Jennie Garth revealed her 10-month separation from her husband, Dave Abrams, stemmed from a distressing IVF process.
“[We] were trying to have a baby, and it kept failing,” she told SELF in an interview published Thursday. “And that was really, really hard on both of us individually and on our relationship.”
Abrams filed for divorce in April 2018 but submitted court documents to cancel his request in February 2019.
Later that year, Garth told People she and Abrams “needed that time to grow” as individuals and theorized that they may have “rushed” into their marriage.
The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star, 52, told SELF they were able to focus on their love for one another once they stopped putting pressure on themselves to have a biological child together.
“Dave is just an incredibly supportive, loving person,” she gushed. “He’s just always thinking of how he can make me happy and make the day go better.”
“I’m so grateful for the generosity of his spirit and his love.”
Garth and Abrams tied the knot in 2015 after about eight months of dating. Their wedding made Abrams the stepdad to her three kids from her previous marriage to Peter Facinelli.
Garth and Facinelli share daughters Luca, 27, Lola, 21, and Fiona, 17, and split in 2012 after 11 years of marriage.
While she is a generally private person, Garth opened up about her changing reproductive health and revealed she was going through menopause in an Instagram video she shared in August.
“i’m going to be real honest with you …i’ve been struggling with working out recently,” she captioned the video, which showed her exercising in a gym.
“my travel and work schedule, my body pain , not to mention menopause is a daily minefield, both physically & mentally.”
“recently it just feels like my body is fighting against me at times,” she added.
“i forget that there’s so much happening inside me, causing so many changes, that of course i’m not always gonna feel or be able to perform how i’d like to (or expect to).”