The Bear's Abby Elliott revealed she suffered a chemical pregnancy after undergoing IVF to expand her family with husband Bill Kennedy. "It was very early, and it was still devastating," Elliott, 38, who plays Natalie on Hulu's hit series The Bear, told Parents in an interview published on Tuesday, December 9, about the pregnancy loss that occurs within the first five weeks. "I had a difficult time talking about it with people because the voice in my head was saying, 'Well, it was early!' or 'At least you weren't further along!'" Elliott continued: "And then the term 'chemical' on top of it makes you feel almost like it was just the wrong formula in a test tube." Elliott, who shares daughter Edith, 5, and son William, 2, with Kennedy, recalled the decision to try IVF after several attempts to get pregnant. Stars Who Struggled to Conceive Children Share Their Fertility Issues "It wasn't working. We never got pregnant naturally," she shared. "So we went to a clinic, and they told us, 'After all the tests, you guys have to go straight to IVF.' Specifically ICSI, which is where sperm is directly injected into the egg. Because we had that information, that saved us a lot of time, blood, sweat and tears." The actress said IVF felt like "my full-time job at the time," adding, "I kind of let everything about it dictate my happiness. You're hopeful that it's going to work out, especially when you hear the positive news, but you never know because you also hear stories of it not working out." Ultimately, Elliott had embryos ready to transfer at the same time that she was having a big moment in her career. "You're just waiting by the phone to hear about these potential babies," she shared. "When we found out we had embryos. We were so excited. We were ready to go through with the transfer." She continued: "I was like, 'Wow, this is such a big break. I don't want to be pregnant for the first season of a sitcom.' So we put it on hold for another eight months, and made the decision to transfer an embryo after the sitcom had aired." Celebrities Who've Opened Up About Freezing Their Eggs Before welcoming two kids, Elliott recalled finding comfort in podcasts and social media. "I listened to a lot of podcasts. I felt like these people were my friends," she noted. "Hearing their stories, I related to them." This later inspired Elliott to want to use her voice to speak out for other hopeful mothers going through similar infertility struggles. "That's why it's just so important to talk about," she added. "When I did hear stories where it worked out, it felt very hopeful to me. I would just hashtag 'trying to conceive' or 'infertility awareness.' So much would come up. People are really using Instagram and TikTok now to connect, and that really helped me."