Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola opened up about something deeply personal.
The MTV personality sat down this week to talk to The New York Post about her dreams of expanding her family — and how challenging it’s been so far for her and groom Justin May.
The 37-year-old, who got engaged in March, told the outlet that she is a “private person” but also wanted to keep it “real” with her fans when it comes to IVF treatments.
Sammi’s pregnancy will apparently be the focus of Part 2 of Season 7 of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, which premieres on September 19.
“I wanted to keep it a secret because at first I was like, ‘Listen, I don’t know if the outcome is what I want… I’ll be devastated if it doesn’t work out,’” Giancola told Page Six, making it clear that cameras were not allowed at her doctor’s appointments.
However, viewers go Watch the reality TV star give herself hormone injections — and reveal to her co-stars that she’s trying to have a baby.
Giancola has been undergoing these treatments for a long time.
Her ex-boyfriend and co-star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro “wasn’t around” during that time, Sammi explains.
“But it’s not weird because he’s a coworker and we’re not associated with each other. He’s just someone I work with,” Sammi said months later. meeting Ronnie on camera.
“That part of my life is completely over and I’ve been gone for a long time now… And what I do with my life is none of his business.”
Giancola froze her eggs when she was 35 and had just started dating May, because she was unsure about her future but knew she might want to have children someday.
The couple tried to get pregnant naturally, but were unsuccessful.
But May remains firmly behind her future wife when it comes to this important journey.
“He is very positive and inspiring,” Sammi told Page Six. “If I’m feeling down or if I’m going through it, he’s there to lift me up and bring me back to a good place where I’m focused and I’m like, ‘Okay, the end goal is positive. Let’s just think positive.’”
In the end, this is why she chose to share her story:
“Maybe someone can watch me and maybe understand, or maybe they’ve been through it, or maybe they can just relate to me in some way.”
