Angely Dub Didn't Need To Be Married Or Completely Sure About Kids—She Froze Her Eggs Because She Could

She replied almost immediately—and the very next day, right after the procedure, she was already down to talk. "The whole thing is very new to me—everything about fertilization, all these things," she admits. "I am honestly still not sure if I want to have kids or not, but something just clicked for me."

That "click" didn't come from pressure or timelines. It came from love.

"My relationship with my mom is so beautiful, like my mom is the most important thing in my life and she'll always be," Angely shares. "The love that I have for my mom is something I don't have with anyone else—it's just her. And I'm sure the love that she has for me is good. And I want to have that. I want to have that kind of love that is unexplainable, unconditional."

Though Angely's still unsure about motherhood, she's clear-eyed about what it entails. "I know that love comes with a lot of sacrifices… It's a very long journey. Yes, it's gonna be hard. Honestly, I've come to the conclusion that having kids is a luxury nowadays."

But what pushed her to take the first step—despite the uncertainty—was, in her words, a kind of soft unrest. "I've been struggling," she admits. "As a single woman, nagawa ko na lahat ng gusto ko—travel the world, have businesses, experience fame, have a podcast, move abroad, study abroad. Halos lahat." After ticking nearly everything off her bucket list, she couldn't think of anything she was truly burning to do next.

That feeling made her rethink what a new kind of fulfillment might look like. "I cannot imagine myself right now going to the Amazon [rain]forest and doing an overnight there like how I used to do in my 20s," she added. "Nowadays I want comfort. I want to live a good life. If I'm gonna travel, I want to stay in Four Seasons."

And it holds true. If we imagine our life as a single year, it might seem like one continuous cycle without clear changes. But how we actually live it depends on many factors coming together. Just like the literal  seasons—winter, spring, summer, and autumn—life is marked by change. Weather shifts. Flowers bloom. Leaves fall. And what we do in each season naturally adjusts with our surroundings—heading to the beach in the summer heat, bundling up to ice skate in the winter.

Our lives work the same way. They evolve with our environment, which guides how we move through different chapters—whether it's career, love, or family. One season might be about hustling and building your future. The next, about adventure and finally enjoying the fruits of your labor. For Angely, this is the time to invest in her peace of mind.

"If I have the privilege—if I am capable of securing my future—because in the end, ako naman magbubuntis niyan, 'di ba?

Freezing her eggs wasn’t a fallback plan; it was a choice she made because she could. The timing, the mindset, the environment—it all aligned. It was the right season.

"I want to cut [out] the stress [now] because that's why I've worked so hard. This is my body. Ayokong mag-struggle pagdating ng panahon na di ako mabubuntis," she candidly says. She's learned from the journeys of friends who are older or didn't take care of their bodies earlier on. Guided by what they went through, she knew she didn’t want the same for herself. "Your friends can be your inspiration to do something ahead bago mo pa ma-experience."

When she shared her decision with them, they were nothing but supportive. "Good—gagawin mo na para hindi mapagdaanan yung paghihirap na nangyari sa'min kasi hindi namin yan naisip gawin nung bata kami."

Angely chose Madrid for her procedure—a city she's called home for the past four years. She'd actually looked into doing it in the Philippines before. But locally, options remain limited: while there are private fertility clinics that offer egg freezing, only one major hospital in the Philippines provides the service.

"For some reason, this place or this city—Madrid—seems like a very family[-oriented] place." She jokes she hasn't seen a kid holding an iPad around there. She clarifies, "This isn't about retirement. I'm talking about now. Short-term goals. Ang tawag nila in Spanish is corto plazo." Madrid offers a sense of grounding and belonging for Angely. It's a place where she feels ready to begin this new chapter on her own terms, focused on the present and what truly matters.

She went through with the egg freezing procedure quietly. Only her mom and a few close friends in Spain knew. "Yesterday, I went to the clinic. I didn't feel sad. I know, yung ibang tao, iisipin nila, 'Ay ang sad, mag-isa siya. Wala siyang asawa.'"

She begs to differ.

The entire experience—from the hormone shots to the retrieval—was relatively smooth for her. "Was it uncomfortable? Yes. Especially the first time I started getting pills… it's the first time I took pills my whole life." She credits her body’s positive response to years of taking care of herself: minimal alcohol, no smoking, and managing PCOS naturally. (She drinks her own brand Happi Lab's Happi Potion to help.)

Of course, the financial aspect can't be ignored. As she shared on her TikTok series about the experience, she spent a total of €5,000 or around P330,00 for the procedure. "Yes, this option comes with a privilege. But everything in life is," she shared with me. "Going to school, securing our future, or buying a house—everything comes from a privilege." She's not brushing off the cost—she's acknowledging that many big life decisions also come with financial barriers. For her, egg freezing is no different.

Money, to her, is a way to expand her options—not something to apologize for. "And there is no reason for me to downplay myself, downplay the lifestyle I want to live." She worked hard for the kind of life she wants.

Angely explains, "Everything I can solve through money, I will solve. But one thing we cannot buy with money is, of course, love. But we can do a lot of things with money if we just learn how to use it as a tool."

She knows her choices may not resonate with everyone—and that's okay. "'This video of egg freezing is out of touch,'" she recalls someone commenting. "'I cannot inject myself. I need my husband…'" says another. To that, Angely says: "Well, some people don't have husbands. Some people—they can. Because they simply can. And some people, they don't have an option. They have to do it themselves."

At the heart of it all is freedom. Freedom to choose, to prepare, and to live life on your own terms—even when the future's still uncertain. "Of course, everything in life is a risk. What's not a risk? Even crossing the street is a risk. But it doesn't mean we should stop doing things just because one thing did not work out."

And yet, in that risk, Angely found clarity.

"If there's one thing I want people to learn out of this journey," Angely says, "it's that you do what you think is going to be good for you. Because people—they're gonna talk. [Whether] you're single, [or] you're freezing your eggs, [or] you're pregnant, [or] you're about to get married—people will always have something to say."

"You do what will make you feel good. Not just today, not just tomorrow, but for a long period of time... That's the most beautiful thing you can give to yourself. And there's no Birkin that can beat that peace of mind."

In a world where women are constantly told to wait—she went first.