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Erin Andrews and her husband, Jarret Stoll, have welcomed their first child after years of fertility ups and downs.
A rep for the couple confirmed to Right now on Monday, July 10, that the new child — a child boy — arrived by way of surrogate.
Earlier this yr, Andrews, 45, completely opened as much as Us Weekly about her journey to changing into a mum or dad. “It’s not straightforward,” she stated in January. “It’s been one of the difficult issues in my life, and I do know in my husband’s life as properly.”
On the time, Andrews asserted that she and Stoll, 41, had been “doing properly” as she mirrored on the largest lesson she’s discovered from her expertise with IVF. “I can take about 50 needles in my abdomen and simply deal with it higher than my husband ever might,” she teased to Us. “He’s all the time within the different room watching Seinfeld. I’m like, ‘Don’t fear, I’ve received this, simply stabbing myself for the fiftieth time.’ You recognize that you simply’re robust and that you would be able to take care of it and it’ll get higher.”
The couple, who’ve been married since 2017, have relied on their pals and “discovering humor” in even the largest challenges. Andrews went on to elucidate why she’s been so candid about her struggles to conceive over time, telling Us, “It’s simply nothing to be embarrassed about, particularly when so many individuals are going by way of it.”
Andrews initially addressed her “time-consuming and emotionally draining” IVF journey in an August 2021 Bulletin essay. “I’ve been going by way of these therapies since I used to be 35 years outdated. … As an alternative of feeling ashamed, we have to give ourselves extra love,” she wrote on the time. “It freaking sucks, as a result of it may well seem to be it’s such a lonely factor. There are such a lot of of us going by way of this although, and it’s simply not talked about.”
Later that yr, Andrews completely instructed Us that whereas her “actually, actually tough” path to motherhood included “a lot failure,” she wished to stay a constructive instance for different {couples} going by way of an identical course of.
“This stinks. Like, it sucks, however I’m right here for you. I get it,” she stated in November 2021, describing what she would inform fellow hopeful mother and father. “And I’m struggling identical to you too. And you already know, you sort of, after some time, begin considering to your self, ‘What’s improper with me, that everyone else has had success?’ However not lots of people do. In order that’s why I wished to be open about it.”
Andrews and Stoll tied the knot in Montana after greater than 4 years of courting. Stoll popped the query in December 2016 throughout a visit to Disneyland.
