
Tara Lipinski and her husband, Todd Kapostasy, turned dad and mom with the arrival of their first child by way of surrogate.
“I dreamt about this for therefore lengthy,” Lipinski, 41, advised Folks after daughter Georgie’s start, including that the adjustment to having a new child is “the most effective drained I’ve ever been.”
Lipinski famous that she felt “a lot aid” when Georgie was born, gushing that her child lady is “so calm and peaceable.”
The Olympian introduced their being pregnant information by way of Instagram earlier this month. “We determined after our immune testing outcomes to take one among our personal organic, genetic embryos and provides it to a surrogate. Our bun, her oven,” she wrote on the time. “We matched with a heaven despatched surrogate Mikayla, and we acquired a optimistic being pregnant check.”
Two months earlier, Lipinski revealed that she and Kapostasy had been attempting to conceive for 5 years.
“My husband and I’ve seemingly hit each roadblock possible from the second we started this course of in 2018 and since then I’ve been below anesthesia 24 instances, have had 4 miscarriages, 4 D&C’s, 6 failed IVF transfers, 8 retrievals and a prognosis of endometriosis that led me to 2 main surgical procedures,” she wrote by way of Instagram in August. “It has been an excruciatingly painful journey that has been stuffed with loss & coping with the grief that comes together with that. We’re fortunate to have the flexibility to make our embryos however being pregnant is one other story.”
Lipinski and Kapostasy launched a podcast on the time titled “Tara Lipinski: Unexpecting” to delve into their IVF journey, their being pregnant losses and the struggles of infertility.
“Infertility may be one of many loneliest golf equipment to be part of and my hope is by telling my story perhaps we may also help different {couples} going via comparable journeys not really feel so alone,” she concluded. “[I’m] glad I’ve you guys alongside for the experience now.”
Throughout a September episode of the podcast, Lipinski acquired emotional whereas discussing how her first miscarriage was “heartbreaking” however her fourth one “broke” her.
“All my cash had been on this one, and it simply was gone, and there was, like, nothing I might do about,” she recalled via tears. “My physique simply, like, didn’t wish to do that. I simply needed it so, so badly. … This one was laborious. [I] simply thought it was the one.”
Lipinski and Kapostasy, a sports activities producer, met on the 2015 Sports activities Emmys when she introduced him with an award. After relationship for 2 years, the couple tied the knot in June 2017.
As for her athletic profession, Lipinski gained an Olympic gold medal for determine skating in 1998. Since retiring from the game in 2002, she has transitioned into working as a commentator.