--- title: Chrissy Teigen Defends Her Use of IVF to Internet Trolls description: Chrissy Teigen took to her Twitter account to defend herself after Internet trolls criticized her for using IVF. canonical: https://time.com/4827106/chrissy-teigen-ivf-troll-response/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-21T19:42:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:44.780Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Defends Her Decision to Use IVF on Twitter og:description: Don't come for Chrissy og:url: https://time.com/4827106/chrissy-teigen-ivf-troll-response/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Defends Her Decision to Use IVF on Twitter twitter:description: Don't come for Chrissy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chrissy Teigen Just Handled Her Troll Who Questioned Her Decision to Use IVF > Sponsored content. 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The model, who has a daughter named Luna with husband John Legend, [has been vocal about the difficulty that she had conceiving a baby conventionally](http://motto.time.com/4654934/chrissy-teigen-ivf-plans-baby-boy/), as well as the couple’s decision to use IVF. So it should come as no surprise that she shared a funny embryo update with the world via Twitter with her trademark humor. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/877283931816701955) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/877283974992863232) Predictably, the Internet jumped to conclusions, which Chrissy promptly shut down. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/877287807202578433) In a now-deleted tweet, one Twitter user criticized Chrissy as to why she chose to do IVF, which Chrissy handled in a very on-brand fashion. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/877369579839913984) Moral of the story? 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