This is the stunning transformation of Danielle Busby.
Busby was born December 23, 1983, in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Danielle grew up close with her family, describing her sisters as pillars of support throughout her life.
Growing up, she was taught to be a hard worker and started babysitting around the age of 10.
She also attended McNeese State University in Lake Charles for her college education.
Danielle wrote, “My thoughts at first were… ‘Oh, wow!
You never talk to me and now you’re trying to hit on me… real smooth.'”
For their first date, Adam invited Danielle to dinner at the Mexican restaurant Casa Manana.
However, the night ended on a good note.
Later that night, Adam asked Danielle to be his girlfriend and she said yes.
“I was broken….
I felt empty and unworthy,” she wrote.
While it wasn’t an overnight change, she finally felt at peace.
The couple tied the knot on July 22, 2006, in their hometown of Lake Charles.
“This was right after Hurricane Rita wiped out Lake Charles and pretty much every venue was damaged.
But we were able to find a little chapel to get married in.”
In a blog post titled “Infertility Journey,” Danielle detailed her struggles to get pregnant.
After six months of trying to conceive, Danielle sought medical help.
The doctor recommended the couple have a go at conceive through intrauterine insemination (IUI).
They both started taking a drug called Clomid to boost Adam’s sperm count and help Danielle ovulate regularly.
The couple went through 5 cycles of IUI without success.
“Infertility struggles was one of the hardest phases of my life,” she toldCountry Living.
Despite how difficult the process was, the reality star believes everything happens for a reason.
“We just have to push our pride aside and not control the uncontrollable things.”
It worked Danielle underwent her sixth round of IUI and finally fell pregnant after two years of trying.
“I start screaming…I am shaking like crazy!”
She rushed into the other room to tell Adam Busby the good news.
“I showed him the stick and said, “It’s POSITIVE!!”
His face….excited, shocked, scared, thrilled, nervous!”
A few weeks later the couple went for their first ultrasound.
“Something so blurry never looked so beautiful,” she wrote.
“We finally received our answered prayers!
God is so good!”
Her daughter Blayke Louise was born on April 5th, 2011.
When Blayke was 11 years old, she decided to get baptized.
“I feel so honored to be her Mama.
It brings so much joy to my heart!!”
She started on Femara again and had another IUI procedure, which was successful.
The mom got more than she prayed for.
Not only was she pregnant again, but she was pregnant with a whopping five children.
“Adam is about to pass out and I am laughing!”
Danielle wrote about the ultrasound in her blog post “Infertility Journey.”
The babies were also born with heart murmurs, which can be treated with medication.
Luckily, a number of the couple’s family and friends had volunteered to help out.
The show is an honest portrayal of what it takes to raise a large family.
Danielle and Adam lay it all out there and they don’t make it look easy.
“The most difficult part of having a large family is just the logistics of doing anything and everything.
It takes some thought to do everything from cooking dinner to getting out of the house.”
Busby also opened up a fitness brand called CADi Fitness with her sisters Crystal and Ashley.
In January 2023, Danielle announced she and her sisters would be parting ways with the brand.
“Currently in the ER running tests for some alarming sensations in her arms and legs.
“I would just get out of breath or I couldn’t keep up,” she toldUs Weekly.
“I have constant pain in my neck and my back.
Constant migraines, a lot of nerve-ish feelings.”
She’s still trying to find out the underlying issue, and some days are worse than others.
“That’s just not a norm for me.
I was always athletic and kind of fit and we’ve always taken care of ourselves.
So for my body to go so down, it just was alarming.”
“Guess what Mamas?
Danielle also shared an empowering message for other mothers, calling on them to embrace their postpartum bodies.
It just started to weigh on the kids, and us,” Adam Busby toldToday.com.
Season 9 also showed Danielle butting heads with her husband, who accused her of being a control freak.
The final episode showed Danielle trying to incorporate fitness back into her routine.
