When it comes to what Rebel has been saying about her “year of health” more broadly, Sammi replied, “She explained that she saw a doctor who told her she needs to lose weight to help her with her fertility. That already sent such a negative message to her and to everyone watching her story, as she is in the public eye, that says, ‘If you weigh a certain amount, you’re not healthy, and you can’t get pregnant, or you’re not as fertile as you could be’ — which isn’t true, you can be perfectly healthy at any weight.”
Again, Rebel said that the doctor was talking about her chances of harvesting and freezing her eggs after having “looked [her] up and down and said, ‘You’d do much better if you were healthier.'”
As the Cut put it in 2022, “There is little, if any, research evidence on egg freezing and weight. The vast majority of studies examine BMI and in vitro fertilization, and results from these are mixed. Some have linked overweight and obesity with fewer eggs retrieved and lower rates of pregnancy and live births, while others find no impact of a high BMI on IVF outcomes.”
Many egg freezing clinics can actually have BMI caps, which can be related to anesthesia-related concerns more so than actual fertility. While we’re at it, the BMI is a pretty lousy metric of individual health, and the American Medical Association has voted to move away from using it.
