"And then it's just all of those emotions again. "I started crying, and then I was freaking out," she remembered. Nine days before the rescheduled date, Chelsea took another pregnancy test - one of dozens and dozens after Charlie's birth - and saw she was pregnant. The onset of COVID-19 delayed the embryo transfer, however. Last spring, Chelsea underwent a procedure to prepare for an embryo transfer Freddie carried a phone in the back pocket of his uniform to hear word. They quickly embraced the idea of a surrogate. We were told by a couple of people she wasn't going to be able to carry anymore." We didn't know if we were ever going to have another kid again. You are so drained, because you don't know why - like, 'Why isn't it happening? How is this part of God's plan?' You think about those things."Īs Freddie said, "We did all of the doctors' appointments and, you know, it wasn't happening. "The hardest part about going through infertility is the emotion. definitely one of the hardest things mentally that you could go through."
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It's all worth it in the end, but going through that. "A lot of them by myself, because it was during the baseball season. "It was a lot of doctors' appointments, a lot of procedures, a lot of tests," Chelsea said. So eventually, after it'd been like a year and a half, I was like, 'We need to come up with a plan.'"Īs the months passed and the home pregnancy tests came up negative, the couple began consulting with physicians. "It was too painful to even talk about at that point. "I had a couple of girlfriends and we were all trying at the same time. "I thought, 'You know, this time it'll be the same,'" Chelsea said. Freddie noted Monday that some of the complications in that procedure might have affected their attempts for a second child. At his delivery, she had an emergency cesarean section. When the Freemans decided to start a family, Chelsea quickly became pregnant with Charlie.
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"As important as being a baseball player to him is, I think being a dad is even more important." "As long as I've known him, he said that since he was a little boy, he always knew he wanted to be a dad," Chelsea said in an interview in November. After Chelsea met Freddie, she learned very quickly that he wanted to have a big family. He grew up very close with his father, Fred. Officially a family of five ??? /jAorRj3pFr- Chelsea Freeman February 21, 2021įreddie's mother, Rosemary, died when he was 10 years old. We jumped at that, because we wanted to be blessed with more kids." We were talking with doctors, and they suggested surrogacy. "We tried for a couple of years, and it didn't happen. "I think it's an inspirational story that we have. "Every pregnancy and fertility journey is a little bit different for everyone, and we wanted to respect our surrogate's privacy, as well," Freddie said. The Freemans talked about their journey Monday evening, with aspirations of providing hope for couples struggling with fertility questions and to help destigmatize the choice of a surrogate.
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The Freemans said they will borrow the verbiage of another couple who had babies under similar circumstances: "Twins, with a twist." "We're going to be tired for 25 years," said Freddie, the longtime first baseman and 2020 National League MVP.
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The Freemans recently welcome two new additions to the family. The babies and Chelsea are doing well and are healthy, although it's inevitable that father and mother will be sleep-deprived. 30, his name in honor of Chelsea's grandfather and Maximus Turner, born eight days ago on Valentine's Day, his middle name a reference to the ballpark where Freddie Freeman played his first home game with the Atlanta Braves. Charlie now has two little brothers: Brandon John, born Dec.