PHOTOSPregnant Gretchen Rossi Comforts Fan Who Couldn’t Afford IVF Treatment
April 24 2019, Published 7:30 p.m. ET
Gretchen Rossi took time to comfort one of her fans who revealed that she couldn’t afford IVF treatment. The former Real Housewives of Orange County star went through a “devastating” journey of her own for years before finally announcing her pregnancy in December. Read on for all the details.
Gretchen, 40, shared an Instagram post centered around National Infertility Awareness Week.
“We are on a mission to get legislation to change insurance coverage so that everyone who is suffering with this disease can get the coverage they deserve!” she wrote in part.
One of her fans vented about their struggles to have children. “Couldn’t afford IVF and got too dejected by all of it so we never had kids,” they wrote.
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“I’m so sorry to hear this, we are fighting for couples just like you!” Gretchen responded.
Gretchen has been very candid about her own infertility issues. She opened up about her struggles to conceive during a visit to Jeff Lewis’ radio show last August.
She lost 14 embroys and struggled with depression over the course of several years as a result.
Gretchen is currently expecting her first baby, a daughter, with fiancé Slade Smiley. They have a name picked out but haven’t publicly revealed it yet.
