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Man Repeller’s Leandra Medine Announces Pregnancy In Emotional Blog Post

And details her two-year struggle with fertility - by marie claire
  • 10 Nov 2017
Man Repeller’s Leandra Medine Announces Pregnancy In Emotional Blog Post

Man Repeller founder Leandra Medine has announced she is expecting twins in a candid and powerful personal essay.

Now 22 weeks pregnant, Medine reflects on the tumultuous two years it took her to get here, opening up about a miscarriage, several rounds of IVF and all the ways she tried to boost her fertility, from diets to hypnosis to acupuncture.

“What would be my final tango with hormone therapy reached its own culmination and by the 4th of July, my  reproductive endocrinologist confirmed that I was pregnant with twins,” she writes.“I spent the rest of the summer hurled over toilet seats or public garbage cans or with my head inside the plastic bags I would carry around as I navigated a hot and very smelly New York City, anticipating the 12-week scan where everything unraveled last time.”

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"...a bit of guilt and a lot of self-awareness neatly wrap my evolving pregnancy...If you're going through it, I still want to be here for you." -- @leandramcohen shares a different kind of pregnancy announcement. Link in bio

“Then we got through the scan, until the next scan came, and the one after that; and I’m 22 weeks pregnant now and I can’t believe that all the energy I spent trying to run my company and my marriage and my life into the ground was a byproduct of how desperate I am to become a mother.”

Medine has since opened up to The Tot about her experience. “Biggest positive: it has been a TRIP to get here -- a couple failed IVF attempts, a natural pregnancy that resulted in miscarriage and so much hormone therapy but I think all of that has made me appreciate every element of pregnancy that I have experienced thus far. It's hard to talk about the challenges because I'm so damn grateful to be here that I don't care how difficult or uncomfortable it gets, as along as the result is a healthy pair of babies, I am satisfied.” 

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A BIG congratulations to our dear friend and newest Tot Mama, founder of @manrepeller @leandramcohen, on expecting twin girls!! We recently sat down with Leandra and chatted about this exciting new adventure and what her experience has been thus far: What it's been like to be pregnant with twins? "The first trimester felt like an alien invasion. I was throwing up like 4/5 times a day and needed to sleep about 15 hours a day and when I was up, the best I could do was sit on my couch and stare at my wall." What's the biggest positive and what's the biggest challenge that you envision? "Biggest positive: it has been a TRIP to get here -- a couple failed IVF attempts, a natural pregnancy that resulted in miscarriage and so much hormone therapy but I think all of that has made me appreciate every element of pregnancy that I have experienced thus far. It's hard to talk about the challenges because I'm so damn grateful to be here that I don't care how difficult or uncomfortable it gets, as along as the result is a healthy pair of babies, I am satisfied." We are thrilled for this mom to be! #totmama #totlove #momtobe #bumplife #newmom #newparents

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