Bachelor Nation’s Sarah Herron Details Failed Embryo Transfer 5 Months After Losing Son Oliver: ‘We Were So Hopeful’
29.06.2023 - 16:09
/ usmagazine.com
Bachelor alum Sarah Herron shared an update on her fertility journey following the loss of son Oliver earlier this year, revealing her and fiancé Dylan Brown‘s latest embryo transfer failed.
“After 5 months of healing, physically and spiritually, we felt ready to move forward with another embryo transfer. We kept it to ourselves this time, to have something only we knew,” the former reality star, 36, captioned an Instagram video on Thursday, June 29, sharing clips of herself and Brown.
Herron went on to reveal that she and Brown attempted to transfer another embryo — their first since Oliver’s death — but were unsuccessful. “We were so hopeful, and intuitively, I really felt that it had worked this time,” she wrote. “I’ve never been so wrong. We always knew this was a possibility. Even with perfect embryos… things don’t always go as planned.”
Featured in the video was footage of Herron giving herself IVF injections and visiting a clinic. Another clip showed Herron and Brown hugging as they waited for the results of an at-home pregnancy test.
“It wasn’t the result we were expecting,” she continued. “What was captured instead of our joy, was the moment that years of hard work got washed away and the trauma of losing our son flooded back in. IVF gives families so much hope and possibility, but when it doesn’t work out, it’s hard not to feel like you’ve just watched that possibility get flushed down the drain.”
She added: “I had mentally prepared myself for the triggers of pregnancy after loss, but I never prepared for the postpartum trauma that would be triggered by a failed transfer.”
As the couple registered the negative result, Herron leaned into Brown’s chest and cried. “For anyone going through IVF after a pregnancy loss,