Erin Andrews is a first-time mother after a fertility journey that included multiple rounds of IVF and her diagnosis of cervical cancer
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Erin Andrews is officially a mom after a years-long journey.
The FOX sportscaster, 45, and her husband, retired NHL player Jarret Stoll, welcomed their first baby, a son, via a surrogate, a rep for the couple confirmed to TODAY.
The couple, who started dating in 2012 and married in 2016, have yet to share more details about their new arrival, which comes after a 9-year fertility journey.
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In 2016, Andrews was diagnosed with cervical cancer and underwent successful surgery. Andrews already had frozen embryos with Stoll at the time of his diagnosis.
“It definitely took a serious turn for us,” she said. Health in 2017. “I’m not young, you don’t know when you’re going to have a baby, you don’t know if it’s going to come back. One thing I love my future husband for is that our oncologist said the smart thing to do would be to have insurance on hold – so we have frozen embryos because we’ve taken the measurements If we need it, we need it, and if we don’t, we don’t no. I just want to be smart.”
Speaking about the emotional and physical toll of the process in a 2021 personal essay on Facebook’s newsletter about his seventh cycle of IVF, Andrews wrote: “You could go through this whole experience and get absolutely nothing out of it – that’s the crazy part. It’s a ton of money, it’s a ton of time, it’s a ton of mental and physical anguish. And more often than not, they fail. I think it’s That’s why a lot of people choose to keep quiet about it.
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“You never know who else is going through this; it could be another co-worker or the person who makes your coffee every day. There are more people than you think,” she said.
“Now that it’s my seventh time, something just hit me. Why am I keeping this so secret when it’s just part of our lives? Instead of being ashamed, we need to give ourselves more “Love. It sucks, because it can feel like it’s such a lonely thing. So many of us are going through this, and it’s just not talked about.
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