Genetic condition meant San Diego couple faced daunting climb and financial pressure to welcome son Aulden
The process would break most, mentally and emotionally if not financially. For some, becoming parents demands more than seems possible. For some, hunting for the joy of bringing a life into the world is a road littered with pain and sorrow.When Olympic gold medal-winning bobsledder Kaillie Humphries and husband Travis Armbruster began chasing a dream beyond their storied athletic careers, the universe turned cruel.
Kaillie Humphries, right, and American teammate Elana Meyers Taylor celebrate winning the gold and silver medals in the women’s monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. “If there’s anything sport has taught me, when the pressure gets high, keep everything simple and take it step by step.”Sports can be fleeting. Becoming a parent, especially with so many things stacked against that, soars far beyond the medal stand.
Humphries also juggled the dilemma facing so many top-flight women’s athletes. Do you hit pause during your best athletic years to start a family while still young enough to pull it off? How do athletes in sports where winning and losing is decided by thousandths of a second balance those lives?
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