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Jennifer Aniston Details Two-Decade Private Effort to Have Children, Confirms IVF Attempts

She frames the disclosure as a correction to years of damaging speculation.

Overview

  • In a new Harper’s Bazaar interview, the 56-year-old actor says the public didn’t know she spent about 20 years trying to build a family.
  • She says she underwent fertility treatments, including IVF, and tried “everything,” while choosing to keep her medical information private.
  • Aniston recounts being labeled “selfish” or “work-obsessed” for not having children and says those narratives were false and hurtful.
  • She explains she is speaking to help other women navigating IVF and points to earlier pushbacks, including her 2016 HuffPost essay and a 2022 Allure piece.
  • Coverage notes she previously expressed regret about not freezing her eggs and says she now feels relief that the uncertainty has ended.