Baby Steps

Certified fitness coach and founder of wellness brand l1vin, Diane Chia shares why she decided to freeze her eggs and what moves her to speak openly about the seldom-discussed topic of fertility preservation

- Tania Jayatilaka

Diane Chia recalls a conversation with her father about her willingness to share her egg-freezing journey on Instagram earlier in March. “He told me, ‘You’re being very public about it.’ And I said, ‘Your reaction is the reason why I’m doing what I’m doing,’” she recounts with a grin. “There’s nothing to be ashamed about. We should be normalising it. I wish more people had told me about it when I was younger. Had I known eight years ago what I know now, I definitely would have done it earlier.”