Erin Andrews has by no means shied away from sharing the troublesome realities of her fertility journey — and at 47, she’s nonetheless combating to develop her household.
Throughout the April 14, 2026, episode of her “Calm Down With Erin and Charissa” podcast, Andrews shared an replace on her newest try at IVF.
“I made a decision to inject HGH [Human Growth Hormone], Gonal-f [follitropin alfa], and Clomid [clomiphene] and attempt to do one other IVF spherical, however no matter,” she mentioned. “Effectively, it didn’t work. Right here’s my complete factor. I’m loopy and I’m with a health care provider that mentioned, ‘Hear, we’ll name it when it’s time.’”
Whereas Andrews acknowledged the percentages should not in her favor, she refused to surrender.
“I simply really feel like, I consider my physique can do it,” she mentioned on the time. “Although I do know that my age — with what historical past says — shouldn’t be nice with producing eggs and the viability of your eggs. There’s just a few s*** in me that I’m like, ‘Watch me do it.’ It’s like a bizarre dependancy I’ve.”
Maintain scrolling for Andrews’ candid feedback about motherhood and fertility:
A Journey That Spans Extra Than a Decade
Erin Andrews has been on a fertility journey for years. In a 2021 essay for Bulletin, she revealed she had been present process “time-consuming and emotionally draining” fertility remedies.
Andrews was beforehand identified with cervical most cancers in 2016. She froze embryos earlier than present process therapy and, after two surgical procedures, went into remission. After marrying Jarret Stoll in 2017, Andrews struggled to broaden their household.
“It’s not straightforward. It’s been one of the crucial difficult issues in my life, and I do know in my husband’s life as nicely,” Andrews advised Us Weekly solely in January 2023. “It’s simply nothing to be embarrassed about, particularly when so many individuals are going via it.”
Welcoming Mack
Erin Andrews and Jarret Stoll welcomed their son, Mack, by way of surrogate in July 2023 after years of fertility ups and downs. Throughout the beginning, the TV reporter mentioned there was “slightly little bit of an emergency within the supply room” when the surrogate dilated rapidly that sparked considerations concerning the child’s heartbeat.
“She pushed as soon as and he got here out,” Andrews advised Right this moment on the time. “I’m kissing [the surrogate’s] head, and Jarret is trying like he simply gained the Stanley Cup once more. It’s the proper image of surrogacy.”
The Journey to Child No. 2
In October 2024, Erin Andrews advised E! Information she was contemplating having a second baby.
“We’re speaking about attempting it once more,” she advised the outlet. “I used to be actually, actually trustworthy with my physician a pair weeks in the past. I simply mentioned, ‘We’ve had a lot excessive with the beginning of Mack and the way nice he’s doing that I don’t wish to return to that place of failure once more, and I’m actually, actually afraid of it.’”
Andrews revealed on her podcast the following 12 months that her surrogate had suffered a being pregnant loss.
“We obtained some actual s***y information immediately that our surrogate had miscarried. So I’ve handled this earlier than, however issues have been going actually, rather well,” she mentioned in Could 2025. “Been sitting right here interested by Taylor Swift‘s music, ‘I Can Do It with a Damaged Coronary heart.’ I’m actually good at doing this s*** with a damaged coronary heart.”
She continued, “I feel I kinda made a promise to myself that once I was actually open with how s***ty infertility has been and our journey with two surrogates. … After I was first coping with all these infertility points and loss, I simply wished to let different individuals know that we’re coping with them, that I get it and I perceive. I’m going to try this once more. This actually, actually sucks however so many individuals are coping with it so in the event you really feel alone and you’re feeling like a failure, I do too. You’re not the one one.”
Erin Andrews is getting ready to return to NFL sideline reporting lower than eight weeks after welcoming her child boy, who gained’t be becoming a member of her within the crowds. “I obtained a query [asking] would I take Mack on the street. … Right here’s my factor: No,” Andrews, 45, mentioned throughout an episode of her “Calm Down” podcast […]
The Toll on Marriage and Funds
Erin Andrews has been candid about how the fertility journey impacts each a part of her life.
“It’s a must to give one another a break. It’s a must to have persistence. It’s taxing in your financials as nicely, which additionally brings stress to your marriage. It’s not low cost. It’s terrible,” she mentioned on her podcast in April 2026, thanking Stoll for being a gentle presence. “My husband was actually, actually nice after we have been going via extra lows than highs, simply being like, ‘This sucks. This simply isn’t nice. I really feel actually crappy, and I really feel like a failure,’ and that basically helped quite a bit too.”
Andrews additionally revealed that she will get PTSD each time she calls her fertility physician.
“It’s loopy, as a result of when you get again on the telephone along with your fertility physician and also you begin speaking concerning the journey once more, PTSD all comes again of how crappy you felt, how numb your physique will get, simply the concern of loss,” she mentioned. “There’s nothing concerning the infertility journey that I’d say is nice, besides your finish product. When you’ll be able to have the child and also you’re like, ‘Wow, you have been price it.’”
Dealing With Mother Guilt
Erin Andrews is a sports activities reporter who travels throughout the nation for varied professional video games.
“I wished to go dwelling as a result of I used to be having a variety of guilt, and I realized quite a bit about guilt this week,” she mentioned on her podcast in February 2026. “I simply felt unhealthy as a result of I’ve been on the street a lot, and I really feel like that is purported to be my time with my baby.”
Andrews added, “I spend a variety of time away from dwelling. I’ve guilt about that, so I miss a variety of stuff. In order that’s the place I used to be like, ‘Oh, I’ll come dwelling and we’ll have a pleasant evening collectively.’”
This story was compiled with the assistance of AI instruments and edited by journalists.
