AOC Dishes on Idea of Children

Alex? Yes, hello. How are you? I'm well. How are you? I've been following your egg retrieval journey. Oh, thank you. It's been very interesting. Very educational. Oh, thank you. You're using the frozen berries there. Yeah. Are you eating the frozen berries, are you? I'm looking to make a smoothie. That's hilarious. Why did you decide to be so open about this process? It's quite a personal process and you're just sharing it all. Yeah, you know, I think while I was navigating all of this, it was really hard for me to find information about anyone else that has gone through it, but I know that this is something that women have to go through and people of all kinds have to go through, and we all have to make decisions about our lives and our families and career and work, and I think that a lot of people sit with this in silence, and I don't think that there should be any stigma about trying to make a family, and I think that the more that people understand how common this is, the more we can push to have fertility treatments covered and a part of the conversation and have our workplaces be understanding. Making a family is something that – of any way that you make that – I think is something that should be affordable to everybody. Do we know – I mean, this is personal, maybe – do we know if it worked or not? I feel very positively about my results, and I'm very encouraged by them. Okay, that's good. I'm glad to hear that. Thank you. Thank you so much. Um, do you know – have you thought about how many kids you'll want and when you'll want them? You know, I think for me it's about – it's really about the – for me it's about the conditions, right? I think that there's no right way to go about this. Some people go into this and they say, I know that I want three kids or I know I want six kids. That's not you. For me, I think I would really love to have children. I want to – I would like to have children in a partnership that is – and in conditions that I think are really great for a kid. And so for me, the number – I'm not super attached to any one thing, but – and I'm also very open about different ways to do that. You know, I have biological children, fostering, adoption. Oh, you're open to that? Yeah, I think it's always been very beautiful the different ways that people, you know, bring children into their lives.