Stephanie Coker opens up on her battle with PCOS, failed IVF
Media personality and actress Stephanie Coker Aderinokun has shared her harrowing experience with PCOS and IVF, which tragically led to the loss of her baby.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, she disclosed that after her second round of IVF failed—despite spending over $40,000 and traveling to Los Angeles for the procedure—she nearly contemplated suicide.
She recounted confiding in a friend, expressing a deep sense of rejection from the baby after the failed IVF attempt.
Coker explained that IVF was her only option due to her PCOS diagnosis, a condition that caused severe bleeding, leading to fainting spells and emergency hospital visits last year. She described being wheelchair-bound and, at one point, having to sleep outside in the garden due to intense internal heat.
Adding to her difficulties, that same year, her husband lost his election amid intense public scrutiny.
“I didn’t have my period for a whole year. PCOS made me choose IVF because mine was very severe. My doctor told me mine was life-threatening; I ended up in a wheelchair and was vomiting blood.
“I got pregnant on the first IVF, the second one failed and actually I was standing in front of a car just to let the car hit me,” she said partly.
