Emma Grede

I love that you ask this and I'm very surprised that you are. I had the most easy, unbelievable experience. brilliant fertility journey with my first two and then probably the saddest, most disappointing, hardest time in my life with the second two.

I love that you ask this and I'm very surprised that you are. I had the most easy, unbelievable experience. brilliant fertility journey with my first two and then probably the saddest, most disappointing, hardest time in my life with the second two.

And so it really was a tale of two halves because I have an 11 and an 8-year-old and, you know, without too much information, I, like, literally, you know, came off the pill and poof, I was pregnant. Oh, wow. At what age? Which was amazing. 31 I had grey one. Yeah, so 30. 30 years old, you know, was... had got married, actually had zero ambition to ever have kids ever.

And so it really was a tale of two halves because I have an 11 and an 8-year-old and, you know, without too much information, I, like, literally, you know, came off the pill and poof, I was pregnant. Oh, wow. At what age? Which was amazing. 31 I had grey one. Yeah, so 30. 30 years old, you know, was... had got married, actually had zero ambition to ever have kids ever.

And then it was like one of those fairy tale things where I literally walked down the aisle and was like, oh my God, I just can't wait to have a baby. What is going on here? No, I don't know who that girl was. So I got pregnant very easy with my first child. A couple of years later, I had my second child. You know, life happens. Moved to the US. Everything's like, you know, going fantastic.

And then it was like one of those fairy tale things where I literally walked down the aisle and was like, oh my God, I just can't wait to have a baby. What is going on here? No, I don't know who that girl was. So I got pregnant very easy with my first child. A couple of years later, I had my second child. You know, life happens. Moved to the US. Everything's like, you know, going fantastic.

I decide baby number three, come off the pill again. And I'm like. waiting, waiting again, and it doesn't happen. And so I'm like, honey, you need to go and get yourself checked. He's like, okay. You know, so we do the things that you do when you don't get pregnant so easily. And there was just no explanation for my infertility. And so I went through a few rounds of IVF. And for me, you know,

I decide baby number three, come off the pill again. And I'm like. waiting, waiting again, and it doesn't happen. And so I'm like, honey, you need to go and get yourself checked. He's like, okay. You know, so we do the things that you do when you don't get pregnant so easily. And there was just no explanation for my infertility. And so I went through a few rounds of IVF. And for me, you know,

So I am at this point, how old am I now? I'm 42. The kids are three, so 38.

So I am at this point, how old am I now? I'm 42. The kids are three, so 38.

I'm 38. So I'm, you know, I'm not like quite yet a geriatric pregnancy as they like to call it in this country when a woman over the age of, you know, 40 has a baby. But I'm skimming, right? I'm on the edge of where fertility starts to become, you know, more of an issue. And anyway, for me, it was devastating because I really, really had something. And I'm sure so many women will tell you this.

I'm 38. So I'm, you know, I'm not like quite yet a geriatric pregnancy as they like to call it in this country when a woman over the age of, you know, 40 has a baby. But I'm skimming, right? I'm on the edge of where fertility starts to become, you know, more of an issue. And anyway, for me, it was devastating because I really, really had something. And I'm sure so many women will tell you this.

Once you've made up your mind that you're having another baby, that was it for me. Then it was just like, well, how is this going to happen? And I was so lucky in some ways that I was here. I lived in Beverly Hills at the time. Access to the best doctors was so, so easy. And so I went on what would become... a journey through IVF.

Once you've made up your mind that you're having another baby, that was it for me. Then it was just like, well, how is this going to happen? And I was so lucky in some ways that I was here. I lived in Beverly Hills at the time. Access to the best doctors was so, so easy. And so I went on what would become... a journey through IVF.

And it was one of the hardest, most soul-destroying times of my life. I couldn't think about anything else. You know, you could be like, Emma, what do you want for dinner tonight? I'd be like, a baby. I just was single track. Like, all I could think about was, I need this. I need to be pregnant.

And it was one of the hardest, most soul-destroying times of my life. I couldn't think about anything else. You know, you could be like, Emma, what do you want for dinner tonight? I'd be like, a baby. I just was single track. Like, all I could think about was, I need this. I need to be pregnant.

You know, it was soul destroying because I went through multiple rounds of IVF and every single time for me, actually, it did work out. But then I lost a baby three times and it was really, it was just awful. You know, for me, it happened at nine weeks, 11 weeks and 16 weeks. And so, you know, at that point, 16 weeks, you're about to tell people you are, you know, you think you're past the

You know, it was soul destroying because I went through multiple rounds of IVF and every single time for me, actually, it did work out. But then I lost a baby three times and it was really, it was just awful. You know, for me, it happened at nine weeks, 11 weeks and 16 weeks. And so, you know, at that point, 16 weeks, you're about to tell people you are, you know, you think you're past the

sort of danger zone, so to speak. Something in my heart told me that it wasn't going to work out for me. Like, I actually think I knew deep down, but you're doing all the things, you know, I'm having the acupuncture and the doctors all feel great about it. And of course, you know, you have IVF and then it's successful. You're like, great, now I'm pregnant, I'm having a baby.

sort of danger zone, so to speak. Something in my heart told me that it wasn't going to work out for me. Like, I actually think I knew deep down, but you're doing all the things, you know, I'm having the acupuncture and the doctors all feel great about it. And of course, you know, you have IVF and then it's successful. You're like, great, now I'm pregnant, I'm having a baby.