Alice Farrah Griffin.
ABC/Lou RoccoThe viewis Alice Farrah Griffin is ready to talk about her path to motherhood.
“I’m going through IVF right now,” Farrah Griffin, 35, shared on the Monday, Dec. 2 episode of “The view: Behind the table” podcast. “My husband (Justin Griffin) and I had been hoping, trying to get pregnant for about a year and a half, but it wasn’t happening naturally, so we decided to go ahead with IVF. This is my second cycle now.”
The view The cohost said he will be absent from the Hot Topics table on Tuesday, December 3 due to a doctor’s appointment.
Although she has yet to discuss her IVF journey on the show, Farrah Griffin explained why she wanted to share more about The viewthe official podcast of.
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“I had no idea at my age how hard this would actually be,” she told the host Brian Theta. “I’m only 35 and I said to myself, ‘I have a lot of time.’ That won’t be that hard. i am healthy I’m working out. I eat right. My body just wasn’t cooperating.
Farrah Griffin, who is also a CNN political commentator, recalled having IVF injections on election night in November between on-air appearances.
While the first cycle was relatively smooth, the second was a different experience.
“I was a wreck,” she said. “I haven’t felt. I was tired. I was emotional, you feel uncomfortable in your body. I just wanted to mention it because from someone who’s surprised at how hard it’s been, it’s because all the stories about it that we hear are usually women on the other side, like, “There’s my baby and, oh, very quickly, it was a bit difficult to get here.
By being open about her journey to motherhood, Farrah Griffin hopes to give other women confidence that they are not alone.
“I wanted to share with women who are struggling that there is hope and you just have to be present in the process,” Farrah Griffin continued. “There is light at the end of the tunnel. I just don’t know when it will be for us.”
While the daytime talk show star promises not to “over share” during her journey, she wanted people to know what she’s going through right now.
The road to parenthood has been tough for many celebrity parents, including Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. After IVF didn’t work on the first try, Teigen wondered if she had done something wrong. “You’re just looking for something to blame, especially yourself,” Teigen explained to New York magazine’s The Cut in April (…)
She also wanted to express her gratitude to her co-hosts, incl Sarah Haynes and Sunny Hostfor additional support through the process.
“I was mostly sharing, so if I melt on air, you know why!” she joked. “We’ll get there and I’ll keep people posted.”
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