Celebrities Couples Who Opted For Surrogacy
Celeb Couples Who Opted For Surrogacy
• Surrogacy is the new pink. Sometimes getting pregnant and giving birth isn't always an option for people who want to have kids. In the celebrity world, many celebrities couples decide to fulfill their dreams of having a family with surrogates. Even in the Bollywood industry, we have seen a lot of headlines of having children through surrogacy in India. Here are 11 celebs who had their kids via surrogacy - and are proud of it!
1.Tyra Banks •
The former “America’s Next Top Model” host recently became a new mom. On January 27, Banks announced that she and boyfriend, Norwegian photographer Erik Asla, had welcomed a baby boy via gestational surrogate. They named him York Banks Asla.
• "As we thank the angel of a woman that carried our miracle baby boy for us, we pray for everyone who struggles to reach this joyous milestone. York Banks Asla, welcome to the world.”
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2. Aamir Khan & Kiran Rao •
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and his second wife, Kiran Rao decided to opt for IVF surrogacy to have a child together. He was very open about it and also encourages other couples to have a baby through IVF surrogacy. They were blessed with a baby boy in December 2011 who they named as Azad Rao Khan. On the birth of child, Aamir said“ • “This baby is especially dear to us because he was born to us after a long wait and some difficulty. We were advised to have a baby through IVF surrogacy, and we feel very grateful to the Almighty that all has gone well."
3. Shah Rukh & Gauri Khan •
Shah Rukh Khan and his wife have opted for IVF surrogacy to have a third child. They have named their newborn son AbRam. The baby was born through a surrogate mother. Shah Rukh Khan says,
"Amidst all the noise that has been going around, the sweetest is the one made by our newborn baby, AbRam. He was born prematurely by several months, but has finally come home".
4. Sohail & Seema Khan
• Actor Sohail Khan too, decided to consider IVF surrogacy as an option to have their second child. Their second child, Yohan, was born in June, 2011. This much-in love couple had got married in 1998. http://www.seedartbank.com/prospective-surrogates/
5. Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban •
Actress, Nicole Kidman and her country singer husband, Keith Urban used a surrogate in order to have their second child together, Faith Margaret. Kidman spoke publicly about being on a roller coaster ride when it came to fertility which is why the couple decided to go with a gestational carrier.
• “Our family is truly blessed, and just so thankful, to have been given the gift of baby Faith Margaret," the couple said in a statement at the time. "No words can adequately convey the incredible gratitude that we feel for everyone who was so supportive throughout this process, in particular our gestational carrier."
6. Robert De Niro & Grace Hightower •
Oscar winner, Robert De Niro and wife
Grace Hightower, welcomed a baby girl in 2011 via surrogacy. He has sixteen year old twin sons that were born via
surrogacy when he was with exgirlfriend Toukie Smith. De Niro also has two older children, a daughter in
her forties and a son in his late thirties from his first wife, Diahnne Abbott.
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7. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick •
Actress, Sarah Jessica Parker and Mathew Broderick turned to surrogacy when the couple acknowledged their difficulty in being able to conceive after their first son, James. They were beyond excited when they found out their surrogate was expecting twins and the girls, Marion and Tabitha made their debut June 23, 2009.
• "Well, you know, we've been trying to expand our family for a number of years and we actually have explored a variety of ways of doing so," Parker told "Access Hollywood" in May 2009. "This was one of the things we discussed with seriousness that had real possibilities for us."
8.Angela Bassett & Courtney B. Vance
• Actress, Angela Bassett and her actor husband, Courtney B. Vance were finally able to fulfill their dreams of having children by turning to surrogacy. Bassett and Vance had been undergoing fertility treatments for seven years before considering surrogacy. It was a very difficult time for the couple, but was very grateful to have surrogacy as an option. Their twins, Bronwyn and Slater were born January 28, 2006.
9. Kelsey & Camille Grammer • Actor, Kelsey Grammer and his then wife, Camille Grammer produced two children, Mason in 2001 and Jude in 2004 via surrogate. Couple discussed the topic of surrogacy, stating that “it is great to know that there are options for people who can’t physically birth a child.”
10. Marissa Jaret Winokur • Actress, Marissa Jaret winokur and her husband, Judah Miller welcomed their son, Zev in 2008 via surrogate. Winokur was unable to carry children of her own due to her battle with cervical cancer, where she lost her uterus and part of her cervix. She was still able to use her own eggs due to her preserved ovaries.
11. Elizabeth Banks • Actress, Elizabeth Banks has been very vocal about her and her husband, Max Handelman’s, usage of a surrogate for her two sons, Felix and Magnus. Banks has explained that she had womb issues since the embryos would not plant. However, the couple lucked out with an amazing surrogate that has remained in their lives and is like an auntie to the family.
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