Bachelor’s Caroline Lunny Details Fertility Journey After 8 Surgeries: ‘I Want to Be a Mom’

23.02.2022 - 22:29 / usmagazine.com

No time to waste. Bachelor alum Caroline Lunny has spent nearly two years dedicated to her fertility journey, and now she’s sharing everything she’s learned to help other women who may not even know they’re in the same situation.

“We all go on The Bachelor looking for love, right? You know, that’s why we’re there. And we’re like, ‘Maybe this is gonna be how I meet my husband,’ because we all want to be like Sean Lowe and Catherine Lowe. It worked for them,” the 31-year-old real estate agent said on Us Weekly’s “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast. “[Now I] really, truly believe that going on The Bachelor was for my fertility.”

Lunny explained that seeing ads for Modern Fertility from fellow Bachelor alums sparked her interest. While she wasn’t offered a deal at the time — “It [was] only for people in significant relationships — and I was like, ‘Oh, feeling my singleness.’” — she still sought out a test.

“They send you a kit in the mail, you prick your finger, you bleed on this little, like, kind of index card thing. And then you just pop it back in the mail. And it’s literally that simple,” Lunny, who now partners with the brand, explained. “You really have no excuse for not taking this test because it’s too easy.”

The former reality star’s results revealed she has a low Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level. “A low AMH level — just to put things into context — is 1.0. A healthy woman is around somewhere, like, 2, 2.5 and upwards. When I found out, I was 0.3. And then when I tested back in July, I was 0.04. It’s pretty low,” she said.

When the Massachusetts native initially went to the doctor, however, they didn’t take her concerns to start a family down the line seriously.

“She was like, ‘That’s just a stupid test from the