Celebrities Who Have Welcomed Children Through Surrogacy

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz around the news of a lot of celebrities, footballers, models and actresses using a surrogate in their desire to increase their family. A lot of factors contribute to the choice of surrogacy by celebrities. While it is a general misconception that the only reason that these celebrities use surrogates is their wish to keep their body looking younger and keep their physical appearance and shape, a lot of other factors contribute to their decision. Some of the reasons why some celebrities may choose surrogacy include;

• The incapability of carrying a pregnancy to term due to some medical conditions
• Ageing and going past the age of childbearing
• Infertility issues
• Morbidities like cancer
• Drug and alcohol abuse makes them not fit to bear healthy children

Names of Celebrities Who Have Welcomed Children Through Surrogacy

Countless celebrities have used surrogacy to bear their children for various reasons, and the list also continues to grow. Meditour agencies and medical travel agencies help these celebrities in their quest to seek surrogacy services, especially for those that whom the service is not available in their home country. They seek the service via overseas medical treatment, and this can be a form of health tourism or medical tourism. It may come as a shock that the following celebrities have used surrogates. Some of them include:

• Cristiano Ronaldo 

The superstar footballer had his twins using a surrogate in 2017. The twins Eva and Mateo were born in San Diego like their elder brother. The footballer did not share his reasons for choosing to have children through a surrogate. He just expressed his gratitude that he now had twins.

• Sarah Jessica Parker and Mathew Boderick 

The couple expanded their family through a surrogate in 2009, when they welcomed their twin girls into their family. She explained that secondary infertility was the reason that they had chosen a surrogate as they had previously had a son through natural pregnancy.

• Kim Kardashian and Kanye West 

Kim had previously had two children through natural pregnancy, but subsequently, she had an issue called placenta accrete, which meant that another pregnancy would be fatal. This made her choose surrogacy for her subsequent pregnancies, having her last two children via the route

• Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban 

The actress carried her first child naturally but the second child was born via surrogacy in 2010. The couple offered no explanation as to why they chose surrogacy, but according to the Australian newspaper, the actress had been having fertility problems and had previously undergone IVF. Seeing as she was 43 years old at the time of the surrogacy, the risks of natural pregnancy are what probably made her choose a surrogate mother for her fourth child.

• Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra 

The couple sought surrogacy because Priyanka had medical complications, the actress believes that the surrogacy was a necessary step. She described the journey as lovely, funny and generous.

• Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson 

The reason that she gave for choosing surrogacy is due to the possibility that she would miscarry. This is because she had previously experienced multiple early-term miscarriages and she clearly wanted to avoid further disappointments.

• Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg

Jamie Chung stated in the media that she was afraid of pregnancy even though she wanted to have children. Also, she revealed that she was terrified of the risk that getting pregnant posed to her job. She felt it was possible to be easily forgotten if she did not get work within a month of her last job. She was one of the celebrities who was ashamed of her surrogacy. This was why she was private about her surrogacy for many months, only choosing to announce it a year later.

• Kristen Wiig and Avi Rothman 

The couple spent about three years trying to have children through IVF before turning to surrogacy to have their twin boys. She recounts it as the most trying time of her life. She was initially against using surrogacy and reportedly refused the option every time her doctor brought it up. Eventually, she accepted that she needed an assistant and found the proper surrogate, which led to the birth of her twins.

• Sally and Marcus Obermeder 

After being informed that getting pregnant was a bit too risky and may facilitate the return of Sally’s cancer, the couple decided to look for a surrogate that would carry their child. Sally had been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer when she was pregnant with her first child, Annabelle. They then decided to find a surrogate in America to increase the size of their family. They also reported that they grew close to their surrogate, Rachel who then gave birth to their second child, Elyssa in 2016.

• Jordana Brewster 

After undergoing multiple rounds of IVF, Brewster and her then-husband decided to turn to surrogacy. However, she stated that she was initially ashamed and didn’t want to take maternity leave. She has since come out to deny that the reason for choosing surrogacy was to avoid gaining weight and losing her physical form.

• Robert de Niro 

He was among the first celebrities that used surrogacy, and as a result, his twins were born. It is also curious that his wife couldn’t get pregnant for a long while and they divorced before their desired children were born. This didn’t affect their parenting capabilities as they became really good parents to the children. Robert De Niro, at 79, also recently welcomed another baby via surrogacy.

• Elton John 

Since he was in a same-sex relationship, the singer resorted to surrogacy twice and as a result, two boys were born. The surrogacy was performed in clinics located in California.

• Michael Jackson 

He was also among the first celebrities who employed the use of surrogacy services. The name and identity of the surrogate mother have been kept hidden even to date.

• Ricky Martin 

The famous singer enjoys parenting twin boys that he had using surrogacy. He is gay and feels empowered to raise his children on his own. He also used surrogacy to give birth to another son and a daughter.