Bella Robertson says she ‘found a lot of faith' as she details fertility struggles

Miami Herald

24-06-2025

Bella Robertson is sharing more about her and her husband's story.
The 22-year-old 'Duck Dynasty' star recently appeared on an episode of her sister Sadie Robertson's 'WHOA That's Good' podcast to discuss her decision to open up about her fertility journey.
The episode is set to be released June 25, but Sadie Robertson shared a sneak peek on Instagram.
'I am so proud of you because I know how nervous you were to do this podcast,' Sadie Robertson says to her sister, who admitted to the nerves earlier in the June 23 clip.
'This is the first time I'm sharing about it publicly,' Bella Robertson added on the podcast.
Bella Robertson first opened up about her fertility struggles in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, published May 21, two weeks before the premiere of her family's new show, 'Duck Dynasty: The Revival.'
Her and her husband, Jacob Mayo, talk openly about their pregnancy journey in the show.
'I think a lot of people wait until after they're through something to share about it,' Bella Robertson says on her sister's podcast. 'So it was a very big decision to choose to do this now and not wait.'
Bella Robertson goes on to admit that she didn't want her life or story to be defined by this one situation.
'I think just the whole, like, 'Oh, don't worry about it,' can be very insensitive. The loneliness when someone else gets pregnant. It's like, 'That's one more person…'' she adds on the podcast.
Despite the couple's struggles, Bella Robertson is holding onto hope.
'In not finding answers, we found a lot of faith and a lot of strength in Christ,' she continued.
In the caption of her Instagram post, Sadie Robertson described her sister's story as 'powerful.'
'I've never been more proud of my sister. Watching her walk through something so painful with so much faith, honesty, and strength is nothing short of powerful,' she wrote of Bella Robertson.
'She's allowing her story to speak into so many others, and I believe it's going to relate to so many,' she added.
Sadie Robertson, who is expecting her third baby with her husband Christian Huff, further comforted her sister on the podcast.
'Every single person walking through what you're walking through is crying with you and you are giving them the hope that they're not alone,' she said of Bella Robertson.
Bella Robertson says sharing her story now 'felt right'
Bella Robertson, the youngest daughter of Willie and Korie Robertson, and Jacob Mayo started dating in 2020 and announced their engagement later that year, according to KVUE.
The couple tied the knot on June 5, 2021 on Willie and Korie Robertson's family farm in Louisiana.
On June 23, a few weeks after the couple celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, Bella Robertson took to her Instagram Stories to talk more about her decision to share her fertility story.
'Such a scary and vulnerable place to be sharing such a hard and private part of our lives,' she wrote alongside a clip from her sister's podcast.
In a separate post, she admitted that sharing her story wasn't a part of her original plan.
'Selfishly I wanted to keep it to myself,' she wrote in a Story. '(God) has done such a work in me and shown me how much of a blessing it is to not keep hidden what so many women go through,' she added.
While talking to Us Weekly in May, the pair opened up about wanting to start a family.
'I think what we've learned in marriage—and you'll see in our story in the show—is that I wish getting pregnant and having kids was as easy as people act like it is,' Mayo told the outlet, per E! News.
He went on to argue that if having a child was easy, he and Bella Robertson would've already done it.
'Just, 'Oh, I can just pop out a kid' or 'If we want to wait, we get to choose to wait.' It's not that transactional of a thing,' he explained. 'If it was easy or if it was easy not to, we would.'
Bella Robertson added: '(When) people comment about us having kids, we're like, 'Trust me, you don't have to ask us.''
As for why they decided to talk about it now, Bella Robertson says it wasn't an easy decision to make.
'I don't think we necessarily intended on sharing it even, but it felt right. … This is just one of the ways that we are showing up and being our authentic selves on this new show,' she explained.
'Duck Dynasty: The Revival' premiered on June 1. The show airs every Sunday on A&E at 9 p.m. ET.