Even when it wasn’t easy, Quad Webb was intentional about sharing both the highs and lows of her “very raw and vulnerable” IVF journey with King on Married to Medicine.
“We wanted our fans to kind of see what it takes to go on this journey — what it entails, the mental capacity that you have to have, the emotional capacity that you have to have individually,” Miss Quad explained in an exclusive interview with The Daily Dish. “And then, being able to still stay connected with one another and not allowing the relationship to fall by the wayside.”
After all, just as she and King documented for viewers during Season 12, Episode 3, the complex process brought a whole roller coaster of emotions along with it.
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“There’s so much that you have to do and that you will encounter, and nothing is certain when you’re doing IVF,” Quad added. “It’s the most enjoyable, yet nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever done in my life, because I have no control. And I will say it took a lot of bravery for me to decide to give this part of my life to our Bravo family, the watchers, the viewers, the fans, and the people who love and support me.”
She and King ultimately decided to “move forward with” sharing their story, with a goal to “help a lot of people” with similar fertility and pregnancy difficulties, along the way.
“This season, you’ll see me kind of tracking the journey,” Quad teased. “And it was very real, and very raw, and very vulnerable, and uninhibited, and it wasn’t dressed up nice in a bow. It didn’t have on a gown and beautiful jewelry.”
Quad Webb revealed whether Dr. Jackie Walters is still her IVF physician
Miss Quad previously shared during Married to Medicine‘s Season 11 reunion that she’d enlisted Dr. Jackie Walters to help achieve her dream of becoming a mother. As Quad updated fans in her exclusive chat with The Daily Dish, Dr. Jackie is still involved in her IVF journey, but the Atlanta-area OB-GYN is no longer her primary physician.
“Dr. Jackie is doing my tracing and everything in terms of keeping up with my LH level, my ultrasounds, and things of that nature,” Quad explained.
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She offered similar intel on Married to Med‘s Dec. 14 episode, before detailing how she was actually now undergoing treatments in Africa.
“King and I are trying to get pregnant,” Quad told a producer. “We have a friend who basically got pregnant at 46 with triplets. I said, ‘Wait a minute. Where is this doctor?’ And she’s like, ‘Oh, this doctor is in Ghana.’ When I heard that, I just felt like, this is where I need to be.”
Since then, Quad said she’d undergone two egg retrievals abroad, while Dr. Jackie agreed to handle her lab tracing “stateside.” A flashback to a week earlier showed Dr. Jackie telling her that she had “nothing but good news,” and that all of her tests “have been normal.”
How Quad Webb’s IVF journey impacted her relationship with King
As Quad prepared to give herself an injection during the third episode of Season 12, King admitted that he was bracing for the “next 24 hours of hell.”
When he confirmed to Quad that the shots cause her to have “mood swings” and “rage,” she shared that she’d actually been “crying a lot,” lately, before telling him, “I appreciate your grace in this and your understanding.”
Nonetheless, King expressed hope that they would get all the eggs they need at their next appointment, so that he didn’t “have to go through this again.”
Quad added in a joint confessional, “Sticking yourself a couple of times a day every single day gets exhausting and tiring. But despite all the side effects, it still will be well worth it to me to become a mom.”
As King put it, “If we get the results that we’re seeking, it will definitely be worth it. If not, I could’ve bought another car.”
As they continue their emotional journey to becoming parents, don’t miss a preview of what else is ahead for Quad and King on Married to Medicine Season 12.
— Additional reporting by Stephanie Gomulka
