Celebrities & IVF, those who have been honest about it

Nicole Kidman at 44 has beome a mum again. Her new baby girl named Faith was delivered via a surrogate, she joins the family that includes Sunday Rose whom Nicole gave birth to in 2008 when she was 42 and her adopted children from her marriage to Tom Cruise, Connor & Isabella. It got me thinking about other celebrities who are fertility challenged and who have been open about their struggle to become a mum.

I really admire the celebrities who are open and honest about this issue. I know it is nobodies business and I have told hardly anyone I am doing ivf at the moment, but once I hopefully become pregnant I will have no porblem saying we used it.  I think its great when celebrities speak out about things like this as it sheds light on what for some reason is a taboo topic.   Their honesty lets us all know that sometimes falling pregnant is not the easiest thing in the world and it is especially harder the older you are.  It is also, in a strange way comforting to know that despite all their money & success, they are or have been through the same struggle you are going through.

Some of the celebrities who have been honest about this struggle are:


Sarah Jessica parker used a surrogate to have twin girls Marion & Tabitha in 2009, she was 44. She also has a son James Wilkie born in 2002.

Marcia Cross 45 said she skipped her honeymoon to get straight to ivf ,after several rounds she then switched to ivf with donor eggs to increase her chances due to her age, she gave birth to twin girls Eden & Savannah in 2007.

Celine Dion 42 used ivf/icsi in 2000 to have her son Rene Charles and used it again in 2010 to have her twin sons Nelson & Eddy. She revealed that she had a miscarriage & six rounds of ivf before the successful pregnancy and that initially she was pregnant with triplets but miscarried one.

Courtney Cox suffered many miscarriages & rounds of ivf before having daughter Coco in 2004 at age 40.

Trinny Woodall 39 underwent nine rounds of ivf and several miscarriages before having her daughter Lyla in 2003.

Rod Sewart & Penny Lancaster 39 did three rounds of ivf to fall pregnant with their second child which is due in 2011, they did not use ivf for their first pregnancy with son Alastair.

Brooke Shields used ivf to have her first daughter Rowan in 2003, she had seven treatments and a miscarriage. After the birth she suffered severe post natal depression. She openly speaks about her struggle with ivf and pnd in her book Down came the rain.  She later conceived her second child Grier naturally.

Giuliana 35 & Bill Rancic are currently using ivf to hopefully have their first child. They fell pregnant on their first round but miscarried at 8 weeks.  The 3rd season of their show filmed the highs & lows of the treatment and showed people what going through ivf is like.

Jane Seymour used ivf at 44 to have twin boys Johnny & Christopher in 1995, this was her third pregnancy but first time using ivf.