Broadcaster Seo Dong-joo said she plans to attempt in vitro fertilization again after confessing to a missed miscarriage.
On the 2nd, a video titled "Maybe it's not time to become a mother yet. Chilbok, let's meet again next season!" was released on the YouTube channel 'Seo Dong-joo's Tto.Do.Dong'.
That day Seo Dong-joo confessed to a missed miscarriage after an in vitro fertilization pregnancy and mentioned, "I wanted to protect Chilbok no matter what, so I got injections every day, took medicine, used vaginal suppositories, and checked each value with blood tests while I think I did everything I could."
She continued, "I took walks, ate healthy food, and never missed my supplements, but apparently it wasn't the right time yet," and confessed the miscarriage, saying, "The blood test numbers rose slowly, and at a moment when I thought I almost had to give up, a gestational sac appeared. Each week I waited another week and then I was able to see the yolk sac. But when I went to the hospital yesterday, I confirmed that the size of the gestational sac remained exactly as it had been a few days earlier, that everything had stopped."
After the miscarriage, Seo Dong-joo opened up, saying, "I've been reconsidering what it means to become a mother. Suddenly this thought occurred to me: if I can't endure this level of pain and waiting, if I can't withstand the anxiety and the passage of time, can I truly carry a life to the end?" and expressed deep concern.
She added, "Of course I don't think this is the only answer. You don't have to endure suffering to deserve being a mother, but nonetheless, going through this time I clearly feel my heart growing firmer little by little."
Seo Dong-joo said she is willing to try in vitro fertilization again, saying, "I think I've become someone who can wait a little longer, endure a little more, and understand a little more deeply than before. And finally, after going through all of this, I realized that I still have the desire to try again inside me."
Finally, Seo Dong-joo said, "To be honest, I'm very afraid. I'm terrified I might go through the same time again, that I might face the same feelings again. Even so, a feeling remains that is greater than the fear. I'm thankful that feeling remains in me enough, and I felt there is enough hope. So I'm going to try to live well again. Then when my body allows, I'll cautiously try again."
Meanwhile, Seo Dong-joo is the daughter of comedian the late Seo Se-won and Seo Jeong-hee and worked as a lawyer in the United States. After returning to Korea, she worked as a broadcaster and last June married a non-celebrity man four years her junior.
After marriage she said she was attempting pregnancy through in vitro fertilization, and recently announced news of a pregnancy but said the prognosis was not good and asked for support. Fans have continued to offer condolences after the heartbreaking news that came after the wait.
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