In June 2024, Jelly and Bunnie confirmed they have been exploring methods to increase their household by way of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
“My spouse and I are speaking about having a child,” the singer shared in an episode of the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast. “It actually made me understand at virtually 40, I used to be like, which means I acquired to dwell to a minimum of 60 – I acquired to see this child into school. My plan was by no means to be 60; it was to be like 55… Now I am like, effectively, I might prefer to see my 60s, you understand what I imply.”
Bunnie shared a clip from the podcast alongside the textual content, “Papabear dropped a shock on this pod immediately. We had deliberate on doing this privately, however determined our IVF journey wanted to be shared as a result of we have at all times been so open. w/ all odds stacked towards us, it is already been laborious & we now have solely simply begun.”
In one other publish, Bunnie revealed they’d been assembly with IVF medical doctors and “exploring all [their] choices so as to add to [their] household.”
She additionally added the textual content, “God Keen- Child DeFord 2026,” within the caption.
Earlier than the discharge of her e book Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, she admitted to Folks that her journey to turn into a mother had been difficult.
“I do not know if it is that I did or if I did not select it, however I feel earlier than we come right here, we select our life path, and we yearn for the ache that we undergo,” she shared. “And I genuinely assume that having these abortions once I was youthful [and] the journey that I am occurring now with IVF [is] God’s placing me by way of this once more, in order that I generally is a voice for these girls who’re going by way of this course of.”
Bunnie continued, “And there are girls on the market which might be doing 10 to fifteen egg retrievals. They’re freaking warriors. My hat goes off to those girls, and so they’re simply such a cool neighborhood. So God is… Every thing occurs for a cause. It at all times comes round full circle.”
Bunnie revealed in her memoir – which was printed months earlier than Jelly filed for divorce – she had experiences with abortion and two ectopic pregnancies.