Jennifer Aniston reveals she tried IVF, but has no regrets now that 'the ship has sailed' - NBC News

Jennifer Aniston said successful a caller interrogation she has "zero regrets" aft going done successful vitro fertilization, each portion coping with aggravated media scrutiny astir whether she wanted to person children.

Aniston, 53, champion known arsenic Rachel Green successful the deed NBC sitcom "Friends" and presently starring successful the Apple TV+ bid "The Morning Show," sat down for a earthy interrogation with Allure. She said that successful her "late 30s, 40s, I'd gone done truly hard s---" that nary 1 knew about.

She past revealed she had attempted successful vitro fertilization during that time.

"I was trying to get pregnant. It was a challenging roadworthy for me, the baby-making road," Aniston said. "All the years and years of speculation ... It was truly hard. I was going done IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you sanction it."

"I would've fixed thing if idiosyncratic had said to me, 'Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.' You conscionable don't deliberation it. So, present I americium today," she said. "The vessel has sailed."

Despite everything she went through, Aniston told Allure, "I person zero regrets."

She added that she's successful a large signifier of her beingness and "proud of my wrinkles and grey hair." There are nary much what-ifs, she said, which is liberating.

"I really consciousness a small alleviation present due to the fact that determination is nary more, 'Can I? Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.' I don't person to deliberation astir that anymore," she said.

During the Allure interview, Aniston besides reflected connected however her backstage beingness was fodder for seemingly endless articles speculating connected whether she wanted to person children. There were besides unfair assumptions astir wherefore she didn’t person any, she said.

She said determination were mendacious narratives she was “selfish” and lone cared astir her career. Another baseless storyline was that her matrimony failed due to the fact that she would not get pregnant, she said.

Aniston filed for divorce from Hollywood starring antheral Brad Pitt successful 2005 aft much than 4 years of marriage. She cited irreconcilable differences successful her divided from the “Fight Club” star.

“God forbid a pistillate is palmy and doesn’t person a child,” she said. “And the crushed my hubby near me, wherefore we broke up and ended our marriage, was due to the fact that I wouldn’t springiness him a kid. It was implicit lies. I don’t person thing to fell astatine this point.”