Wednesday 29 June 2022 02:03 AM Lauren Conrad reveals she had an ectopic pregnancy six years ago trends now
Lauren Conrad is opening up about her own experience with 'lifesaving reproductive care' in wake of the Supreme Court's controversial decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The 36-year-old The Hills alum revealed on Instagram that she had an 'ectopic pregnancy' while trying to start a family with husband William Tell, 42.
'The last few days have been hard. I've been searching for the right words, and reposting someone else's didn't feel quite right,' she wrote. 'I wanted to share my own experience with lifesaving reproductive care.
Own experience: Lauren Conrad is opening up about her own experience with 'lifesaving reproductive care' in wake of the Supreme Court's controversial decision to reverse Roe v. Wade; Conrad pictured in March
'Six years ago, while trying to start our family, I had an ectopic pregnancy. Due to the prompt medical care doctors saved me Fallopian tubes, allowing me to have two healthy pregnancies,' she explained.
An ectopic pregnancy, according to the Mayo Clinic, is 'when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus.'
Most often, it occurs in one of the fallopian tubes but it can also occur in other areas of the body, like on an ovary or in the abdominal cavity.
The fertilized egg cannot survive outside the uterus and, if left untreated, the 'growing tissue may cause life-threatening bleeding.'
Approximately a year after her ectopic pregnancy, Conrad gave birth to her first child, son Liam James, in 2017. Two years later, she and her husband welcomed their second son, Charlie Wolf.
The 36-year-old The Hills alum revealed on Instagram that she had an 'ectopic pregnancy' while trying to start a family with husband William Tell, 42; Conrad and Tell pictured with sons Charlie Wolf and Liam James
Conrad felt inspired to share her story after reading of another woman's near-fatal experience with an ectopic pregnancy after the shocking reversal of Roe v. Wade.
'Yesterday I read about a woman with this same condition having her ectopic pregnancy rupture - and facing death - while waiting for treatment, because the doctor was on the phone with his lawyer out of fear of losing his medical license,' she wrote.
In parentheses, Conrad noted that the doctor feared the repercussions of using 'dilation and curettage (D&G)' as a 'tool to help establish the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy.'
'The last few days have been hard. I've been searching for the right words, and reposting someone else's didn't feel quite right,' she wrote. 'I wanted to share my own experience with lifesaving reproductive care
