In 2001, Julia was finding immense success in her career but she was still insatiable in one part of her life, she wanted a child.

Her fertility journey, which went from 2001 to 2006, inspired her to create a collection called Bump in 2005. The collection featured a charm on a necklace, the shape of a women’s body, with a large jewel on her lower half.

“I wanted it to represent the beauty of the journey,” Julia said. “From early menstruation all the way past menopause.”

The collection launched at fashion week of that year and Teachey gave 20 percent of all the proceeds to the What to Expect foundation, which teaches low-income families about pre-natal and post-natal care, dispelling common cultural myths.

For four years Julia tried to have a child and it wasn’t until she gave up and completely let go, that she and her husband became pregnant naturally. In 2007, she gave birth to Harper. Now three years old, Julia says her personality was clearly defined by her struggle to get here.