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Kourtney Kardashian
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker.Karwai Tang/Getty
During an April 2022 episodeof the Hulu seriesThe Kardashians, Kourtney opened up to momKris Jennerabout wanting to have a child with Travis Barker.
Speaking to her mom, Kourtney continued, “Every single person on social media is always like, ‘Kourtney’s pregnant, Kourtney’s pregnant, Kourtney’s gained so much weight.’ I’m like, it’s so rude to comment on people when you have no idea what they’re actually going through.”
“The medication that they’ve been giving me, they put me into menopause,” she added.
“Based off of what? A drug?” Kris asked.
“Yes,” said Kourtney. “The medication basically put me into depression.”
The news came as a shock to Kris, who told her daughter, “I feel like I’ve never seen you happier so the depression thing surprises me.”
“And I have everything in the world to be happy about,” Kourtney responded. “I just feel a little bit off. I’m super moody and hormonal. Like, I’m a lunatic half the time.”
02of 10Kristen WiigGetty ITheWonder Woman 1984star opened up in the September 2020 issue ofInStyleabout her difficult journey to parenthoodwith fiancé Avi Rothman, with whom she welcomed twins via surrogate in 2020.“We’ve been together for about five years, and three of them were spent in an [in vitro fertilization] haze,” said Wiig. “Emotionally, spiritually and medically, it was probably the most difficult time in my life. I wasn’t myself.““It was a long f—ing time,” she told the outlet. “It got to the point where I just kind of stopped talking about it entirely, because I would get sad whenever someone asked. Itwas just part of my life. I gave myself [hormone] shots in airplane bathrooms and at restaurants — and those shots are no joke.““As private as I am and as sacred as this all is, what helped me was reading about other women who went through it and talking to those who have gone through IVF and fertility stuff,” theBridesmaidsactress added. “It can be the most isolating experience. But I’m trying to find that space where I can keep my privacy and also be there for someone else who may be going through it.““Now that I’m on the other side, I wouldn’t have had it any other way,” Wiig continued. “I’ve always believed that things happen the way they’re supposed to happen, and this is how [our babies] were supposed to get here. I became really close with our surrogate, and it was her first time doing it so we kind of went through everything together. … I’m grateful. I’m a different person now.”
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Kristen Wiig
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TheWonder Woman 1984star opened up in the September 2020 issue ofInStyleabout her difficult journey to parenthoodwith fiancé Avi Rothman, with whom she welcomed twins via surrogate in 2020.
“We’ve been together for about five years, and three of them were spent in an [in vitro fertilization] haze,” said Wiig. “Emotionally, spiritually and medically, it was probably the most difficult time in my life. I wasn’t myself.”
“It was a long f—ing time,” she told the outlet. “It got to the point where I just kind of stopped talking about it entirely, because I would get sad whenever someone asked. Itwas just part of my life. I gave myself [hormone] shots in airplane bathrooms and at restaurants — and those shots are no joke.”
“As private as I am and as sacred as this all is, what helped me was reading about other women who went through it and talking to those who have gone through IVF and fertility stuff,” theBridesmaidsactress added. “It can be the most isolating experience. But I’m trying to find that space where I can keep my privacy and also be there for someone else who may be going through it.”
“Now that I’m on the other side, I wouldn’t have had it any other way,” Wiig continued. “I’ve always believed that things happen the way they’re supposed to happen, and this is how [our babies] were supposed to get here. I became really close with our surrogate, and it was her first time doing it so we kind of went through everything together. … I’m grateful. I’m a different person now.”
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Amy Schumer
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“Your stories helped me more than you can imagine,” she wrote, adding that she is “really hoping this works andstaying positive.”
In early 2022,she further opened up about the processand having her uterus removed, adding, “So we’re gonna have just one child and we’re just enjoying our little family and I’m just focusing on that.”
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Chrissy Teigen
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“You hear stories about IVF working the first try. But you’ll hear a lot more stories about when it takes a few times. Ours didn’t work the first time, and it was devastating,” she shared. “You realize that a lot of it is luck, and you can’t blame things on yourself. It’s so easy to try to figure out what you might have done ‘wrong’ and do the opposite the next time. The first round I did of IVF, when it didn’t work, I remember thinking,Oh, I was on my feet too much, and that’s why. You just look for anything to blame, especially yourself.I think hearing stories is just really important. You realize there’s no right way to do it, or right way to react.”
In March 2022,she started IVFagain, one year after a devestating pregnancy loss.
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Gabrielle Union
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The actress andWe’re Going to Need More Wineauthorrevealed in her bookthat she suffered several miscarriages and underwent three years of failed IVF treatments before she and husband Dwyane Wadewelcomed daughter Kaavia Jamesvia gestational surrogate in 2017.
“I have had eight or nine miscarriages,” Union wrote in the book. “For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant — I’ve either been about to go into an IVF cycle, in the middle of an IVF cycle, or coming out of an IVF cycle.”
“For so many women, and not just women in the spotlight, people feel very entitled to know, ‘Do you want kids?’ " she told PEOPLE. “A lot of people, especially people that have fertility issues, just say ‘no’ because that’s a lot easier than being honest about whatever is actually going on. People mean so well, but they have no idea the harm or frustration it can cause.”
06of 10Hugh Jackman & Deborra-Lee FurnessJB Lacroix/Getty ImagesTheGreatest Showmanstar and wife Furness tried IVF twice before eventually adopting two children — son Oscar in 2000 and daughter Ava in 2005. Jackman opened up toGood Housekeepingin 2013 about the heart-wrenching experience.“While you’re going through IVF and get pregnant, every day [the feeling is],We’re still holding! We’re still holding…!” he told the outlet. “You know how precarious it is and how much she’s been through to get there. And [miscarriage] is a massive letdown. It’s really difficult — and much harder for the woman.”
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Hugh Jackman & Deborra-Lee Furness
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TheGreatest Showmanstar and wife Furness tried IVF twice before eventually adopting two children — son Oscar in 2000 and daughter Ava in 2005. Jackman opened up toGood Housekeepingin 2013 about the heart-wrenching experience.
“While you’re going through IVF and get pregnant, every day [the feeling is],We’re still holding! We’re still holding…!” he told the outlet. “You know how precarious it is and how much she’s been through to get there. And [miscarriage] is a massive letdown. It’s really difficult — and much harder for the woman.”
07of 10Brooke ShieldsCraig Barritt/GettyIn her 2005 bookDown Came the Rain, the model wrote about herfrustration with the IVF processand her emotional journey to motherhood. Trying to get pregnant with husband Chris Henchy at age 36, her doctor suggested she try IVF.“The whole process was quite an ordeal, and we became slaves to the time of day and to little vials of liquid,” she wrote. “We’d find ourselves out at dinner with friends, and then we’d have to sneak off to a coat room, where we’d huddle over syringes and a travel-size cooler filled with small bottles of drugs.“While she did become pregnant after her first round of IVF, she suffered a miscarriage. “I didn’t want to be happy anymore for the many other people who were having kids,” she wrote of her resulting depression at the time. Just before she and her husband were about to give up on the IVF process — they had already endured several unsuccessful attempts — “we decided to try it one more time.” That last attempt brought daughter Rowan into the world in 2003, and Shields ended up welcoming another daughter, Grier, in 2006 without assistance.
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Brooke Shields
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In her 2005 bookDown Came the Rain, the model wrote about herfrustration with the IVF processand her emotional journey to motherhood. Trying to get pregnant with husband Chris Henchy at age 36, her doctor suggested she try IVF.
“The whole process was quite an ordeal, and we became slaves to the time of day and to little vials of liquid,” she wrote. “We’d find ourselves out at dinner with friends, and then we’d have to sneak off to a coat room, where we’d huddle over syringes and a travel-size cooler filled with small bottles of drugs.”
While she did become pregnant after her first round of IVF, she suffered a miscarriage. “I didn’t want to be happy anymore for the many other people who were having kids,” she wrote of her resulting depression at the time. Just before she and her husband were about to give up on the IVF process — they had already endured several unsuccessful attempts — “we decided to try it one more time.” That last attempt brought daughter Rowan into the world in 2003, and Shields ended up welcoming another daughter, Grier, in 2006 without assistance.
08of 10Céline DionSwan Gallet/WWD/ShutterstockAfter a successful first IVF cycle resulted in the birth of the singer’s son René-Charles in 2001, she and her husband René Angélildecided to try again— but they soon found it wouldn’t be as easy as the first time. Dion, who grew up with 13 siblings, spoke to PEOPLE about the rollercoaster of emotion she endured during six cycles of IVF, before she finally gave birth to twin sons Eddy and Nelson in 2010.“It’s not, ‘Oh, poor Celine,’ but it’s a lot,” she said of the process — which includes estrogen patches, blood tests and hormone injections — in a 2010 interview. “I give the shots to myself. But [husband] René’s with me.” At one point, she suffered a devastating miscarriage. “You do everything [right], and you’re careful, and you rest, and then …“For Dion, the sixth try was a charm, and the couple welcomed their “miracle twins” in 2010.
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Céline Dion
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After a successful first IVF cycle resulted in the birth of the singer’s son René-Charles in 2001, she and her husband René Angélildecided to try again— but they soon found it wouldn’t be as easy as the first time. Dion, who grew up with 13 siblings, spoke to PEOPLE about the rollercoaster of emotion she endured during six cycles of IVF, before she finally gave birth to twin sons Eddy and Nelson in 2010.
“It’s not, ‘Oh, poor Celine,’ but it’s a lot,” she said of the process — which includes estrogen patches, blood tests and hormone injections — in a 2010 interview. “I give the shots to myself. But [husband] René’s with me.” At one point, she suffered a devastating miscarriage. “You do everything [right], and you’re careful, and you rest, and then …”
For Dion, the sixth try was a charm, and the couple welcomed their “miracle twins” in 2010.
09of 10Michelle ObamaMARTIN SYLVEST/AFP/GettyThe former First Lady made headlines when she opened up toGood Morning America’s Robin Roberts aboutfeeling “lost and alone"during her struggles with infertility and her eventual decision to pursue IVF, which she wrote candidly about in her memoirBecoming.“I felt like I failed, because I didn’t know how common miscarriages were because we don’t talk about them,” Obama told Roberts of the miscarriages she suffered before welcoming daughter Malia in 1998 and Sasha in 2001 with husband Barack.“We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we’re broken. So, that’s one of the reasons why I think it’s important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen, and the biological clock is real.“After her miscarriages, she realized “that as I was 34 and 35, we had to do IVF.” She added that women speaking openly about their infertility experiences with each other is crucial to helping lessen the stigmas around it. “I think it’s the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work, and how they don’t work,” she said.
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Michelle Obama
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The former First Lady made headlines when she opened up toGood Morning America’s Robin Roberts aboutfeeling “lost and alone"during her struggles with infertility and her eventual decision to pursue IVF, which she wrote candidly about in her memoirBecoming.
“I felt like I failed, because I didn’t know how common miscarriages were because we don’t talk about them,” Obama told Roberts of the miscarriages she suffered before welcoming daughter Malia in 1998 and Sasha in 2001 with husband Barack.
“We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we’re broken. So, that’s one of the reasons why I think it’s important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen, and the biological clock is real.”
After her miscarriages, she realized “that as I was 34 and 35, we had to do IVF.” She added that women speaking openly about their infertility experiences with each other is crucial to helping lessen the stigmas around it. “I think it’s the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work, and how they don’t work,” she said.
10of 10Courteney CoxMediaPunch/Shutterstock"I just think it’s important to get things out there so people can realize they’re not alone,” Cox said of sharing her complicated journey to motherhood on an episode ofBusy Tonightin 2019.“I had a lot of miscarriages, and I don’t think that’s something that people shouldn’t talk about, because … it was unfortunate but it happens,” she added.“I get pregnant pretty easily, but I have a hard time keeping them,” theFriendsstartold PEOPLEin 2003, while she was trying to conceive with then-husband David Arquette. “I don’t say it’s a walk in the park. But what are you going to do? We just try again,” she continued. She suffered “quite a few” miscarriages before giving birth to daughter Coco, whom she welcomed in 2004, through IVF.
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Courteney Cox
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“I just think it’s important to get things out there so people can realize they’re not alone,” Cox said of sharing her complicated journey to motherhood on an episode ofBusy Tonightin 2019.
“I had a lot of miscarriages, and I don’t think that’s something that people shouldn’t talk about, because … it was unfortunate but it happens,” she added.
“I get pregnant pretty easily, but I have a hard time keeping them,” theFriendsstartold PEOPLEin 2003, while she was trying to conceive with then-husband David Arquette. “I don’t say it’s a walk in the park. But what are you going to do? We just try again,” she continued. She suffered “quite a few” miscarriages before giving birth to daughter Coco, whom she welcomed in 2004, through IVF.
source: people.com
