"On Aug. 27, she shared an Instagram reel with the caption, "Crying in the parking lot of my IVF clinic again, but this time happy tears." Gerardi is six weeks pregnant. "We're still far from out of the woods, but if me and this little Cheerio-sized miracle can make it another few weeks together, I might finally graduate from my IVF clinic this time," she wrote."
"Gerardi, the mom of daughter Delta, suffers from secondary infertility. She spent six years " trying it all" to get pregnant, she's said, including acupuncture and progesterone. She started IVF in the fall of 2024 and retrieved 24 egg s, but only 13 of those eggs were mature and just 10 could be fertilized. In the end, Gerardi and her husband had only one genetically normal embryo. That was the embryo she miscarried earlier this year."
"With her plan to go on a space mission in 2026 in the balance, Gerardi began the IVF process all over again this spring. "We have three embryos and at least two opportunities for transfer attempts this summer (based on latest timing for my research crew's science spaceflight in 2026)," she wrote on Instagram on June 11. One of the embryo transfers was successful."
Gerardi is six weeks pregnant following an embryo transfer after a February miscarriage, her fourth pregnancy loss. She paused public updates while mourning and then shared emotional progress. She has secondary infertility and pursued treatments for six years, including acupuncture and progesterone. IVF begun in fall 2024 produced 24 retrieved eggs, 13 mature, 10 fertilized, and initially only one genetically normal embryo that later miscarried. She restarted IVF this spring, produced three embryos, had at least two transfer opportunities tied to 2026 spaceflight timing, and achieved a successful transfer this summer while remaining cautious about ongoing risk.
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