Photo: Peta Murgatroyd/Instagram
Peta Murgatroydis opening up about her in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey.
On Monday, the professional dancer documented the first part of her embryo transfer day in a video shared on Instagram. Murgatroyd, 36, already has a 5-year-old son, Shai, with her husbandMaks Chmerkovskiy.
Murgatroyd also visited the beach, which she called her “healing ground,”
“I need to feel the sand through my toes to know I’m good and ready to go,” she wrote about her preparations. “I said my little prayers and we got on with our drive.”
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The dancer also shared glimpses from a hospital bed where she was administered Valium for the first time, adding “If y’all are Valium virgins like me, you will laugh your ass off as I get high pretty quickly.”
“This experience was wild to say the least,” she continued. “I’m still processing everything one day at a time and have loved taking you all along for the ride. Please stay with me, I need the love. Love Peta xo”
Murgatroyd has beencandid about her IVF journeywith Chmerkovskiy, 42, and their quest to add to their family.
In an Instagram video shared earlier this month, she spoke movingly about having a rough morning giving herselfshots of progesterone.
Murgatroyd tearfully explained that she had started the progesterone injections that week and showed fans what the large needle looked like, noting it is an intramuscular injection that she had to give herself because Chmerkovskiy wasn’t home at the time she needed to do it.
“I got up this morning and saw this in the package and was like, ‘Oh my god,'” she said. “And it’s in the butt, which is good but it’s actually hard to turn around that much. I’m flexible but …. to bend my back around to get the meatiest part of the butt is like f—ing challenging. And of course, the whole needle needs to go in, you can’t just do half.”
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Despite the challenges, the couple are optimistic about the future.
“For the first time in nearly two years, I feel excited,” Murgatroydtold PEOPLEin June, sharing that doctors believe the star has polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal imbalance that can cause ovulation issues, leading to infertility. “I’m in a much happier place. I got answers.”
source: people.com
