The first time I spoke with the Lianna Vaska's e-host and style expert, she alluded to the fact that she was experiencing infertility.

She is not alone.

One in eight couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy.

But then this spring, Lillianna announced that she's pregnant and expecting her first child.

We talk about the journey to get here and what it will take to break the taboo around infertility.

A reminder, Lillianna is incredibly generous with the details of her experience,

but I am not a medical professional, nor is she. What we're sharing today is her story. It does not

substitute for professional medical advice, which you should always seek from your physician.

Liliana, I cannot tell you how truly happy I am for you.

The first time that you were on, you alluded to the fact that this had been very challenging, more challenging than you anticipated it being. And I really felt like we were catching you in the throes of it. So when I saw that news on Instagram, my heart skipped a beat. I can't express how happy I am for you, especially because I know what a long road this has been. I think when I was on the podcast with you, it was one of the first times I even

said that statement or like you said, hinted at the journey I had been on for a few years even at that

point in any public way. But I remember walking out of your studio that day and I just felt

so much better and I hadn't even said anything. And I remember holding onto that feeling saying,

if it felt that good just to even hint at it or even just to say it to another person that's not

my husband or my mom, like, isn't it going to feel so much better to just share it? And I don't

know. I don't think I was strong enough to get over that hump and get over that hurdle.

So now that this incredible news is out there, but also being able to share that pain and that shame and that isolation with the world, I just feel a thousand pounds lighter.

I want you to take me back to the beginning of this journey.

How did you know you needed to seek out help in the first place?

I had an amazing gynecologist, and I always say that I am so lucky and privileged to have great health insurance through my husband,

because that kind of insurance and that kind of medical access should be equitable and distributed amongst everyone. This is just a human to human connection that I think all of our physicians should have with us. At that point, I don't even know that I was sure that I 100 percent wanted to be a parent, but I knew that I didn't want that option or that choice taken away from me. And that was enough for me to say to her,

yeah, yeah, I do want to have children. And she's like, you know what, at your age, like, let me just run this super easy blood test. No big deal. Do you have 10 minutes to stay after? I was like, yeah, of course. And it's called an AMH test. It stands for anti-Mularian hormone. You and I are both women that are in control of so many things in our lives. I crave knowledge.

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