Singer Ailee candidly revealed the painful, frightening steps she's taking as she prepares for IVF — and her raw confession as an expectant parent-to-be is drawing massive support.
On January 4, Ailee and Choi Si-hoon's YouTube channel uploaded a video of Ailee undergoing an HSG (hysterosalpingography), a fallopian tube X-ray. She couldn't hide her nerves on the way to the hospital, saying, "I'm so nervous I keep playing the same game. People said it hurts — I'm scared." Trying to ease the tension, Choi affectionately called their future baby by the nickname "Coco," saying, "Coco, you have to be good to mom and dad," and Ailee laughed, "We even picked a nickname before there's even a baby."
After the procedure, Ailee summed it up briefly: "It hurt." The two shared a quiet, wordless moment, simply looking at each other — a scene that left viewers deeply moved.
Later at a restaurant, Ailee calmly recalled the experience. "When I went into the procedure room, expectant moms were lying on hospital beds. Some were in pain, and some were still half-asleep from the anesthesia," she said, adding that the first sight alone was shocking. She continued, "I had the procedure to open my fallopian tubes, and it really hurt. Before I went in, they told me, 'If it's too painful, don't just endure it — say something.' Hearing that someone even fainted from holding it in made it even scarier."
While resting on a bed after the procedure, she eventually broke down in tears. "I couldn't stop thinking about the expectant moms I saw when I walked in. It hit me that everyone was enduring this kind of pain because they want a child," she confessed. "As I lay there, tears just fell. I cried with them, hoping every single one of them succeeds."
She closed with a heartfelt message of support: "We're so desperate for good news, and I hope it comes soon" — not only for herself, but for all parents-to-be.
Meanwhile, Ailee married Choi Si-hoon in April last year. Since tying the knot, the couple has been sharing their newlywed life and honest stories on YouTube, earning widespread empathy.