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’

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’.”