When Gabriela Nigretti couldn’t get pregnant, she embarked on a fertility journey, which she candidly shared on social media.
When the in Milford, Connecticut, data annotation manager started in vitro fertilization , she announced it as if she were announcing a pregnancy, in part, to reduce the stigma and isolation associated with infertility. She shares her story with TODAY to encourage others to advocate for themselves and to raise awareness of weight biases she says she faced.
After trying for a while, I reached out to my OB-GYN and a fertility specialist. Both recommended that I lose weight so that my body mass index would lower. Doctors offered generic weight loss advice, such as cutting carbs or exercising more. This felt frustrating. I already worked out five days a week and focused on healthy eating. I was literally doing everything I could at that point to get pregnant and it wasn’t working.
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