Whitney Port Gives 'Honest Update' on Fertility Journey Ahead of IVF Egg Retrieval

Mar. 15, 2025

Whitney Port-Rosenman attends the Alzheimer’s Association Peace of Mind Luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel on November 09, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo:Leon Bennett/Getty

Leon Bennett/Getty

Whitney Portis getting candid about how she feels ahead of her egg retrieval.

On Tuesday, Aug. 6,The Hillsalum, 39, opened up to her fans about the mixed feelings she’s experiencing about her upcoming procedure.

“As I go into my egg retrieval, I wanted to share an honest update about how I’m feeling, and honestly, I’m feeling awful,” wrote Port onInstagram. “It’s not the physical discomfort (which totally sucks- bloating, bruising, swelling, heaviness) but the emotional discomfort.”

TheWith Whitpodcast host said that “the hormones are making me feel like I can’t manage anything, like everything is just the worst,” and expressed that she’s nervous she won’t get any “quality” eggs from the procedure.

“I’m scared,” she confessed. “My energy is non existent and I feel like I’m not showing up the way I should as a wife, mom, sister, friend, co-worker, etc. My stomach feels up in my throat and I’m on the verge of tears/actual tears all day.”

WhileThe Cityalum expressed that she’s felt different emotions each day, she thanked her fans for their continuous “support and words of encouragement.”

Whitney Port with her son Sonny.Whitney Port/Instagram

Whitney Port/Instagram

“I’ll be ready to return to gratitude soon, but I am just not there yet with so much up in the air. That may be pessimistic, but I don’t want to force any feelings either,” she wrote.

Port is a mom to sonSonny Sanford, 7, with her husband,Tim Rosenman. The fashion designer, who has been open about her “long and trying” fertility journey, previously told PEOPLE that shehad her first miscarriage when Sonny was 2 years old.

“The first time, I was someone who got pregnant very easily. Then, the second time around, we’ve just struggled. There’s beenmiscarriageafter miscarriage,” she told PEOPLE in April.

Whitney Port and Tim Rosenman at an event on March 19, 2016 in Indian Wells, California.Michael Kovac/Getty

Michael Kovac/Getty

Port told PEOPLE she’s opted to talk about her journey because it can be “so isolating.”

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“So many women go through it and each experience is so unique and a lot of women feel like they don’t really have the space to to talk about it. So, for me, filming this and sharing this felt very liberating,” she said.

source: people.com