“When are you having kids?”: Brittany Hockley shares powerful message that’s helping her through infertility
“It’s not for lack of trying trust me”: The Life Uncut co-host has shared a deeply personal update on her fertility journey.
has shared a heartfelt update on her infertility journey, opening up about the emotional toll of trying to conceive and the question she’s asked all too often.
Alongside a carousel of holiday photos with her husband, Swiss footballer Ben Siegrist, Brittany addressed the assumptions people often make about her life.
The post was captioned: “I’m 38. Married. I travel the world. No kids. Everyday I get asked why I don’t have kids or when I am having them. That I am missing out. To that I say I can’t fall pregnant. I hope that answers your questions.”
In the accompanying caption, Brittany explained why she felt compelled to share her reality.
“It’s not for lack of trying trust me. No harm is ever meant when people ask, I know that. And my answer might sound blunt. But we haven’t been able to fall pregnant. This is just the truth of it. And anyone that struggles with infertility knows, it consumes your life and your thoughts. Because I also wonder when and if we will have kids. It truly is exhausting. So anyone going through it, I get it. I get you. I feel you. There’s a lot of us! But I hope you’re still able to enjoy life while you’re in the thick of it because it’s easy to let it completely take over. But it would be a shame to miss life’s beautiful moments that are still happening. Because life is still happening, and we get just one. Hopefully it happens for us. Until then, I guess we just keep travelling and enjoying life and hey, trying in different tropical locations isn’t the worst ;)”
Brittany’s fertility journey began with one unexpected conversation
Earlier this year, the 38yr old shared that it was only after hosting an interview about fertility on her own podcast that she started looking into her own. She was 33 at the time.
As someone who has lived a healthy lifestyle her whole life, she was shocked to find out that that didn’t necessarily line-up with what was happening on the inside.
“In my head, I’m like, ‘My body is the perfect house for a baby’,” shared the Aussie star in an interview with Mamamia.
She joins many women who have felt duped into thinking that falling pregnant would be easy from the outset, only to discover it’s not as easy as just stopping your contraceptives.
Upon discovering she had low natural conceptive chances at the age of 33, Brittany made the decision to freeze her eggs.
A journey she’s continued with husban Ben Siegrist
Years later, Brittany met her now-husband professional footballer, While many people assume fertility challenges are primarily a women’s issue, research shows that infertility issues are just as likely to affect men.
While Brittany’s partner, Ben, is also the picture of health, being a professional athlete, this didn’t necessarily equate to strong chances of conceiving.
In 2023, the couple decided to freeze embryos. While the results were initially ‘devastating,’ with her only successfully frozen embryo revealed to be ‘non-viable,’ Brittany has since shared that her and Benjamin now have ‘three genetically tested embryos frozen.’
The lesson Brittany wishes more people knew
While Brittany shares she’s thankful she started looking into her fertility when she did, there are a few things she wish she’d known sooner.
In anInstagram post, Brittany got candid about her fertility journey in the interest of spreading awareness — from what they don’t tell you in school, to some hard truths.
Importantly that “‘Doing everything right’ is sometimes not enough,” but that that’s not something to beat yourself up over. Rather a reason to give yourself some grace.
