Erin Andrews is candid about her journey to motherhood.
The Fox Sports 43 reporter revealed on Wednesday in her blog, The Real Deal with Erin Andrews, that she is currently undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments to try to start a family with her husband Jarret Stoll.
Andrews said trying to balance “sometimes working up to 14 hours a day” and setting aside time for IVF has been a “difficult” time.
“For those who are familiar, you know it’s a time-consuming and emotionally consuming process,” he wrote. “This is my seventh, and I’ve been through these treatments since I was 35.”
The exporter added that due to her age, her body is also “stacked” against her, which further complicates the process.
“I’ve been trying to do IVF treatment for a while, but sometimes it doesn’t go the way you want,” she wrote, adding, “Each cycle is different in a woman’s body, so some months are better than others. “.
Andrews then shared how she is sometimes forced between her career and the desire to have a child.
“I work in an industry where I think women feel the need to keep things like this quiet,” she wrote on her blog. “But no, there are so many other women who may put their careers behind them because they don’t want to miss any opportunity. It’s so common for people to start families late and put many other aspects of their lives on hold. “
Andrews said that during his seventh round, he wanted to keep a more open line of communication with his producers and tell them if he was late, maybe he should have been on an IVF appointment.
“I am grateful to have done so,” he wrote. “I was encouraged to be open because this is real life. It’s not like I’m going to go do a hot yoga class, I’m trying to have a baby. I’m not ashamed and I want to be honest and honest about it. “
Although Andrews said he sometimes still feels “embarrassed” and wants to keep his IVF process down, he is learning to accept his vocation.
He said of his IVF teammates: “It’s a team no one wants to be part of. We are all going through it and we are having a really bad time. It may be so isolating, but in reality we are all together. “
The NFL correspondent also shared the physical toll on her body and stated bluntly, “You want to be.”
“You feel bloated and hormonal for a week and a half,” he added. “You could go through all this experience and get absolutely nothing out of it: this is the craziest part. It’s a lot of money, it’s a lot of time, it’s a lot of physical and mental distress. And, many times, they are not successful ”.
Andrews shared that wanting to keep everything a secret was the fear of not wanting to “spoil” it.
“Now that it’s my seventh time, something hit me,” he said of his choice to be more frank before concluding, “Why do I keep it so secret when that’s just a part of our lives? to feel ashamed, we have to give ourselves more love. “
In March, Andrews shared on the New York Post podcast “Renaissance Man with Jalen Rose” that she and her husband were ready to add babies to their family.
She and Stoll, 39, knotted in June 2017. Prior to their marriage, Andrews was diagnosed with cervical cancer in September 2016.
At the time, the NFL secondary journalist shared the gratitude she had undergone for IVF prior to her diagnosis.
“Instead of being ashamed, look at how amazing it is to have an oncologist tell us, ‘There’s an option,’ just in case. [the cancer] returns, “he recalled in Health magazine in June 2017.” We don’t know what the future holds. “