Kellie Gerardi

#ad I have such massive respect for @Hyundai USA ‘s bold commitment to an equitable future and I’m so proud to be a part of their efforts to support and uplift women in STEM. 🫶 It also feels fitting to be kicking off just in time for the anniversary of the first woman to fly to space (Valentina Tereshkova in June of 1963!) … and 60 years later, I became the 90th! Now my goal is to help hold that door open even wider for the next generation. Check out the link in my bio to apply to Hyundai’s Women in STEM Scholarship by June 30th for a chance to receive a $10,000 scholarship! Stay tuned for so much more. We’re just getting started! 💜 #HyundaiPartner

We went into this round knowing that if we had zero or only one, I would need to go straight into another retrieval cycle in the hopes of having at least two for future transfer attempts. But 😭😭😭🤍🤍🤍!!! THREE. We have THREE. Last round, we had one single viable embryo, which resulted in a devastating miscarriage and brought us back to square one. And here we are now, with THREE potentially viable embryos, and I know one of those is my space baby! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for creating the supportive space for me to share this journey in real time… both the good and the bad and the anxiety in between 🤍🤍🤍 I have a lot of phone calls to make next week to figure out potential timelines and next steps but for right now, I’m celebrating!!✨

Me going through IVF & moving right now vs. Bluey episode “The Sign” 🤝😭

#GoodnitesPartner These are the campaigns I want to see more of in the world! I remember the point in training a few months before my first spaceflight where I had to “field test” my first absorption garment 😅 @Goodnites Brand #MissionDry is reminding kids that bedwetting is more common than people think—and it's nothing to be ashamed of. Even astronauts need a little backup sometimes! Tagging in my crewmate @shawnapandya and my friend @The Space Gal, do you have a story of a time you had to use your absorbent garment?

Here for the dark humor healing. And a win is a win - see you tonight at @The Webby Awards ✨🫶

The only flowers I wanted for Mother’s Day 🤍🥹 #ivf

…like wdym we grew up an entire continent apart, found each other, and built a life together? Surreal.

As soon as he’s home today we’re going to open the report. I’m going to take the rest of the day to process the results and I promise to share them with you tomorrow. I’m in a good headspace and have a plan forward regardless of outcome: if we have at least 2 healthy embryos to freeze for transfer attempts, we celebrate!!! If we have just one or no healthy embryos this round, we take a deep breath and gear up for a final egg retrieval round next month. 🫶

so fitting that Mother’s Day weekend is when I find out how many embryos we have from this egg retrieval. Cautiously optimistic! 🫶

Genuinely mind blowing if I think about it for too long. Life can be so wonderfully strange, and I can’t wait to see the next chapter of what the universe has in store for us. Soaking up our final day in Bavaria ❤️

Tomorrow I’ll find out how many fertilized, and next week I’ll find out how many made it to blastocyst. 🤍

Preparing myself for the same steep attrition that left us with only one embryo last time, but feeling SO hopeful all the same 🤍🥹

This part is always hard, but after my last IVF cycle, which ultimately yielded one single embryo and resulted in a devastating miscarriage for me, I’m so grateful to have 3 embryos this time. And I keep reminding myself, sometimes it only takes one. 🤍

if you want kids when you’re younger, amazing. If you want kids when you’re older, amazing. If you’re like me and that timeline isn’t in your control, you’re doing amazing & I see you. 🫶

Let the showings begin….! So bittersweet. I’m so excited for our new chapter and feel like everything is finally unfolding in such a promising direction (especially with our IVF results!) but I’m also reminiscing about how many beautiful memories we created in this home, and how much love and care I poured into remodeling our small slice of paradise 🌴🤍🏡I hope it finds a family who loves it as much as we have.

but what if it doesn’t? 🤍 that’s the mindset I’m cultivating ahead of transfer next month. Doubt everything in my power in the meantime to get myself in the absolute best possible shape: mentally, physically and emotionally. 🫶

Thanks in advance 🤍

ohana means family (and thank you @Disney for inviting me and my mini me to such a special screening of #liloandstitch 💙)

Not quite how I imagined the start of our next chapter, but what the helly, here we go ✨

Thank you for all the love 🤍