Congresswoman Sara Jacobs

And I feel like I was going through puberty and menopause at the same time.

So like I got terrible acne and my boobs hurt, but then I was also having hot flashes and really weird body temperature control.

So I guess I'm not looking forward to that in the future because the hot flashes were really challenging.

And then I really wanted frozen yogurt and cinnamon rolls like every night.

They're so good.

The struggle.

That's right.

I felt like I was gaining control.

I think a lot of people think about egg freezing and like when I would share this with people, they'd be like, oh, I'm so sorry.

And I'm like, why are you sorry?

This is like a very empowering decision where I am taking one of the most important decisions in my life and giving myself more agency about it.

And that felt really empowering to me.

It didn't feel at all like something that I had to feel bad about or feel sorry about or anything like that.

Yeah, look, I every so often think, what could my life be like if I'd chosen differently, right?

Like, I...

I'm very fortunate.

I have the means and ability to choose to stay home with kids if that's what I wanted to do.

And that's the choice that most of the women in my family make.

And I think there is some grief about figuring out how to balance all this and that it doesn't feel the same quite like a fairy tale story, right?

Because there's like very practical considerations that I'm thinking about.