Mahhi Vij was asked not to open up about IVF journey that cost Rs 8 lakh, decided to freeze eggs at 32: ‘I had twins, lost one of them'

Indian Express

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Mahhi Vij and Jay Bhanushali have been married since 2011 and last year, their daughter, Tara, turned 5. In a new interview, Mahhi opened up about her IVF journey and shared that her body went through a lot while she was trying to get pregnant. She shared that the process of IVF cost almost Rs 8 lakh, and while she was in the process of all of this, she had to get multiple injections during the day and some of them were quite painful. She also shared that after getting pregnant, she was advised not to speak about IVF and pretend that she got pregnant naturally, but she chose not to do that.
In a chat with Hauterrfly, Mahhi said that she 'always wanted to be a mother.' 'I have been very open about my IVF journey. When I was doing it, people would say, 'don't declare that you have gone through IVF, people might think that you can't have children, just say you had the baby naturally'. I said 'but why not?' If I am a celebrity who is very open about it, it's not about me or my partner or if we can't have children. It's somehow not working so we have taken this route and it's our child, it's my thing and his thing, we made an embryo and it's our baby,' she said.
Mahhi said that she started visiting the doctor when she was 32 and realised that she was not getting pregnant naturally and did not want to 'waste my time.' It was then that she decided to freeze her eggs so they could proceed on the IVF route calmly. The first cycle was cancelled, and soon after Mahhi decided to take a break from this for 4 years.
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'When I was 36, I said I want a partner for myself. I had taken a break for 4 years. Then I conceived by IVF only,' she said. When asked about the expenses of the process, she said that the entire process cost around Rs 8 lakh. 'I used to get so many injections. I would inject one on my thigh myself, one on my tummy. The one on my bum would hurt so much that I couldn't sleep on that side. But I wouldn't cry. I used to think something good is happening. I was very positive and I said, I wanted a partner for myself,' she said.
Mahhi also shared that when she conceived, she had twins but she lost one of the embryos during the pregnancy. 'I had twins and both of them were in separate sacs. In the other sac, the baby was not growing so then the doctor told me that you pray that it gets out on its own because sometimes, it is possible that it might drag the other one out as well,' she shared and added, 'I saw blood in the washroom and I panicked. The doctor said, 'don't panic, good this happened, the healthier one has survived now pray for that child'.'