Bachelors grad Sarah Herron says she’s going to have an “embryo transfer” to conceive… after she and fiancé Dylan Brown lost their premature son
Bachelors graduate Sarah Herron has revealed she will be trying again to conceive after the tragic loss of her son Oliver earlier this year.
The former reality star, 36, said she and fiancé Dylan Brown are preparing for an embryo transfer in hopes of expanding their family.
In an interview on US Weekly podcast Here For the Right Reasons, the content creator explained the game plan.
“We will be doing an embryo transfer in October and if we don’t have a successful pregnancy by the end of the year we will speak to Dr. Aimee Eyvazzdeh on whether we will either do another egg retrieval or consider an egg or embryo donor.”
The fertility specialist better known as Dr. Aimee, has a reputation for being an “egg whisperer”.
Family plans: Bachelors graduate Sarah Herron, 36, announced she will be trying to conceive again after the tragic loss of her son Oliver earlier this year (pictured in Malibu in May 2018)
Sarah said the couple would use the last few embryos for the procedure and are reasonably confident they will be successful.
“Fortunately, I was able to successfully carry a pregnancy – the loss of Oliver had nothing to do with my uterus or my ability to carry him to term. For this reason we are confident that I will be able to carry another pregnancy.
“So surrogacy most likely isn’t necessary unless we reach a point where there’s … fatigue,” she explained.
“If I’m just like, ‘I can’t do this to my body anymore,’ then maybe we’ll consider a replacement.” But for now, my uterus is capable of it, so we’ll probably keep trying.”
After struggling to conceive with Oliver, the advertiser said tests showed her ovarian reserve was reduced, meaning she had fewer eggs than the average woman in her age group.
“She turned to IVF to conceive her first child.
Since the death of her premature son, Sarah has been committed to helping others and founded The Infertile Circle, a virtual support group for grieving parents and those struggling with infertility.
“I just wanted to create something that I’m not trying to be an expert on, not trying to be a therapist.” It’s just a peer support group. And I tell the women in the group that it’s as much to me as it is [for] her,” she said.
Making: Sarah revealed that she and Dylan will be using their last embryo for an embryo transfer in October in hopes of conceiving
Tragedy: Sarah and Dylan lost their son Oliver earlier this year after he was born prematurely
Grief Group: To deal with her own pain and help others with theirs, Sarah started the virtual group Infertile Circle. “I tell the women in the group it’s as much to me as it is.” [for] her,” she said; seen in 2013
Sarah said that since Oliver’s death, she and Dylan have been seeing a grief counselor.
“It was really important to see a grief counselor because she knew how to walk that journey with us a little bit.”
She noted that through therapy she learned that men and women grieve differently.
“Dylan was not carrying the child in his body. I did. I have formed a biological connection with my son. And so the grief will be different for me than for him.”
“That doesn’t mean Dylan is right or wrong,” she explained, “it’s just that his grief is different and mine will be different.”