TV Host Maria Menounos Announces She Is Finally Expecting A Baby After Decade-Long Struggle

Maria Menounos, TV host, revealed that Keven and she will finally be parents after a decade-long struggle for fertility.

Representative for the TV personality, 44 years old, shared Tuesday that Menounos would be a mom following a “decade of trying everything,” People magazine reported.

“Just after a decade of trying everything, we are so grateful to the beautiful family helping us conceive our baby,” The outlet shared the Menounos rep.

We are thrilled to announce that we will finally be parents. Our surrogate was so kind and we are grateful to her family! And lastly, I know my mom had a cup of greek coffee with god and said it’s time. We are so grateful for this blessing in our lives. pic.twitter.com/eIYFJGysSk

— MARIA MENOUNOS (@mariamenounos) February 7, 2023

“Keven, my dad, and I are all beyond excited for this soul to come into our lives,” The rep was also added. “What a blessing.”

The TV star confirmed this news later when she posted a Twitter clip from her appearance. “Live with Kelly and Ryan.”

Menounos, who worked with a surrogacy agency, shared a video with the outlet as she and her father watched footage from a recent ultrasound showing her baby growing inside the surrogate’s womb.

One year ago, the TV host shared what it was like for her and her husband after they started IVF treatments ten years ago. “frustrating.”

“I definitely didn’t think it was going to take this long,” Menounos admitted. “It’s been years. We’ve used different services, different people. It’s just been a very frustrating process.”

She explained that she was inspired to surrogacy after meeting Kim Kardashian, a reality star who had her two last children via surrogacy. It was a more difficult battle than they anticipated. They learned that their first surrogate in 2021 was not a match for them medically.

“That was a really hard breakup because we had been together on the journey for almost two years,” Menounos explained. “She was just so lovely and so amazing and very patient with us.”

“There’s something called a mock cycle that my fertility doctor suggested because we only have two really good embryos and we want two kids,” She added. “What would happen is the uterine lining wouldn’t grow to that last stage where you could safely implant and know that the embryo would stick. Had we not done [a mock cycle], we would’ve probably lost our only chances.”

She said that they started looking for another surrogate and she called her the “last straw.”

“But I told [my doctors], ‘If it doesn’t work, I’m done. This is the last straw. If this doesn’t happen, it’s definitely not meant to be,’” The TV host shared. “I can’t go through this process again.”

The television host and her husband are just a few celebrities to have their child via surrogate. Other celebrities who have taken surrogate births include Khloe Kardashian and Hilaria Baldwin, Gabrielle Union and Priyanka Chopra, as well as Nick Jonas and Alec and Hilaria.

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