{"id":144729,"date":"2025-01-18T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/sammi-giancola-pregnant-jersey-shore-star-opens-up-about-her-ivf-journey\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T17:41:00","slug":"sammi-giancola-pregnant-jersey-shore-star-opens-up-about-her-ivf-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/sammi-giancola-pregnant-jersey-shore-star-opens-up-about-her-ivf-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammi Giancola Pregnant? &#8216;Jersey Shore&#8217; Star Opens Up About Her IVF Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Back in September of 2024, we reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/09\/sammi-giancola-gets-candid-about-ivf-journey-pregnancy-hopes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sammi Giancola\u2019s decision to undergo IVF treatments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sammi bravely chose to document certain aspects of her journey on the most recent season of <em>Jersey Shore: Family Vacation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And as the reunion episodes kicked off on Thursday night, she opened up about her decision to go public with such a personal matter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi &quot;Sweetheart&quot; Giancola attends MTV's Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on August 02, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-517136 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588833062-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sammi \u201cSweetheart\u201d Giancola attends MTV\u2019s Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on August 02, 2023 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Santiago Felipe\/Getty Images for MTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sammi-says-she-s-grateful-for-the-opportunity-to-have-helped-others\">Sammi Says She\u2019s Grateful For the Opportunity to Have Helped Others<\/h2>\n<p>Sammi revealed that she\u2019s heard from numerous viewers who were inspired by her example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually cannot believe how many people are suffering or going through similar situations as me,\u201d Sammi said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of overwhelming in a good way. It\u2019s helping me out; I\u2019m learning some things from other people\u2019s experiences, and maybe my experience can help other people dealing with the same thing as me,\u201d she continued (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theashleysrealityroundup.com\/2025\/01\/17\/sammi-giancola-talks-about-her-decision-to-share-ivf-journey-on-jersey-shore-family-vacation-its-kind-of-overwhelming-in-a-good-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ashley\u2019s Reality Roundup<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi Giancola attends MTV's &quot;Jersey Shore&quot; 15-Year Anniversary Celebration on December 03, 2024 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. \" class=\"wp-image-517137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi Giancola attends MTV's &quot;Jersey Shore&quot; 15-Year Anniversary Celebration on December 03, 2024 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. \" class=\"wp-image-517137 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187618389-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sammi Giancola attends MTV\u2019s \u201cJersey Shore\u201d 15-Year Anniversary Celebration on December 03, 2024 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Manny Carabel\/Getty Images for MTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI get DMs all the time, people are like, \u2018Wow, it\u2019s really cool that you\u2019re going through something that I\u2019m also going through and because you put it out there, it makes me want to now look in that direction of doing IVF.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-keeping-things-on-a-need-to-know-basis\">Keeping Things on a \u201cNeed to Know\u201d Basis<\/h2>\n<p>At first, Sammi decided to keep the process a secret from the rest of the cast, only discussing it on camera with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/04\/sammi-giancola-engaged-to-boyfriend-justin-may-after-ronnie-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her fianc\u00e9, Justin May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So her housemates only got the full story when they watched this season\u2019s episodes. And it seems that they learned quite a bit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi Giancola attends the \" devon=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" amc=\"\" empire=\"\" on=\"\" november=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi Giancola attends the \" devon=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" amc=\"\" empire=\"\" on=\"\" november=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517138 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2183770430-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sammi Giancola attends the \u201cDevon\u201d New York Premiere at AMC Empire 25 on November 08, 2024 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI [had] heard of IVF, I didn\u2019t know what the process was like. You get a firsthand look at what it\u2019s like,\u201d Vinny Guadagnino said during the reunion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching [this season] back and seeing your journey, it\u2019s obviously extremely emotional; you\u2019re vulnerable, and I could just tell that you weren\u2019t ready,\u201d Jenni \u201cJWoww\u201d Farley chimed in. \u201cLike, you wanted it to be on your time and we all respected that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just want to be able to go through that alone with your partner, so I totally understand all of that,\u201d Nicole \u201cSnooki\u201d Polizzi added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi &quot;Sweetheart&quot; Giancola attends MTV's Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on August 02, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-517139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sammi &quot;Sweetheart&quot; Giancola attends MTV's Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on August 02, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-517139 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1588827351-1-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sammi \u201cSweetheart\u201d Giancola attends MTV\u2019s Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on August 02, 2023 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Santiago Felipe\/Getty Images for MTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sammi-s-tells-her-tale\">Sammi\u2019s Tells Her Tale<\/h2>\n<p>Sammi went on to reveal that there were times when she didn\u2019t know if she would be able to keep her secret. After all, the <em>Shore<\/em> cast is a hard-partying bunch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI literally would pretend [I was drinking], I would pour a glass of wine and then go to the bathroom and pour some out and then come back out,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, playing tricks with them with drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sammi concluded the segment by saying that her IVF process is still ongoing, and that she and Justin hope to have good news to report soon.<\/p>\n<p>We wish them all the best.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/sammi-giancola-pregnant-jersey-shore-star-opens-up-about-her-ivf-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in September of 2024, we reported on Sammi Giancola\u2019s decision to undergo IVF treatments. Sammi bravely chose to document certain aspects of her journey on the most recent season of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. And as the reunion episodes kicked off on Thursday night, she opened up about her decision to go public with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-144729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}