Although Sister Wives' Kody Brown has 14 children among his four wives, he and first wife, Meri, say they were heartbroken when Meri suffered a miscarriage.
On the next episode of the TLC reality TV show, the couple - who already have a 17-year-old daughter - say they always dreamed of having another child together.
Advertising salesman Brown, 42, has six children with second wife Janelle; six offspring with third wife, Christine; and one child with Robyn plus her three children from another marriage.
Still painful: Kody and Meri Brown recalled the miscarriage they had on the upcoming episode of Sister Wives
Feeling inadequate: The first of four wives often talks about her troubles conceiving
But Meri said she always felt a deep need to give birth another time.
'I completely assumed that after I had Mariah it would be very easy for me to conceive again and that just didn't happen,' explained the 39-year-old Meri.
After trying for 12 years to conceive, it finally happened.
'After years of a roller coaster, we had backed off… and I was late again. And I decided to take another pregnancy test and it was positive.'
With cameras rolling as Meri and Kody discssed their excitement, Meri visibly broke down and cried as recalled the fateful next visit to her doctor.
It could still happen: Meri still has hopes of giving birth to another child
'We had an appointment at the doc to hear the heartbeat, I was at about 10 weeks and we were so excited. And we went in and they couldn’t hear the heartbeat.'
Kody also got choked up as he remembered his wife's heartbreak: 'The doctor just said this is not a viable pregnancy, we were just back to a dark place.'
Meanwhile, the criminal case against Brown and his wife has been close, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman wrote in a motion seeking to have a lawsuit against his county dismissed.
Relief:TLC star Kody Brown, center, poses with
his wives, from left, Robyn, Meri, Christine and Janelle at a Las Vegas
event last month
Brown moved his wives and 16 children from Lehi, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City, to the Las Vegas area in January 2011 after Utah authorities launched a bigamy investigation.
The Browns then sued Utah County along with Utah's governor and attorney general, claiming the state's bigamy statute violates their constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, free exercise of religion, free speech and freedom of association.
A federal judge later dropped the state from the case but allowed it to continue against the county.
U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups said he dismissed Gov. Gary Herbert and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff because Shurtleff had assured the Browns they wouldn't be prosecuted under his policy that consenting adult polygamists won't be charged as long as they're not committing other crimes.
Brood: Brown has 16 children with his four wives
However, Waddoups noted that the Browns had reason to believe they could still face prosecution in Utah County, and agreed it could have a chilling effect on their ability to practice their constitutional rights in the state.
Buhman wrote in his Thursday motion that his county, too, had adopted the same state policy and would not pursue bigamy cases.
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