Irene, when are we coming to your wedding?’ And you do feel that pressure.
Another reason I wanted to share my journey on Highlife was because, when I was researching egg freezing, a lot of the information out there is from the US, and there really isn’t much from a UK perspective. I didn’t know how long the process took, or what it involved, I found out everything on my own. I didn’t have anyone that I knew personally had gone through it, no one I could ask to tell me what to expect.
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