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‘Bringing Up Bates’ couple seeks fertility answers from Knoxville doctor

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Michaella Bates Keilen and her husband Brandon looked for answers regarding their fertility struggles on the latest episode of “Bringing Up Bates.”

The couple, who lives in Chicago, is part of the the Bates mega-family of Rocky Top.

The episode featured the Keilens visiting Rocky Top to view the Great American Eclipse, which took place on Aug. 21, 2017, and to see OBGYN Dr. George Vick in Knoxville for a procedure.

“Michaella and Brandon, you know, something that’s really been on their heart is about, you know, seeing some fertility specialists and trying to get to the bottom of maybe what the cause is for delayed pregnancy, so they had been in contact with Dr. Vick’s office, and it just worked out that there was going to be an opening for an appointment right in the same week of the eclipse,” said Kelly Jo Bates in a confessional.

Fertility procedure was ‘encouraging’