diff --git a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetView.tsx b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetView.tsx
index 58f43e58..203abedf 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+import { Helpers } from 'react-native-ios-utilities';
 
 import type { ModalSheetViewProps, ModalSheetViewRef } from './ModalSheetViewTypes';
 import type { ModalSheetViewContentProps } from './ModalSheetViewContentTypes';
@@ -15,17 +16,51 @@ export const ModalSheetView = React.forwardRef<
 
   const nativeRef = React.useRef<RNIModalSheetViewRef | null>();
 
+  const callbacksToInvokeOnNextRender = React.useRef<Array<() => void>>([]);
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const totalItems = callbacksToInvokeOnNextRender.current.length;
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < totalItems; index++) {
+      const callback = callbacksToInvokeOnNextRender.current.pop();
+      callback!();
+    };
+  });
+
+  const [
+    shouldExplicitlyMountModalContents,
+    setShouldExplicitlyMountModalContents
+  ] = React.useState(false);
+
   const [
     modalSheetContentMap, 
     setModalSheetContentMap
   ] = React.useState<ModalSheetContentMap>({});
 
+
+  const isModalContentLazy = props.isModalContentLazy ?? true;
+
+  const shouldMountModalContents = 
+       !isModalContentLazy
+    || shouldExplicitlyMountModalContents;
+
   React.useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
     presentModal: async (commandArgs) => {
       if(nativeRef.current == null) {
         throw Error("Unable to get ref to native sheet");
       };
 
+      const shouldWaitToMount = 
+           !shouldExplicitlyMountModalContents
+        && isModalContentLazy;
+
+      setShouldExplicitlyMountModalContents(true);
+
+      if(shouldWaitToMount){
+        await Helpers.promiseWithTimeout(300, new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+          callbacksToInvokeOnNextRender.current.push(resolve);
+        }));
+      };
+
       await nativeRef.current.presentModal({
         isAnimated: true,
         ...commandArgs,
@@ -56,11 +91,14 @@ export const ModalSheetView = React.forwardRef<
   const shouldEnableDebugBackgroundColors = 
     props.shouldEnableDebugBackgroundColors ?? false;
 
+  
+
   const children = React.Children.map(props.children, (child) => {
     return React.cloneElement(
       child as React.ReactElement<ModalSheetViewContentProps>, 
       {
         modalSheetContentMap,
+        shouldMountModalContent: shouldMountModalContents,
       }
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContent.tsx b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContent.tsx
index 6fd17651..c26944e2 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContent.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export function ModalSheetViewContent(
     props.contentContainerStyle,
   ];
 
+  const shouldMountModalContent = props.shouldMountModalContent ?? false;
+
   const detachedSubviewEntry = 
        (viewID != null ? props.modalSheetContentMap?.[viewID] : undefined ) 
     ?? DEFAULT_SHEET_CONTENT_ENTRY;
@@ -50,13 +52,13 @@ export function ModalSheetViewContent(
       }}
     >
       {IS_USING_NEW_ARCH ? (
-        props.children
+        shouldMountModalContent && props.children
       ) : (
         <View style={[
           styles.innerWrapperContainerForPaper,
           ...wrapperStyle,
         ]}>
-          {props.children}
+          {shouldMountModalContent && props.children}
         </View>
       )}
     </RNIWrapperView>
diff --git a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContentTypes.tsx b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContentTypes.tsx
index cf1ffbe5..dcaadf5d 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContentTypes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewContentTypes.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export type ModalSheetViewContentBaseProps = {
   contentContainerStyle?: ViewStyle;
   isParentDetached?: boolean;
   modalSheetContentMap?: ModalSheetContentMap;
+  shouldMountModalContent?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type ModalSheetViewContentProps = 
diff --git a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewTypes.tsx b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewTypes.tsx
index 11df65e9..b8ba8406 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewTypes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ModalSheetView/ModalSheetViewTypes.tsx
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ export type ModalSheetViewRef =
   & ModalSheetViewRefInheritedRemapped;
 
 export type ModalSheetViewInheritedProps = Pick<RNIModalSheetViewProps,
-  | 'onDidSetViewID'
   | 'shouldEnableDebugBackgroundColors'
 >;
 
-export type ModalSheetViewBaseProps = {};
+export type ModalSheetViewBaseProps = {
+  isModalContentLazy?: boolean;
+};
 
 export type ModalSheetViewProps = PropsWithChildren<
     ModalSheetViewInheritedProps