Tara Lipinski opens up about experiencing 'heartbreaking' miscarriages during her infertility struggles, revealing that the time was 'so isolating.' The Olympian speaks to PEOPLE about her experience and reveals her new podcast with husband Todd Kapostasy.
Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE, the Olympic figure skater, 41, reveals that over the past five years, she and husband Todd Kapostasy have been "on the fertility journey from hell."
Lipinski has a close-knit family and group of friends that she's been able to lean on throughout her journey with infertility. Still, the athlete notes that even with the support the time has felt like a solitary experience. Once she started thinking about becoming a parent, Lipinski realized it wasn't going to be as simple as she might have thought.
"In the last five years, I've been under anesthesia 24 times, had four miscarriages, four D&Cs [dilation and curettage], six failed transfers, eight retrievals and was diagnosed with endometriosis with two subsequent major surgeries," she tells PEOPLE. "My life revolved around doctor appointments and procedures."
Though she was an Olympian for most of her early life, the professional figure skater explains that the intensity of the sport was nothing compared to her journey with IVF. "People will always talk with me about being an Olympian and how hard the Olympics were, what was that like? How did you do the impossible? And in my mind, it doesn't seem like the impossible at all."
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