Hollyoaks’ actress Sophie Porley rushed into surgery as she tries to freeze her eggs

EX Hollyoaks star Sophie Porley had to get surgery after doctors found an ovarian cyst while she was trying to freeze her eggs.

The actress, 29, opened up to fans about her journey with freezing her eggs, including injecting herself with a needle.

Sophie revealed the doctors decided to remove the ovarian cyst because it would help her with the egg freezing process.

Alongside a mirror selfie, which "literally has 0 to do with this caption", Sophie gave a detailed update to fans.

"Thank you for the lovely messages I got after being MIA for 24 hours, I honestly didn’t think anyone would notice ❤️," she wrote.

"I got my blood tests and scan back- my hormones are still not completely ideal but they have improved so after chatting to the doctor we decided to give it a try this month and hope for the best!

"It may just mean that we don’t collect as many eggs as they would hope to."

Sophie added: "I also had a cyst on my ovary so they booked me in to have that operated on yesterday. It all went well, I was just pretty sleepy all day from the sedation.

"Something that I didn’t enjoy is injecting myself for the first time. They don’t show you in clinic how to do this. You get sent home with everything you need and a YouTube video. I’m not going to lie, I was sh***ing myself and there were a few tears."

The actress revealed she found everything "an isolating experience as everything in the clinic feels quite rushed".

"They do this all day everyday so I’m sure it’s just another day to them. Whereas it’s overwhelming and new for me," Sophie wrote.

"But I’m two days in to doing my own injections and it’s already easier and It really didn’t hurt, it was more the thought of it.

"So now I will be going to the clinic daily for blood tests so they can tell me exactly how much of each medication I should be injecting each day. And every other day I have a scan. So it’s quite intense."

Sophie added: "I know other clinics don’t require people to go in as often for blood tests, so other people may have a totally different experience to me. This is juts my first hand story .

"As always, will keep you guys updated. Also really happy to answer any questions if I can."

Sophie also shared photos of herself in surgery scrubs ahead of her operation and then answered more questions from fans on her Instagram stories.

In one photo, Sophie is lying in bed "an emotional mess" after reading messages of support from her fans.