As someone who went throughinfertilitychallenges before welcoming her first two children,Teddi Mellencamp Arroyavewas shocked to discover she was expecting again — naturally.
In the emotional episode, Mellencamp Arroyave details the experience of undergoing intrauterine insemination to get pregnant with Slate — which, luckily, worked on the first try — before experiencing multiplefailed rounds of in vitro fertilizationand a miscarriage.
This time around, though, pregnancy “happened naturally,” theBravopersonality says of her third child andsecond daughter on the way. “I had no idea. I didn’t even know I was pregnant until I was nine weeks pregnant.”
Mellencamp Arroyave also shares that she was put on bed rest during both pregnancies, and when the couple did finally welcome son Cruz, he hadhealth complications upon his arrival.
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“Once I started opening up and telling people I [struggled], [I heard], ‘Me too, me too,’ ” says the daughter ofJohn Mellencamp. “We don’t talk about things until somebody else is going through them.”
“And I think it’s so importantto know you’re not alone,” she adds.
Edwin (R) and Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave.Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic
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Mellencamp Arroyave and her husband, a security-company CEO, announcedtheir third child on the waytogether last month. The accountability coach shared on Tuesday’s podcast episode that she’s currently 19 weeks along in her pregnancy.
“Most likely no though,” she continued in her answer to a fan on Instagram. “Ihad multiple miscarriages before Cruzand the IVF process was very hard for me and I am not sure I can go through it again.”
source: people.com
