Shay Martin Addresses Whether She'll Have More of Late Husband Tanner's Kids with Their Remaining Embryos

Influencer Shay Martin is sharing her thoughts connected having much children pursuing nan death of her hubby Tanner.

The net characteristic died successful June astatine property 30, 5 years aft he was diagnosed pinch shape 4 colorectal cancer and conscionable complete a period aft he and Shay welcomed their first girl AmyLou.

In a speech pinch contented creators Matt and Abby Howard connected The Unplanned Podcast, Shay, 29, discussed their determination to person kids amid Tanner’s crab travel and whether she would person much kids aft his death.

“He really, really wanted to beryllium a dad,” said Shay of her precocious hubby connected nan episode, released Oct. 1. “And I had ever wanted to person a family. So, astatine that point, we were like, ‘Alright, let’s person a kid.’ ”

Before undergoing crab curen successful 2020, doctors recommended Tanner slope his sperm successful lawsuit nan treatments caused him to go infertile.

Though nan brace had plans to do an ovum retrieval and embryo transportation successful September 2023, they held disconnected aft Tanner sewage sepsis, Shay said connected nan podcast, because she did not want to person a newborn while Tanner was successful hospice care. The pursuing July, Tanner’s crab treatments appeared to beryllium working, and truthful they decided to effort again for a kid — and AmyLou was calved successful May 2025.

“We were already pregnant,” shared Shay. “And past Tanner’s curen stopped working.”

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He died successful June, spending conscionable 41 days pinch his daughter.

The consequence online was harsh, Shay said: “They were like, ‘That's truthful selfish to bring successful a kid into nan world erstwhile you cognize nan parent’s going to die.’ ”

In nan podcast, Shay added that she still pays a institution to sphere Tanner’s remaining embryos that he banked successful 2020 — and that nan brace antecedently had respective conversations astir whether she would effort for much kids aft his death.

“He has conscionable said, ‘If you consciousness for illustration you would for illustration to usage nan embryos later successful life, I’m OK pinch that, and if you consciousness for illustration you don’t want to, I’m OK pinch that too,’ ” said Shay. “So, I don’t cognize what nan early will clasp for me. For now, I salary for them each period conscionable to support them location and support them alive.”

Tanner first revealed his crab test successful 2020, later sharing successful 2023 that doctors had wished that nan information was incurable and that he had betwixt 2 and 5 years to live.

After her precocious husband’s death, Shay opened up astir her last moments pinch Tanner successful an question and reply pinch The Washington Post, revealing that he spent his last time watching nan full original trilogy of Indiana Jones films surrounded by family. He died peacefully early successful nan greeting of June 25.

"I had a heck of a life. I decided to make this video announcing my decease because I saw personification did that, like, a twelvemonth aliases truthful ago, and I deliberation it's a bully opportunity to get each your thoughts out," said Tanner successful a video Shay posted pursuing his passing. "Hopefully, I judge there's thing aft this. I'm excited to meet those people, and hopefully we're hanging retired now and making nosy of each you nerds.”

In nan days aft his death, Shay posted an update connected her GoFundMe page — which was group up to raise money for her and her girl — thanking her supporters for nan hundreds of thousands of dollars successful donations to her family.

"I’ve been sitting pinch my manus connected my bosom each day, conscionable trying to return it each in. Tanner ever said nan net could beryllium a beautiful spot — and now I’ve seen it pinch my ain eyes," she wrote. “You’ve fixed AmyLou and maine truthful overmuch much than financial support. You’ve fixed america hope. You’ve made america consciousness seen. You’ve honored Tanner successful nan astir unthinkable way."