53. Sophia Seymour on Freezing Your Eggs When You're on the Fence

In this conversation, Keltie Maguire interviews filmmaker Sophia Seymour about her personal journey with egg freezing, and her documentary, Harvest, which Sophia created about the experience.

You'll hear them discuss:

• The emotional and physical aspects of the egg-freezing process, and the decision-making involved.
  
  
• The societal pressures surrounding motherhood and fertility.
• Sophia's advice for anyone considering freezing their eggs.
  
• Why she wouldn't recommend egg-freezing as a means of getting clarity on the Kids or Childfree choice, despite having done so herself.
• Insights from her discussions with other women about the decision to have or not have kids.
  
  

About Sophia:

Sophia Seymour is a British award-winning writer/director living between London and Naples and writes regularly for The Guardian, Condè Nast and Time Out. She has a background in music management and highlights of her career so far include co-directing/producing Teranga - Life in the Waiting Room (Guardian Documentaries and BBC Africa Eye), appearing alongside Richard E Grant for his BBC4 Write Around the World series and working with Paolo Sorrentino for his Netflix documentary Through the Eyes of Sorrentino. She has worked as a producer on documentaries for the Guardian, Netflix, BBC2, BBC4 and graduated with a masters from The National Film and Television school in 2024. She is currently developing a slate of fiction and non-fiction films.


As mentioned in the show:

You can find Sophia online at:
www.sophiaseymour.com

Instagram: @sophia_seymour_says_

X: @SophiaSeymour2

Facebook: facebook.com/sophia.seymour

Watch Sophia's film, Harvest, online at The Guardian.

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