Lauren Conrad's Life Saved With Reproductive Care Following Ectopic Pregnancy

Lauren Conrad is opening up about her own life-threatening pregnancy six years ago.

In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and leaving it up to every state's legislature to choose their abortion laws and abortion rights, many celebrities are sharing their personal abortion stories.

Conrad is among them.

She took to Instagram on Tuesday, June 28, to share an unknown fact about her first pregnancy.

The MTV alum explained that when she and her husband, William Tell, first started trying to get pregnant, she suffered an ectopic pregnancy.

An ectopic pregnancy is defined by the Mayo Clinic as follows: “An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus. An ectopic pregnancy most often occurs in a fallopian tube, which carries eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. This type of ectopic pregnancy is called a tubal pregnancy. Sometimes, an ectopic pregnancy occurs in other areas of the body, such as the ovary, abdominal cavity or the lower part of the uterus (cervix), which connects to the vagina.”

This means the fertilized egg will not survive and the pregnancy cannot proceed normally.

E.P. could cause great harm or even death to the female carrying the child.

The best way to treat this type of pregnancy is to remove or abort the ectopic tissue from the female’s body.

Conrad shared four slides to her Instagram story.

Her note began, “The last few days have been hard. I’ve been searching for the right words, and reposting someone else’s didn’t feel quite right. I wanted to share my own experience with lifesaving reproductive care.”

“Six years ago, while trying to start our family, I had an ectopic pregnancy,” Conrad’s message continued. “Due to prompt medical care doctors saved my fallopian tubes, allowing me to have two healthy pregnancies. Yesterday I read about a woman with this same condition having her ectopic pregnancy rupture- and facing death- while waiting for treatment, because her doctor was on the phone with his lawyer out of fear of losing his medical license (for using a D&C as a tool to help establish the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy. This is heartbreaking.”

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The reality TV star explained how many women in her life have had their own experience with abortion, and how happy she was that they were able to safely receive proper medical care.

“I’m so gratefully that in each case they were able to safely receive the healthcare they needed and were free to make their own decisions. Talking about abortion is hard. It can be scary and sad and confusing, and it divides us,” she wrote. “But we must continue talking – and listening – to each other in a respectful way, especially when we disagree.”

Conrad concluded, “I hope someday we will be in a place where every woman has access to the healthcare she needs and the freedom to decide what happens in her own body.”

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Conrad and Tell have two little boys together, Charlie Wolf Tell and Liam James Tell.