Children are life’s greatest joy but unfortunately, they don’t always come as easily as you want them to. And if you have access to wealth and resources, there are other options you can explore like surrogacy. Here are 5 celebrity couples that welcomed thier bundles of joy via surrogates.
1. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Recently divorced couple Kim and Kanye welcomed two of their four children via surrogates, as it was unsafe for Kardashian to get pregnant. After developing placenta accreta, a potentially life-threatening condition, after her first two pregnancies, Kardashian turned to surrogacy for her two youngest kids, Chicago and Psalm.
2. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
Parker and Broderick welcomed their twins, Tabitha and and Marion, via surrogate in 2009. The couple also have a son, James Wilkie, whom Parker carried herself.
3. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka also welcomed twins Gideon and Harper via surrogate in 2010. Burtka shared that two different women were involved. “There was an egg donor, a wonderful woman who was anonymous,” he said. “We took two of our best guys and implanted them into her eggs, two different eggs.”
4. Tyra Banks and Erik Asla
Tyra Banks and Erik Asla’s son, York, was born in 2016 with the help of a surrogate. “The best present we worked and prayed so hard for is finally here. He’s got my fingers and big eyes and his daddy Erik’s mouth and chin. 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,” the supermodel wrote on Instagram.
5. Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s twins were born via surrogate in 2006. The couple shared that they had been through seven years of multiple failed rounds of IVF before learning about surrogacy from a friend. “She began to tell me about the idea of surrogacy. The more we learned about it, the more we began to think that perhaps this was an answer for us,” Bassett told Oprah in 2007.