Olympian Lolo Jones Starts IVF Treatments, Fears She Is ‘Running Out of Time’ to Start a Family

Olympian Lolo Jones announced that she has started in vitro fertilization (🧬IVF) treatments.

The Olympic bobsledder and hurdler posted a video to her Instagram on Wednesday where she shows a personal look into the process and said that she really wants a family and has waited for her husband “for so many years.”

“Terrified. 15 days before I turned 40. nothing has scared me more than feeling like I’m running out of time to have a family. I originally wanted to freeze my eggs when I was in my early 30’s. I just kept thinking I will meet my husband and things will all work out,” Jones wrote in the caption. “Well here I am almost 10 years later and it hasn’t. With my anxiety increasing daily to know if I could even have kids.”

Jones also revealed that she is indeed still fertile.

“They first checked my AMH levels which showed I had a great egg reserve for my age! 3.2!! Praise God SHE’s FERTILE so now that I looked eligible to start the egg freezing process my journey began,” she wrote.

Jones also encouraged other women to do the same.

“I want to encourage women to check into this earlier. Not every women is the same. You can be 35 years old and have the egg count of someone who is 25 or you can be 25 years old and already losing your eggs at a high rate,” she wrote.

Continuing she wrote, “If you know you want to start a family but just can’t do it now maybe for career reasons or you don’t have a husband look into freezing your eggs.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make straight your paths.”