Photo:Virgil BunaoTara Lipinskiis sharing some exciting news on the latest episode of her podcast.Teasing the announcement on Tuesday, theTara Lipinski: Unexpectinghost, 41, explained that the story of her fertility journey, the subject of the podcast, is “catching you up to present day.““Episode 12 we made some pretty big moves. After our immune testing results we decided to take one of our own biological, genetic embryos 🧬 and give it to a surrogate. We matched with a heaven sent surrogate Mikayla and we received a positive pregnancy test,” she shared in the teaser.On Thursday’s episode, she explained the situation in greater detail, recalling the moment she learned of her surrogate’s pregnancy.“It was just so surreal. It couldn’t have been happening to us like we don’t get this news, this doesn’t happen to us. I almost didn’t believe it,” Lipinski said on her podcast. “I was just sobbing. But like, that ugly sobbing of just years of all of this trauma pouring out of my eyes.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“I don’t know how to describe it other than pure relief,” she shared when asked how she felt learning the exciting news. “Obviously, happiness and thinking that maybe our lives are going to finally change and we’re not going to be in the same, awful hamster wheel anymore.“Lipinski has been sharing her struggles with infertility throughout the first few episodes of her podcast, walking her listeners through her story, which includedlearning that her first natural pregnancy did not have a heartbeat.“Well you know, I was a little hopeful and just praying for a heartbeat and it’s crazy that this little thing has a flicker that you’ll see on a screen. It’s a big milestone to reach,” the athlete said.“And I walked in and sat down and I just knew. I knew from watching her, that awkward silence, that searching, I could tell she just wanted to find this heartbeat. And just the look on her face when she said, ‘I’m sorry, there’s no fetal heartbeat.'“Tara Lipinski.Greg Doherty/Getty ImagesIn the first episode of her show, the athleterevealed that she never thought getting pregnantwould be a struggle for her.“I wasn’t educated, there wasn’t ever a moment that someone brought this to me to even think about,” she told husband Todd Kapostasy of struggling with infertility. “Or to drop a seed in my brain to think about a fertility timeline and a biological clock.““You kind of heard, ‘Oh your biological clock is ticking,’ and that’s the only thing I feel like I ever heard that could remotely make me think that there was a timeline,” she continued. “I also felt like I work out, I work my muscles, I hydrate, I was an elite athlete at one point in my life. I eat healthy, and I just thought, ‘Oh maybe these things correlate,’ and that’s not necessarily true.”
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Virgil Bunao
Tara Lipinskiis sharing some exciting news on the latest episode of her podcast.Teasing the announcement on Tuesday, theTara Lipinski: Unexpectinghost, 41, explained that the story of her fertility journey, the subject of the podcast, is “catching you up to present day.““Episode 12 we made some pretty big moves. After our immune testing results we decided to take one of our own biological, genetic embryos 🧬 and give it to a surrogate. We matched with a heaven sent surrogate Mikayla and we received a positive pregnancy test,” she shared in the teaser.On Thursday’s episode, she explained the situation in greater detail, recalling the moment she learned of her surrogate’s pregnancy.“It was just so surreal. It couldn’t have been happening to us like we don’t get this news, this doesn’t happen to us. I almost didn’t believe it,” Lipinski said on her podcast. “I was just sobbing. But like, that ugly sobbing of just years of all of this trauma pouring out of my eyes.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“I don’t know how to describe it other than pure relief,” she shared when asked how she felt learning the exciting news. “Obviously, happiness and thinking that maybe our lives are going to finally change and we’re not going to be in the same, awful hamster wheel anymore.“Lipinski has been sharing her struggles with infertility throughout the first few episodes of her podcast, walking her listeners through her story, which includedlearning that her first natural pregnancy did not have a heartbeat.“Well you know, I was a little hopeful and just praying for a heartbeat and it’s crazy that this little thing has a flicker that you’ll see on a screen. It’s a big milestone to reach,” the athlete said.“And I walked in and sat down and I just knew. I knew from watching her, that awkward silence, that searching, I could tell she just wanted to find this heartbeat. And just the look on her face when she said, ‘I’m sorry, there’s no fetal heartbeat.'“Tara Lipinski.Greg Doherty/Getty ImagesIn the first episode of her show, the athleterevealed that she never thought getting pregnantwould be a struggle for her.“I wasn’t educated, there wasn’t ever a moment that someone brought this to me to even think about,” she told husband Todd Kapostasy of struggling with infertility. “Or to drop a seed in my brain to think about a fertility timeline and a biological clock.““You kind of heard, ‘Oh your biological clock is ticking,’ and that’s the only thing I feel like I ever heard that could remotely make me think that there was a timeline,” she continued. “I also felt like I work out, I work my muscles, I hydrate, I was an elite athlete at one point in my life. I eat healthy, and I just thought, ‘Oh maybe these things correlate,’ and that’s not necessarily true.”
Tara Lipinskiis sharing some exciting news on the latest episode of her podcast.
Teasing the announcement on Tuesday, theTara Lipinski: Unexpectinghost, 41, explained that the story of her fertility journey, the subject of the podcast, is “catching you up to present day.”
“Episode 12 we made some pretty big moves. After our immune testing results we decided to take one of our own biological, genetic embryos 🧬 and give it to a surrogate. We matched with a heaven sent surrogate Mikayla and we received a positive pregnancy test,” she shared in the teaser.On Thursday’s episode, she explained the situation in greater detail, recalling the moment she learned of her surrogate’s pregnancy.
“It was just so surreal. It couldn’t have been happening to us like we don’t get this news, this doesn’t happen to us. I almost didn’t believe it,” Lipinski said on her podcast. “I was just sobbing. But like, that ugly sobbing of just years of all of this trauma pouring out of my eyes.”
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“I don’t know how to describe it other than pure relief,” she shared when asked how she felt learning the exciting news. “Obviously, happiness and thinking that maybe our lives are going to finally change and we’re not going to be in the same, awful hamster wheel anymore.”
Lipinski has been sharing her struggles with infertility throughout the first few episodes of her podcast, walking her listeners through her story, which includedlearning that her first natural pregnancy did not have a heartbeat.
“Well you know, I was a little hopeful and just praying for a heartbeat and it’s crazy that this little thing has a flicker that you’ll see on a screen. It’s a big milestone to reach,” the athlete said.
“And I walked in and sat down and I just knew. I knew from watching her, that awkward silence, that searching, I could tell she just wanted to find this heartbeat. And just the look on her face when she said, ‘I’m sorry, there’s no fetal heartbeat.'”
Tara Lipinski.Greg Doherty/Getty Images
In the first episode of her show, the athleterevealed that she never thought getting pregnantwould be a struggle for her.
“I wasn’t educated, there wasn’t ever a moment that someone brought this to me to even think about,” she told husband Todd Kapostasy of struggling with infertility. “Or to drop a seed in my brain to think about a fertility timeline and a biological clock.”
“You kind of heard, ‘Oh your biological clock is ticking,’ and that’s the only thing I feel like I ever heard that could remotely make me think that there was a timeline,” she continued. “I also felt like I work out, I work my muscles, I hydrate, I was an elite athlete at one point in my life. I eat healthy, and I just thought, ‘Oh maybe these things correlate,’ and that’s not necessarily true.”
source: people.com
