Surrogacy and IVF for famous people
Infertility is considered one of the main problems of the 21st century. After all, approximately 40% of all married couples faced problems during the natural conception of a child.
Of course, this disease does not choose people and it is quite common among celebrities. This is due to their profession: stress, constant overwork, moving, working at night, poor nutrition, not treating minor “sores” and much more. Therefore, they also often turn to assisted reproductive technologies, in particular to surrogacy. Some of them resorted to this after years of treatment, some does it due to lack of time.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Handsome football player, champion, owner of many cups and gold awards. During his popularity, he has repeatedly become an object for gossip, in particular about surrogacy. Indeed, despite the fact that he is not deprived of female attention, but the first three of his kids were born by surrogates.
In 2010, immediately after winning the next World Cup match, Cristiano flew to the States, where his first heir appeared, named Cristiano Jr. After 7 years, twin babies were born – Mateo and Eva, who were also born by a surrogate mother. The information that Ronaldo used the services of other women to give birth to a child is confirmed by his environment. But detailed information about women are unknown.
An interesting fact is that during the IVF procedure with the twins, Cristiano had already met Georgina Rodriguez, who later became his official wife.
And in 2019, Georgina gave birth to a baby girl whose name is Alana. Thus, Cristiano Ronaldo is considered one of the few fathers of many children in the football world, having two girls and two boys.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West is most famous married couple in America. And they are the happy parents of four children. But only 2 of them, Kim carried herself. She has very difficult pregnancies, with complications. And after the second child, the doctors forbade her to become pregnant, since there is a high probability not only to lose the child, but also to die during childbirth.
But Kim and Kanye had a dream of a big family, but she was unable to carry a baby. Therefore, they turned to surrogacy. This woman’s name was never found out, but after the birth of the 1st child from her, Kim told the details.
She was a young woman, she was married and already had 2 own children. A small house, completely fenced, was rented for her, an hour’s drive from Los Angeles, where she lived throughout her pregnancy. She had her own driver and security. A married couple fully provided her with everything she needed. Kim independently prescribed her diet. The girl had to give up all bad habits, avoid hot baths, cosmetics, raw fish.
And stay incognito for everyone. But in return, she received the best conditions of stay, the most experienced doctors and the best clinic. It is worth noting that she was a huge fan of Kim and was well aware of the health problems of the star, so she was very happy when she found out for whom she would carry the baby. In 2019, Kim and Kanye became parents again, a baby was also born by a surrogate. The truth about this woman is unknown. But the child was born with the help of frozen embryos from the last program, so he looks a lot like his sister!
Sarah Jessica Parker
The star of the series “Sex and the City” is also considered one of the most famous people who used surrogacy services.
At 37, she gave birth to a boy from her first marriage, who was named James Weekley. But after she married Matthew Broderick, she tried to get pregnant again. Over the course of several years, Sarah underwent treatment, different methods, but age took its toll, and the attempts were unsuccessful.
And in 2009, the SM gave a birth to twin girls. Usually married couples hide the information about their SM, but Sarah and Matthew have revealed their cards. She turned out to be 27-year-old Michelle Ros from Ohio.
Elton John
Elton John and David Furnisch are some of the most famous gay couples in the show business world. They have already tried to adopt a baby from Ukraine. His name was Leo and he was HIV positive. But the guardianship authorities did not allow him to do this. And surrogacy became for them the only chance to get a child genetically similar to their parents.
In 2010, Elton told the world that they had their first child, born by a surrogate mother, named Jackson. But they did not stop there, and already in 2013, they used the services of the same woman. Their second son, Joseph, was born. There is information that they donated spermatozoa for IVF procedures in turn.
Neil Patrick
Neil Patrick and his partner David Bartka became another famous homosexual couple who used the services of a surrogate mother. The stars of “How I Met Your Mother”, as well as Elton John. they could not adopt the child. Therefore, they turned to a woman for help who carried and gave birth to twin babies. In October 2010, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace were born. Nothing is known about the woman who carried and gave birth to a child, as well as who exactly donated sperm for the IVF program.
Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle is an American actress, model and wife of one of the most eligible groom – British Prince Harry. On May 6, 2019, they became the happy parents of a boy. And all would be fine, but throughout Megan’s “pregnancy”, many people questioned its naturalness. And in the end, most of the media wrote that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry used surrogacy services. The reason is unknown. The celebrity couple did not confirm the fact of participation in the surrogacy program.
Robert de Niro
Robert de Niro became one of the first stars to use surrogacy services back in 1995. The exact reason for seeking a pregnancy with another woman by Robert and his wife Tookie Smith, was not reported in the media.
Unfortunately, they divorced even before the birth of the kids, but this did not stop them from raising beautiful boys – Julian Henry and Aaron Kendrick. But Robert de Niro did not stop at one SM program. He married a second time Grace Hightower, and after a couple of years they had a son together.
Robert really wanted to have a large family and many children, and his age no longer allowed him to do it on his own. Therefore, they again turned to a surrogate mother who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Helen Grace Hightower De Niro.
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman is a happy mother of four children, but she gave birth to only one herself. While still married to Tom Cruise, Nicole realized that she had problems conceiving a child. So they adopted the girl Isabella and the boy Connor. Later, the star couple breaks up, but both continue to raise adopted children. In 2006, Nicole marries Keith Urban again and at 42, after so many attempts to get pregnant and long treatment, she still gives birth to her daughter Sunday.
It made the married couple so happy that they wanted another child, but unfortunately, for almost 2 years, Nicole could not become pregnant naturally or artificially. Therefore, Keith and Nicole turned to the help of a surrogate mother.
And in 2010, she gave birth to their second daughter, named Faith. Thus, Nicole is a happy mother of 2 adopted children, one biological from a surrogate mother and one girl whom she gave birth on her own. But as she says, they are all like family to her and she doen’t regret any of the methods chosen.
Ellen Pompeo
The star of “Grey’s Anatomy”, 49-year-old Ellen Pompeo and her husband Chris Ivery, have three wonderful children. Ellen’s first pregnancy was very difficult, took a lot of strength and required Ellen’s long recovery, but then they had their first daughter, Stella. But they did not stop there, because both dreamed of having several children. Unfortunately, after many attempts, Ellen was never able to conceive on her own.
Therefore, in 2013, they turned to a surrogacy program. The married couple kept everything secret carefully for a long time and did not tell anyone, right up to October 2014. Then she’s posted a photo in the social networks and introduced the world to her second girl, named Sienna. And after 2 years, at the end of 2016, the paparazzi noticed a married couple walking with a little baby. then the news spread all over the headlines.
Chris and Ellen showed everyone their son Christopher, and announced that they again used the services of a surrogate mother, because they really wanted one more baby. The name of the women and other details about the programs are not known to anyone. It was Ellen’s desire, she only stated that she helped and supported SM in every possible way, and was also present at the childbirth.
Elizabeth Banks
The main actress of the TV series “Clinic”, Elizabeth Banks, could not get pregnant for a long time. She underwent various methods of treatment, traditional medicine, folk medicine, used artificial insemination, but nothing worked.
As she said in an interview: “My tummy is broken!”. But, Elizabeth and her husband Max Handelman, did not give up and turned to surrogacy. And more than once. Over the course of2 years, with the help of surrogacy, they had two beautiful boys – Magnus and Felix. Nothing is known about the details, Ellen only stated that these were absolutely different women and she is really grateful to them very much, because now she has two sons.
What does this all mean?
Do not be afraid to take part in surrogacy programs! No one is immune from infertility, both ordinary people and celebrities in show business, sports and politics. When it comes to parenting and raising your own child, all methods are good. Therefore, you should never give up, and even when doctors told you hundreds of times that you will not have your own children. Remember, turning to surrogacy, you can have our biological child without risking your health and life!
