Kellie Gerardi

#ad I have such massive respect for @Hyundai USA ‘s bold commitment to an equitable future and I’m so proud to be a part of their efforts to support and uplift women in STEM. 🫶 It also feels fitting to be kicking off just in time for the anniversary of the first woman to fly to space (Valentina Tereshkova in June of 1963!) … and 60 years later, I became the 90th! Now my goal is to help hold that door open even wider for the next generation. Check out the link in my bio to apply to Hyundai’s Women in STEM Scholarship by June 30th for a chance to receive a $10,000 scholarship! Stay tuned for so much more. We’re just getting started! 💜 #HyundaiPartner

“There’s too much going on” 😭 I almost forgot about this but I was dying laughing, just automatically starting to undress in solidarity #ivf #husbandandwife

ITS GO TIME 🤍

This part is always hard, but after my last IVF cycle, which ultimately yielded one single embryo and resulted in a devastating miscarriage for me, I’m so grateful to have 3 embryos this time. And I keep reminding myself, sometimes it only takes one. 🤍

…like wdym we grew up an entire continent apart, found each other, and built a life together? Surreal.

Genuinely mind blowing if I think about it for too long. Life can be so wonderfully strange, and I can’t wait to see the next chapter of what the universe has in store for us. Soaking up our final day in Bavaria ❤️

Channeling this optimism today on 3dp5dt. #ivf

5dp5dt: ruined my day immediately and reminded myself why I had to stop testing last time #ivf

Operation Space Baby is a GO. Now we just need to stick the landing. 🤍 #ivf

Thanks in advance 🤍

if you want kids when you’re younger, amazing. If you want kids when you’re older, amazing. If you’re like me and that timeline isn’t in your control, you’re doing amazing & I see you. 🫶

but what if it doesn’t? 🤍 that’s the mindset I’m cultivating ahead of transfer next month. Doubt everything in my power in the meantime to get myself in the absolute best possible shape: mentally, physically and emotionally. 🫶

I know there are no certainties in IVF, but I can at least be certain I tried everything in my power to bring to life the vision I’ve always had for my family. And WHEN it happens (not IF, as you all keep reminding me 💪) you already know that baby is going to be so loved. 🤍

🫠 I can wait a few days, but not much longer.

Let it all work out. 🙏🏼 #ivf

Mamacita! ✨ (but heavy on the “cause it’s not their business”)

doubling the dose of hope was the biggest change to my protocol this time 🤞✨ and now, the dreaded 2 week wait (but let’s be real, I’ll likely cave and test sooner at home) #ivf

We’re doing it! 🥹💛 After all the testing following the loss of my previous IVF pregnancy, I’m extremely disappointed to have zero answers, but that also means we now have zero blockers to trying again after this most recent egg retrieval.

Using this as a reminder to myself today at 7 days post transfer that I can get through anything, and that hope is never wasted. And feeling particularly hopeful today. The faintest line never fully went away, and while it should be darker by now, the fact that I can still see something days after any residual hCG from the trigger shot should be out of my system is giving me wild hope. Praying it’s the start of something real, praying it’s not chemical, praying I can remain calm for the 3 final days before I know for sure. 🤍🤍🤍

how exciting 🤍