12 Celebrities Who Managed to Have Children, Thanks to Fertility Treatments or Adoption

When we reach a certain age, we usually feel prepared physically and mentally to start the dream of starting a family. But sometimes we don’t consider that biologically maybe the body isn’t ready, either because of fertility issues or other reasons. However, the desire to have a child goes beyond any problem or impediment, so we are capable of doing anything to make that dream come true.

For some people, it is not easy to conceive naturally. For that reason, the awesome.club will talk about 12 famous couples who, despite all the difficulties, fought and fulfilled their great desire to be parents.

Singer John Legend and model Chrissy Teigen struggled to conceive, but the desire to start a family outweighed the obstacles. Today the couple have children, Luna and Miles. The two were born through in vitro fertilization. Since these little ones came into their lives, the couple is closer than ever.

In the 1990s, actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were one of the most notorious couples in the Hollywood industry. After an ectopic pregnancy, Nicole and Tom decided to adopt Isabella Jane in 1992 and, three years later, Anthony Connor. Cruise is also the father of Suri, his first biological child, conceived with his third wife, actress Katie Holmes.

The actress was very transparent when talking about the opportunity to be a mother through a surrogate, because, thanks to her, she now has two boys, Felix and Magnus. Elizabeth and her husband, sportswriter Max Handelman, were unable to have children. They tried for many years and failed. Therefore, they resorted to a specialized center to make the couple’s dream come true, fulfilled with lots of love.

Actor Hugh Jackman is married to actress and producer Deborra-Lee Furness, who suffered two miscarriages. The couple also tried to fulfill their dream of having children through in vitro fertilization, but the technique did not work. So the two made the decision to adopt after realizing that they couldn’t conceive naturally. Today, they have two children, Oscar Maximilian and Ava Eliot, who have come into their lives to complement them.

During the actress’s marriage to her ex-husband, actor and producer David Arquette, Courteney Cox suffered seven miscarriages. She also tried to conceive using two IVF treatments, but to no avail. However, she finally managed to get pregnant with her only daughter, Coco Arquette, born on June 13, 2004. Currently, they are very happy in social media posts.

America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks has regretted not having children before age 40. When she realized she had fertility problems, she tried several IVF treatments, which did not work. So, she decided to resort to surrogacy to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother. In 2016, York Banks Asla, her only child, was born.

The famous singer Céline Dion went through several ups and downs when she decided to increase her family. To have her first child, René-Charles, she underwent six rounds of IVF, resulting in three miscarriages, before she managed to get pregnant. Then, in her second pregnancy, she also had to go through several attempts at in vitro fertilization, until the arrival of her twins, Nelson and Eddy.

Currently, Beyoncé and rapper Jay-Z are the parents of three beautiful children: the eldest, Blue Ivy, and the twins, Sir and Rumi. The singer suffered several miscarriages before welcoming her firstborn. In an interview, the singer declared that her losses taught her the need, in the first place, to be a good mother to herself, before being a good mother to her children.

After a devastating miscarriage, Emma Thompson gave birth to her first child, Gaia, at age 40 via IVF. The fact that she was unable to conceive again despite trying the same procedure led the couple to adopt, in 2003, Tindy, a former child soldier from Rwanda, who immediately became part of the family.

Before becoming the mother of Willow and Jameson Moon, Pink suffered several miscarriages. The first occurred at the age of 17, leaving its mark for a long time. She even wrote a song (Happy) talking about her first painful experience. Now the singer lives a very happy motherhood next to her little ones.

After Meghan gave birth to her firstborn, Archie, the former actress suffered a miscarriage. In an article for The New York Times, the Duchess of Sussex revealed what happened: “As I was changing Archie’s diapers, I felt a sharp pain.” “I knew, as I was holding my first child, that I was losing my second.” On June 4, 2021, her daughter Lilibet Diana was born, to ease the family’s suffering.

Actress Sharon Stone, after nine months of marriage to her ex-husband, journalist Phil Bronstein, has tried to have children, without success. She suffered two miscarriages that devastated the couple, leading the two to decide to adopt their first child, Roan. After a while, the marriage did not work out and Stone wanted to complete his family, adopting Laird and Quinn.

For you, what is the importance of forming a family? If you had trouble getting pregnant, which method would you use?