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Greg Wise says IVF strain led him and Emma Thompson to therapy
Greg Wise says IVF strained his marriage to actor Emma Thompson and that therapy helped save their relationship.
The couple turned to IVF after they struggled to start a family, and Thompson learned she was pregnant around her 40th birthday.
Their daughter Gaia was born through IVF, after the couple had hoped to have a child.
Wise said they tried and failed to have another child and felt pressure from ideas about what a family should look like.
He said the couple took a long time to recover from the emotional toll and that their love for Gaia helped them heal.
Wise says therapy saved their marriage and helped them rebuild their relationship.
In 2003, the couple adopted Tindy, a 16-year-old orphan from Rwanda.
Greg Wise said the strain of IVF left his relationship with Emma Thompson “dislocated” and that therapy saved their marriage.
The couple had their daughter Gaia through IVF after struggling to start a family.
Wise said Thompson discovered she was pregnant around her 40th birthday.
He said they also tried and failed to have another child, and that it took them a long time to recover from the experience.
Wise said they adopted their son Tindyebwa “Tindy” Agaba Wise in 2003.
- Who
- Greg Wise and Emma Thompson.
- What
- Wise said IVF put strain on their relationship and that therapy saved their marriage.
- When
- Wise shared the account in an interview published on November 4, 2026. The IVF took place when Thompson was around 40.
- Where
- The couple went to New York for IVF.
- Why
- The IVF process and the couple’s inability to have another child brought emotional strain and feelings of failure.
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Greg Wise and Emma Thompson met while filming Sense and Sensibility.
The couple learned that Thompson was pregnant after IVF.
Wise and Thompson married and adopted their son, Tindyebwa “Tindy” Agaba Wise.
- Daughter
- Gaia, 26
- IVF location
- New York
- Thompson’s age at pregnancy
- Around 40
- Marriage year
- 2003
- Adopted son
- Tindyebwa “Tindy” Agaba Wise, a Rwandan orphan who was 16 at the time
What people are saying
Therapy saved my life. It saved our marriage, without a doubt. Without a doubt. I would not be sitting here without therapy.
It's brutal, IVF, and it brings so much baggage with it.
We are here to procreate, and you're not a man if you can't, and you're not a woman if you can't.