{"id":6949,"date":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-pregnancy-maria-menounos-snapchats-her-egg-retrieval-procedure\/"},"modified":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","slug":"condition-pregnancy-maria-menounos-snapchats-her-egg-retrieval-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-pregnancy-maria-menounos-snapchats-her-egg-retrieval-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Menounos Snapchats Her Egg-Retrieval Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"
It looks like Maria Menounos and fiancé Keven Undergaro are getting ready to be parents.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, the 37-year-old E! News<\/em> host shared a series of videos and photos on Snapchat while in the hospital having an egg-retrieval procedure. During this medical procedure, patients are sedated while a doctor removes eggs for future in vitro fertilization treatments. <\/p>\n In vitro fertilization (often referred to as IVF) is a type of assisted reproductive technology<\/a> in which a woman's eggs are fertilized with sperm in a laboratory to create embryos, which are then implanted in the woman's womb. Some women choose to undergo this procedure when they're having trouble getting pregnant<\/a> (for example, if they have a medical condition such as endometriosis or uterine fibroids). About 165,00 IVF procedures are performed in the U.S. each year, according to a 2014 report<\/a> from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.<\/p>\n RELATED<\/strong>: Maria Menounos on Her Mom's Best Cooking Advice: "There Are No Mistakes"<\/a><\/p>\n In one of the Snapchat videos, Menounos could be seen lying in a hospital bed with Undergaro by her side as the medication takes effect. "They're starting to drug me, it feels good," she says. Other photos showed the actress and author<\/a> about to undergo the procedure (she captioned a video of her IV bag "egg retrieval time") and leaving the hospital afterward with sunglasses on.<\/p>\n bedside.jpg<\/span> <\/p>\n Although Menounos has yet to share her timeline for a possible pregnancy, she's openly discussed her desire to start a family in the past.<\/p>\n In 2011, she appeared on Good Morning America<\/em> with her fertility specialist and said that while she and Undergaro weren't yet ready to have children, she was planning on freezing her eggs<\/a> as an "insurance policy" for the future.<\/p>\n "To me, parenting is the<\/em> most difficult job in the entire world," she said. "And when I do it, I want to be committed and I want to be 100% ready to take it on and be the best mom I can be. Right now, I don't see myself to be in that position."<\/p>\n In an interview with Redbook<\/em> magazine last year, Menounos opened up<\/a> about her fertility struggles.<\/p>\n "On my reality show last year, I was talking about freezing my eggs," she said. "I started the process, but I wasn't successful, and it's still not happening. So let's call it what it is—not a good situation."<\/p>\n RELATED<\/strong>: 9 Things Every Woman Must Know About Her Fertility<\/p>\n