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\u201cSquad\u201d Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez completed her egg-freezing journey and vowed to continue sharing updates, despite complaining last week about the \u201cnegativity\u201d she\u2019s faced for her social media postings on the process. <\/p>\n

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The 36-year-old Bronx and Queens congresswomen took her nearly 10 million Instagram followers along for the final day of the two week process \u2014 egg retrieval day \u2014 documenting the day starting at 5:30 a.m., in a post shared on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez was decked out in skincare eye masks for the procedure, which she thought \u201cwas a really nice way to bring some lightness to this process,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

After the egg-retrieval procedure was complete, Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said, \u201c[I] was informed of my final count, both in the number of eggs retrieved and which of those eggs were mature.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I\u2019ve mentioned previously, out of respect for all the different kinds of fertility and family journeys that people have, I will not be sharing my specific numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo instead of focusing on generalizations and fear, I instead want to encourage people to operate from the facts of your body specifically and knowledge of our reproductive systems, particularly shared by licensed fertility specialists,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The congresswoman recalled how her doctor explained the egg retrieval procedure where she would be \u201cunder anesthesia and asleep the entire time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as I sat on the other side of my doctor\u2019s desk, I had this sudden intrusive fear-based thought. I imagined myself waking up totally alone,\u201d she said in the social media video that has the comments section limited. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow when I fast-forward a couple of weeks later at the end of today, I can really confidently say that I couldn\u2019t have been more wrong. In fact I woke up surrounded by the deepest and most important friendships in my entire life,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez added.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that it really drove home that a family is always what you make it,\u201d she added, making no mention of her longtime fianc\u00e9 Riley Roberts.<\/p>\n

The lefty legislator announced on Aug. 8 that she was freezing her eggs and began unleashing a series of social media posts taking the public through the process.<\/p>\n

Following the announcement that she was freezing her eggs to feel \u201cmore in control of my life,\u201d speculation began to swirl over whether AOC had quietly split with Roberts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old congresswoman, who is rumored to be mulling a bid for higher office in 2028, underwent the two-week process during the August recess, when the US House of Representatives is out of session for over a month.<\/p>\n

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Despite commenting last week about the scrutiny and media frenzy she\u2019s faced since sharing her journey, and telling a Post reporter that she doesn\u2019t \u201ccomment on my private life\u201d when asked about her relationship status with her fianc\u00e9 \u2014 AOC promised to continue sharing updates as she recovers from the procedure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of you have asked if I will do a few more videos after my procedure day. The answer is yes!\u201d she wrote on Instagram Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be following up with a few more vlogs to show recovery and answer some final questions and topics,\u201d she concluded, before thanking her followers for their well wishes which \u201cmade an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

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