U.S. women's soccer great Carli Lloyd shared her journey to get pregnant and the trials and tribulations she faced using in vitro fertilization.
U.S. soccer legend Carli Lloyd opened up about her struggles with infertility and using in vitro fertilization to get pregnant as she announced she will be having her first child. Lloyd detailed her pregnancy journey in an article for Women’s Health. She opened up about the disappointment she felt for months trying to get pregnant while also feeling as though she was in a 'race against the clock—my 40-year-old biological clock.
So it was a waiting game that we literally had no control over,' she added. 'And it’s hard. I felt all the emotions during my career—stress, worry, fear, anxiety—but I’d never felt all the emotions that IVF brought on. I felt completely out of control. It’s an indescribable roller coaster unless you go through it.' Lloyd said she hoped to be able to get pregnant and be able to work the Women’s World Cup 'and everything would be absolutely perfect.
It did not stop her from trying IVF for a third time. She said she changed her approach this time around, spending more time with nature and meditating through journaling rather than worrying about things she ultimately could not control. She said she and her husband took a December trip to the Bahamas and learned that four embryos made it to the six-day threshold and two were genetically normal. The next transfer process began in January with another trip to Arizona planned.
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