Overview
- Bareilles told The New York Times that she experienced a miscarriage earlier this year and called the loss “It sucks,” adding she wished it had not happened.
- She has been trying to conceive for about two years and has undergone multiple IVF cycles, and she says egg donation is a likely next step even though she has struggled to schedule care.
- Bareilles framed the loss in the context of other recent grief, saying it was in some ways a relief not to be pregnant while processing the 2024 death of her friend Gavin Creel, which shaped material on Good Grief.
- She has described the physical and emotional strain of fertility treatment as frequent clinic visits, blood draws, injections and a feeling of surrender and powerlessness.
- Her public disclosure and the tied documentary and album have broadened coverage of the ‘messy middle’ of fertility care, putting more focus on how treatment routines and pregnancy loss affect daily life and mental health.