Jimmy and his spouse, Nancy, opened up about their fertility struggles in a 2020 episode of The Tonight Present. The couple all the time knew they wished to have kids, nevertheless it took them “5 years of actually, actually, actually, actually, actually deciding not to surrender,” Nancy defined, earlier than having their two daughters.
“At a sure level it needed to change into virtually like a job as a result of it’s manner too emotional to dwell…via that,” Nancy stated. “So that you simply preserve going and going and going, and in the event you really need one thing, you simply make it occur. And you’ve got all of these items the place you go, ‘Yeah, however I might by no means try this. Sure, however I might by no means try this, …’ Then, rapidly, you’re like, ‘Hey, I’ll try this. If it’s for my household, I’ll do something.’”
Jimmy described the method as “loopy” and stated “at one level, it was simply pictures and issues and ingesting bizarre teas” as he and Nancy tried to conceive. Nancy additionally inspired others going via fertility issues to stay hopeful of their journey.
“I believe if anybody’s on the market having the dream, don’t quit,” Nancy added. “As a result of I spotted, too, that in contrast to even changing into a multibillionaire, you’ll be able to bump into a lottery ticket and win it and win the lottery, however you’ll not ever bump into a toddler which you can love and have as your loved ones. So don’t quit.”