Lauren Conrad Reveals She Suffered an Ectopic Pregnancy 6 Years Ago, Praises ‘Lifesaving Reproductive Care’
usmagazine.comSpeaking her truth. Lauren Conrad is revealing her own difficult fertility journey with husband William Tell following the overturn of Roe v.
Wade. “The last few days have been hard. I’ve been searching for the right words, and reposting someone else’s didn’t feel quite right,” Conrad, 36, wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, June 28. “I wanted to share my own experience with lifesaving reproductive care.
Six years ago, while trying to start our family, I had an ectopic pregnancy.”An ectopic pregnancy, which “occurs when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus,” can become life-threatening to the mother if left untreated, according to the Mayo Clinic.The Laguna Beach alum shared that thanks to “prompt medical doctors,” her Fallopian tubes were saved so she and Tell, 42, could have “two healthy pregnancies.” (The couple share sons Liam James, 4, and Charlie, 2.)The California native’s comments come following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling to overturn Roe v.
Wade, which eliminated the constitutional right to abortion and turned the power back to the state legislature.“Yesterday I read about a woman with this same condition having her ectopic pregnancy rupture — and facing death — while waiting for treatment because her doctor was on the phone with his lawyer out of fear of losing his medical license, (for using a D&C as a tool to help establish the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy),” Conrad wrote about what inspired her to take to social media with her own story. “This is heartbreaking.”While the fashion designer admitted that “talking about abortion is hard” and “divides us,” she highlighted the importance of people talking and listening “to each other in a respectful way,
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