Jelly Roll<\/strong><\/a> and Bunnie Xo<\/strong><\/a> were eager to expand their family through IVF before calling it quits.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever had to go through,\u201d the \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast host, 46, said about her experience with in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a January interview with People<\/em><\/a>, just four months before the country crooner, 41, filed for divorce<\/a> after nearly 10 years of marriage.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been rough,\u201d she added at the time. \u201cI know that God has a plan and he\u2019s going to make it work. I really do. I have no doubt in my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n The couple met in 2015 and tied the knot in August 2016, splitting briefly in 2018 before renewing their vows in 2023.<\/p>\n Bunnie reflected on her past during the interview, further noting, \u201cI genuinely think that having those abortions when I was younger, the journey that I\u2019m going on now with IVF, God\u2019s putting me through this again so that I can be a voice for those women who are going through this process.\u201d<\/p>\n Bunnie wrote about having an abortion at 16 years old in addition to the two life-saving abortions she had to treat two ectopic pregnancies in her memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic<\/em>, which was released in February.<\/p>\n The TikTok star elaborated about her hopes to become a mother one day, revealing that she and Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, were praying to welcome twins.<\/p>\n \u201cNow that we\u2019re finally stable financially and somewhat emotionally after all the healing we\u2019ve done over this decade together, we\u2019re talking about the future \u2014 including growing our family,\u201d she penned in one chapter. \u201cJ and I have a surrogate, the sweetest woman ever, and soon I\u2019ll be starting my IVF stims.\u201d<\/p>\n IVF stims, also known as controlled ovarian stimulation, involves daily hormone injections with hopes of getting multiple mature eggs in one cycle instead of a single egg produced monthly.<\/p>\n
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