Idina Menzel Reflects on IVF Journey and Fertility Struggle

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Idina Menzel is shining the spotlight connected past fertility issues. 

The Frozen histrion precocious got candid astir her acquisition with in-vitro fertilization successful 2018, explaining wherefore it was important for her to stock her and hubby Aaron Lohr's travel with fans successful her upcoming documentary Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?

"Maybe earlier gathering me, Aaron didn't deliberation helium wanted to person kids, and past helium sees however bully of a dada helium tin be, truthful I wanted that for him," Idina told People Dec. 6."I didn't deliberation I wanted to person a baby, but past Aaron has been the astir astonishing antheral to my son."

The Wicked alum—who shares lad Walker, 13 with her ex-husband, Taye Diggs,—explained that portion she underwent fertility treatments during her 2018 nationalist tour, different kid yet wasn't successful the cards for her.

The documentary gives viewers an intimate look astatine the 51-year-old's IVF experience, including doc appointments and the toll it took connected her body.

"I'm virtually going done worldly that I'm shooting into my assemblage and I don't cognize however that's going to impact my voice," Idina said successful the trailer. "And it whitethorn unit maine to marque other trips to get backmost and distant to the doc successful summation to making trips to get location to my family. And each of that isn't large connected your assemblage erstwhile you're trying to person a baby."

However, contempt it not moving out, the Enchanted actress—who wed the D2: The Mighty Ducks histrion successful 2017—has nary regrets for trying.

"Aaron feels truly loved that I adjacent tried and enactment my assemblage done that," Idina explained to People. "I deliberation going done each that, you're truthful exhausted by it that finally, it becomes apparent, like, ‘I don't privation to bash this anymore, and it conscionable wasn't meant to be,' and you're resolved successful that." 

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As she enactment it, "I person this astonishing son, and I was fortunate capable to person him. And the gestation was beauteous casual and I conceived easily, and there's a batch of radical that don't adjacent get to person that."

And arsenic Idina noted, it was important for her that she stock this acquisition with fans.

"No substance what the outcome, I conscionable wanted women to consciousness seen successful this movie and radical to recognize what we spell through," she added. "It was important to maine to forgo the privateness of that and let radical to person a small model into that experience."

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