Media personality and actress, Stephanie Coker Aderinokun, shares her harrowing experience with PCOS and IVF, leading to the loss of her baby.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Stephanie revealed that she nearly took her own life after her second round of IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) failed, despite spending over $40,000 and traveling to Los Angeles for the procedure.
Stephanie confided in a friend, expressing that she felt the baby had rejected her. IVF was her only option due to her severe PCOS diagnosis, which caused excessive bleeding, fainting, and hospitalization. She described being confined to a wheelchair and having to sleep outside due to severe internal heat.
Adding to her struggles, her husband lost his election that same year amidst intense public scrutiny.
“I didn’t have my period for a whole year. PCOS made me choose IVF because mine was very severe. My doctor told me mine was life-threatening; I ended up in a wheelchair and was vomiting blood. I got pregnant on the first IVF, the second one failed, and I actually stood in front of a car hoping it would hit me,” she recounted.
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This was a #WithChude classic, and usually those only happen with veterans. But this one was.
In between the most beautiful tears, cool kid and It-girl Stephanie Coker tells me about the heartbreak from her second IVF operation just last year, after spending over $40,000 and… pic.twitter.com/Nhmpaj6PjD
— Chude Jideonwo (@Chude) May 31, 2024