FINANCIAL SITUATION. IT MEANS SO MUCH AND WE THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED MAKE THAT
POSSIBLE AND YOU CAN STILL
DONATE GO TO CLICKORLANDO DOT
COM NEWS, 6 ANCHOR KIRSTIN
O’CONNOR HIGHLIGHTED FAMILIES
WHO BENEFITED FROM THAT FUND
JUST LAST WEEK SHE SPOKE WITH
THE FAMILY. WE STRUGGLE WITH
INFERTILITY, THEIR SON FINN,
YOU MAY REMEMBER WAS BORN
PREMATURELY AND CONTINUES HIS
CHARACTER MOORE’S. WHAT YOU
DIDN’T SEE WAS A SPECIAL
CONNECTION. KIRSTEN MADE WITH
THAT FAMILY NEWS. 6 INSIDER
GUIDE. CRYSTAL MOYER SPOKE
WITH KIRSTEN.
>> JULIE: WHO IS SHARING HER
OWN EXPERIENCES WITH
INFERTILITY IN HOPES OF
HELPING OTHER FAMILIES STAY
HOPEFUL THROUGH THEIR
STRUGGLES. YEAH, LADIES. AND
YOU MAY REMEMBER IN SEPTEMBER
OF 2020 WHEN KIRSTIN MADE HER
PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT
HERE DURING THE MORNING NEWS
WHILE SHE SMILED ON CAMERA.
EXCITED ABOUT THE NEWS. MANY
OF US KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
BEHIND THE SCENES THAT KIRSTEN
HAD TRIED HAVING KIDS FOR SOME
TIME AND DEALT WITH
INFERTILITY PROBLEMS. SHE SAID
THE MEMORABLE MOMENT SHE HAD
WITH AN INTERVIEW ON THE
SUBJECT RECENTLY HAS INSPIRED
HER TO SHARE HER STORY
PUBLICLY. SHE WANTS OTHER
HOPEFUL PARENTS TO KNOW
THEY’RE NOT ALONE.
>> THIS INTERVIEW THAT I DID
FOR NEMOURS DAY OF GIVING,
WHICH IS THIS EXCITING THING
THAT WE’RE DOING WAS ABOUT
LIKE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. IT
REALLY WAS. IT WAS. THIS
COUPLE THAT HAD BEEN FIGHTING
IN FERTILITY FOR 9 YEARS. THEY
WE’RE SO RESILIENT AND SO OPEN
AND AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO
AN EMBRYO ADOPTION, WHICH I
KNEW A LOT ABOUT BECAUSE I HAD
LOOKED INTO THAT AT ONE AND
THEY WERE SHOCKED THAT I KNEW
WHAT THAT EVEN BECAUSE THEY
SAID MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER
HEARD OF THAT BEFORE. AND
THAT’S WHEN WE KIND OF FIRST
STARTED TO CONNECT DURING THE
STORY. A SPECIAL CONNECTION
THROUGH VERY DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCES OF INFERTILITY
THAT ALSO JUST LIKE ME WHEN
YOU SAID THEY CALLED YOU MOM
AND DAD, BECAUSE I DO THINK
THAT BIKE.
>> SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT
ABOUT BEING CALLED MOM AND
DAD. WHEN YOU WEREN’T SURE IF
YOU YET. YEAH.
>> NO, I WILL CRY WITH YET
BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING AND
LIKE I DIDN’T HEAR THAT UNTIL
THE DAY THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS
BORN. YEAH.
>> AND I REALLY BELIEVE LIKE I
WOULD NEVER HEAR. YES, ME TOO.
ME IT WAS THIS INTERVIEW THAT
INSPIRED NEWS, 6 ANCHOR
KIRSTIN O’CONNOR TO PUBLICLY
SHARE HER EXPERIENCES TRYING
TO CONCEIVE.
>> CAN WE GO DOWN THE HALLWAY?
THANK KIRSTEN STARTED WHEN IT
IS NOW A ONE YEAR-OLD WALKING
ON OR TOO LITTLE FEET,
SOMETHING KIRSTEN AND HER
HUSBAND CONNOR THOUGHT MAY
NEVER BE POSSIBLE WHEN WE WERE
READY. IT JUST IT JUST KEPT
FAMILY. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED
WAS WE GOT PREGNANT. BUT WE
JUST KEPT LOSING BABIES.
PEARSON SAYS SHE EXPERIENCED
HER FIRST MISCARRIAGE IN 2019.
THE SECOND PREGNANCY WITH
TWINS. AND THAT WAS THE
HARDEST EXPERIENCE OF MY
BECAUSE THAT WAS WHEN IT SET
IN THAT WE WERE WE HAD A
PROBLEM. WE WORD.
>> DIAGNOSED WITH A MIST
MISCARRIAGE WHICH MEANT THAT
MY BODY WAS HOLDING ON TO THE
BABY. BUT THE BABY’S HEARTBEAT
HAD STOPPED. AND SO IT WAS
VERY TRAUMATIC TO GO THROUGH
THE STEPS THAT CAME NEXT.
KIRSTIN AND HER HUSBAND SOUGHT
FERTILITY CARE WITH A
SPECIALIST AND AFTER SEVERAL
ATTEMPTS, FINALLY BIRTH OR
DAUGHTER DID YOU FEEL WHEN
>> YOU REALIZE?
>> FINALLY, I KNOW, FINALLY,
THAT WAS THE BEST FEELING EVER
LIKE. AND IT REALLY DIDN’T
HAPPEN UNTIL THE MINUTE. SHE
WAS 4. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE AND
HAPPY MY ENTIRE PREGNANCY.
>> KIRSTEN’S MESSAGE TO THOSE
WHO DREAM OF BEING PARENTS
HAVE HOPE EXCEPT SUPPORT. IT
WAS IN.
>> RIGHT. DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE.
>> WHO DIDN’T HAVE THE EXACT
SAME SITUATION. COULD REALLY
COULD AND WANTED ME TO FEEL.
>> I HOPE THAT IT WAS STILL
THERE. AND KIRSTEN SAYS, OF
COURSE, THE SUPPORT FROM ALL
THE LADIES HERE AND PEOPLE
HERE AT NEWS 6 DEFINITELY
HELPED HER GET THROUGH THIS
MOMENT. YOU KNOW, SHE SAID
LADY SHOWED A LOT OF PRESSURE
WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE DOING THEIR GENDER
REVEALS. AND SHE SAID AT SOME
POINT HER AND CONNOR BOUGHT
ALL OF THE ITEMS. YOU KNOW,
WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT FOR
GENDER REVEAL THE PARENTS WERE
IN TOWN AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE
HAD A MISCARRIAGE. SO IT WAS A
DIFFERENT STORY FOR HER. BUT
THROUGH INSIDER PROGRAM, I’M
VERY GLAD THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO
SHARE THAT STORY AND INSPIRE
OTHERS, YOU KNOW, TO SEEK
HELP. IF YOU NEED IT, THEY’RE
IN FOR TO INFERTILITY. BUT
SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT ABOUT
LITTLE MISS GIGI. COLOR KNOW
HER MIDDLE NAME IS HOPE. SO,
YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT GIVES
OTHER HOPE THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT TIME. AND AGAIN, IF
YOU WANT TO SEE SOME MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND
MAYBE SEE SOME OTHER BEHIND
THE SCENES FOOTAGE YOU CAN
HEAD TO CLICKORLANDO DOT COM
SLASH INSIDER.
>> JULIE: AND THIS JUST SHOWS
THAT YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN WATCH HER
SON ON THE RIGHT EVERY DAY AND
HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WAS
DEALING WITH ALL OF THIS. AND
SO THIS WILL GIVE OTHER PEOPLE
HOPE WE’RE DEALING WITH
SIMILAR STRUGGLES AND IT IS A
STRUGGLE THAT IS HARD TO
SHARE. AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT
WE BOND OVER WHEN YOU DO OPEN
UP ABOUT THOSE THINGS IS
TENDER AND SENSITIVE AS THEY
ARE REALLY DOES HELP PEOPLE.
SO I’M GLAD SHE’S AT THAT
PLACE WHERE SHE STRONG RAISE
SHARE THAT TO HELP ENCOURAGE
OTHER PEOPLE IN THANKS TO YOU
TO YOU BOTH. ARE MOMS AS WELL.
SO SHE KNOWS SHE TOLD ME ABOUT
HER EXPERIENCES WITH THE BOTH
OF YOU AND HOW YOU GUYS WERE
THERE FOR HER THROUGH.
>> THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF HER
HAVING GIGI. SO THAT’S SO NICE