Erika Hammond is sharing new details about her surrogacy journey. OnThe Real Housewives of New York City Season 16, the fitness professional opened up about finding a surrogate in order to have a child with husband Ankur Jain. More recently, Erika shared what happened after the couple matched with a surrogate.Â
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“We obviously matched, we were so excited that night,” Erika said on The Real Housewives of New York City After Show Season 16, Episode 9. “We, in the next few months, had done an implantation, transfer, and after six weeks found out it wasn’t viable. It’s been tough because, you know, essentially it was a miscarriage.”
“Obviously, Ankur and I are very sad, but it’s different because I’m not physically going through it,” the RHONY cast member continued in the video above. “And I was feeling for her because I’m like, you’ve been through six weeks, every day, of doing these shots and then now having to go through a miscarriage. Like, I kept being like, ‘How are you doing? What can I do for you?’ And she’s feeling bad because she’s like, ‘I’m so sad for you and Ankur, what can I do?’ And you know, it’s a very special relationship to have that and be there and I think having someone you can lean on in the space…She’s an amazing surrogate.”
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What’s next for Erika Hammond’s surrogacy journey?
Erika revealed that they will begin the process again with their same surrogate. “Now, we’re waiting to do another transfer,” she said. “I am currently doing another round of egg freezing, or embryo freezing right now. Tomorrow I’m doing my procedure, so I’m bloated and a little moody, which maybe is why I’m a little catty today. We’re very excited about doing the transfer.”
“We’ve had some ups and downs but I think for us we’re very optimistic,” she continued. “That embryo, that time wasn’t meant to be. This next one’s going to be it and we’ve got to keep trying.”
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Erika Hammond opens up about health concerns before starting surrogacy journeyÂ
During the RHONY After Show, Erika revealed that she had an MRI done that found five “growths on her liver,” resulting in her and Ankur looking for a surrogate. “They grow with estrogen. So when we found this out, they had told us that I would be a high-risk pregnancy, and the risk would be that they would grow, and rupture, and I would bleed out,” she said. “And so it was advised that I should have a surrogate.”
“And obviously that’s not something that I had ever thought of before or thought that I would need, but that was our path and that was meant to be our path and we’re on it now,” she said.
Learn more about what’s in store for Erika throughout the rest of RHONY Season 16.
