Emilia Bechrakis Serhant and her husband Ryan Serhant waited almost three years until theirfirst child, daughter Zena, was bornin February. Now, theMillion Dollar Listing New Yorkstar is detailing her difficult fertility journey and her experiences with IVF in her upcoming children’s book,To the Moon and Back for You.
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“I swam through the deepest ocean. I climbed the tallest mountain,” she writes in the book. “Finding you was a journey. And meeting you was my greatest joy.”
When Zena, now 7 months old, was first born, her parents took to Instagram to express their joy — and reveal how hard their journey had been.
“Your momma and I have waited almost 3 years to meet you,” Serhant, 35, wrote in March, next to a photo of their new family of three. “We had no idea how difficult getting pregnant with you was going to be. We tried everything. We were so nervous you might never come. When we finally decided to try IVF, we were so scared it wouldn’t work. And then you stuck. And then we heard your little heartbeat for the first time.”
Toward the end of the post, he wrote to Zena, “One day when you read this, I hope you can look back and be proud. And please go and give your Mom a BIG kiss because she’s a true warrior, a fighter with the biggest heart, and the Queen of my world. Seriously – one day we will tell you about all the shots, the pain, the sickness, and what birth was like for your Mom on Tuesday the 26th – it was insane! We love you now and forever, our new, beautiful, little puff.”
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“I have waited to exhale for months,” she wrote on March 3. “It took a long, painful journey to meet you. From the first time we heard your heart beating, I instantly wanted to cocoon you and protect you from the world.”
She added: “Now that you’re finally here, and I get to stare into your eyes, to smell your skin, to hold you, my heart is bursting…”
It’s this love that is captured in the picture book.
To the Moon and Back for Youis out in March 2020.
source: people.com
