Click Here for the Post A celebrity bronzing artist battling an excruciating disease has revealed the very unusual advice she was given to help her fall pregnant.
Amy Maree, 37, from Sydney, and her husband Scott, 38, have been struggling to conceive a baby for eight excruciating years.
But their desperate attempts to start a family have led to heartache after she tragically suffered a devastating miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.
The couple decided to take a break from fertility treatment for five months between May and October 2018 after suffering another miscarriage.
Despite the heartbreak, Mrs Maree – who suffers from endometriosis – said she has even adopted some IVF superstitions in a desperate attempt to fall pregnant.
Amy Maree (pictured), from Sydney, and her husband Scott, 38, have been trying for a baby for eight years and stopped between May and October 2018
Despite the heartbreak, Mrs Maree – who suffers from endometriosis – said she has even adopted some IVF superstitions in a desperate attempt to fall pregnant, including eating McDonald’s fries ‘because salt makes the egg stick’ during IVF treatment
‘People eat McDonald’s fries or salty fries because people say the salt makes the egg stick,’ she told 9Honey.
‘My fertility specialist laughed at these and told me to do whatever I wanted to do because science decides what happens, not fries.’
On Instagram she said it was her favourite superstition as she would take ‘any excuse for Maccas (sic) chips at 9am I say hell yeah’.
Eating fries aren’t the only advice that she was given over the years.
On the social media platform she shared other habits including eating pineapple cores for five days after transfer, eating Brazilian nuts and wearing orange underwear.
Despite the wacky advice Mrs Maree is doing everything in her power to heighten her chances of a successfully implanted egg.
She took to Instagram to talk about giving up alcohol, but also told the publication she had given up caffeine, started taking Chinese herbs and began undergoing acupuncture.
‘Real and bloody horrible’: She even took to Instagram to share a picture of herself in a hospital bed to talk about the real side of the illness
Ms Maree restarted her fertility treatments after she had a miscarriage in April 2018.
However at the egg retrieval stage things have not been going well for the couple with the fertilised eggs not surviving long enough to be implanted or frozen.
This had not happened to her before and a longer IVF cycle didn’t work in her favour.
She met with her fertility specialist and it was revealed her endometriosis was back.
Ms Maree said that it took an hour to get it all out in a procedure that took place four weeks ago.
‘I wish I’d had this done a year ago. My doctor said sometimes you don’t know it’s back until you go in and look for it,’ she told the publication.
She took to Instagram to talk about giving up alcohol, but also told the publication she had given up caffeine, started taking Chinese herbs and began undergoing acupuncture
She even took to Instagram to share a picture of herself in a hospital bed to talk about the real side of the illness.
‘If you know someone going through this silent reproductive killer – know that the pain they are going through is real and bloody horrible,’ she said on the social media platform.
‘If someone you know has any kind of surgery, just send a nice text saying “hope you’re doing OK”, and tell them they look skinny when you see them.’
She said that’s always nice because she knew how bloated she felt after surgery.
However she told the publication that she felt better within days after her surgery.
Endometriosis destroyed both of Ms Maree’s tubes in March 2017 after an ectopic pregnancy.
Endometriosis destroyed both of Ms Maree’s tubes in March 2017 after an ectopic pregnancy
The couple are doing their fifth IVF cycle and have been through seven transfers.
Most of Ms Maree’s miscarriages have taken place between six and eight weeks.
with most of her miscarriages occurring at six to eight weeks, the ectopic pregnancy
In July 2018 Ms Maree penned a letter to her younger self about her fertility.
Taking to Instagram, the spray tanner to the stars opened up about not giving up hope of becoming a mother after undergoing gruelling rounds of IVF treatment.
Last year Ms Maree penned an emotional letter to her younger self before she embarked on an agonising IVF journey
‘To me eight years ago… My younger self who had no idea of the rocky road we had ahead,’ she wrote.
‘My perfectly intact body that had barely been through anything…. Little did I know what the next chapter had in store for me.’
Over the years, she endured three IVF cycles, five embryo transfers and a double Fallopian tube removal.
But the odds stacked against her after she suffered two unsuccessful pregnancies, including a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy in which the fertilised egg implants outside the uterus.
‘Not to mention the 1,000’s of needles, hormones, mood swings, doctors visits, ultrasounds, internal examinations, tears and tantrums,’ Ms Maree added.
The celebrity bronzing artist and her husband Scott have been trying for a baby for eight years
Writing a touching motivational letter to her younger self, she wanted to tell herself the crippling IVF journey will be worth it in the end.
‘What would I say to her? I’d tell her she is a fighter and her strength is incredible and that this long, excruciating journey will be worth it,’ she said.
‘Hang in there, this crazy journey will test your mind and mental ability, your marriage and how strong you are as a couple and it will take its toll on your body.
Writing a touching motivational letter to her younger self, she wanted to tell herself the crippling IVF journey will be worth it in the end
‘But you’ll survive, you’ll get on with it and continue to do the things you love and see the positives in all that you’re doing.
‘The good days will outweigh the bad and you’ll ride the storm and hopefully one day see the light at the end of this tunnel.’
By sharing her powerful post, she wanted other women who are struggling to fall pregnant to draw strength from her experience.
‘So to all those out there embarking on this journey, be kind to yourself and your body,’ she said.
‘It’s crazy what we put ourselves through – we must nurture ourselves and remember ‘self love’ and always stay positive that this will all be worth it.’
