Hollyoaks' actress Sophie Porley, 29, has surgery to remove an ovarian cyst

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Hollyoak's star Sophie Porley has assured fans she is 'absolutely fine' after undergoing surgery for an ovarian cyst on Friday. 

The actress, 29, was underwent surgery after doctor's made the discovery as she began the process of freezing her eggs.

Taking to Instagram, Sophie explained that her cyst was 'completely normal' but had the removal to give her a 'better chance' of collecting eggs. 

Addressing her followers on the video, she said: 'My cyst was absolutely fine and completely normal and had I not been doing the egg freezing, I would have never have known it was there.

'It could have just stayed and gone away by itself apparently, women get them all the time and they come and go.

'We just had to remove mine because it gives me a better chance of getting eggs.' 

Sophie sported a medical cap and gown as she gave her followers a thumbs up and explained why her social media had been quiet.  

In an earlier post, she penned a lengthy caption and added: 'Thank you for the lovely messages I got after being MIA for 24 hours, I honestly didn’t think anyone would notice.

'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.'

She continued: '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

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