michelle badder got married at 43 and immediately started trying for a family. >> i'm thinking, i'm getting pregnant on my honeymoon. >> like, let's do this. >> of course. that's what happens. >> you didn't? >> did not. and i didn't the month after. or the month after. >> reporter: she visited multiple fertility doctors and tried ivf with her own eggs. but still wasn't able to conceive. >> emotionally at that point, what was it like? >> i lost a lot of tears. i was depressed. i turned inward. >> reporter: michelle didn't realize that getting pregnant at her age would be so hard. by age 40, some women only have a 2% to 5% chance of having a baby naturally. >> the media doesn't tell you. the actors or actresses that have their kids later in life, they don't tell you that they had donor egg. so i guess you see it and it's around you and you think, if they can, i can. >> at what point did you realize that having an egg donor was going to be your solution? >> i went to everyone and did everything that somebody recommended in order to help me get a baby. i did it all. and at some point you're jus