Celebs Who Have Been Real About Their Struggles With Infertility

Union didn't know she wanted to have kids — until she bonded with her now-husband, Dwyane Wade's children. She struggled with IVF for years, and suffered multiple miscarriages, before turning to surrogacy. They welcomed their daughter, Kaavia, in 2018.

Schumer has always been open, honest and hilarious — freely speaking about anything and everything on social media. She had a rough pregnancy with son Gene, often chronicling her nausea and vomiting spells, but that hasn't stopped her and husband Chris Fischer from trying again. It hasn't been easy, though, as the actress-comedian has shared her IVF struggles, and regaled the tale of how she froze her eggs, talked about her results, but also thanked fans for their support and sharing their own struggles and keeping that dialogue alive.

Teigen may be a big personality but sometimes what she's put out there has been so vastly opposite of what was going on behind closed doors. Teigen has been open about her postpartum depression and anxiety, but equally frank about her struggles to get pregnant. She and husband John Legend went through years of heartbreak but they now have kids Luna and Miles, thanks to IVF.

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Shields has been frank about her infertility issues, and how she had surgery on her cervix to remove precancerous cells, which left scarring that made it difficult for her to become pregnant. She and husband Chris Henchy tried artificial insemination several times, but the procedure was unsuccessful. That's when they turned to IVF and while that was also a long road, they are the proud parents of two daughters, Rowan and Grier.

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It took five years for Juvonen and husband Jimmy Fallon to get pregnant and while they kept daughter, Winnie, a secret until the very last minute, the late-night host decided to use his fame to speak up about infertility issues. Fallon admitted their struggles were "awful" but wanted others who were dealing with the same thing to "hang in there" because it's "so worth it." Four years later, they had daughter Frances, also via gestational surrogacy.

For years, Lakshmi struggled with endometriosis (a condition that occurs when tissues that line the uterus grow outside the uterus, resulting in painful menstrual cycles and uterine scarring that could lead to infertility). Prior to two surgeries to treat the condition, the Top Chef host froze her eggs in insurance and at the age of 39, Lakshmi became pregnant and in 2010, Lakshmi welcomed daughter Krishna.

Thompson and husband Greg Wise have spoken out about their experiences with IVF. They had success in 1999, when their daughter, Gaia, was born but their second attempt was unsuccessful. The Oscar winner admitted she became depressed but by 2003, she and Wise took a different journey and adopted son Tindy Agaba, a refugee child soldier from Rwanda, when he was 16.

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In 2011, Rancic was diagnosed with breast cancer and was prescribed medication that made getting pregnant a risk. The following year, she and husband Bill Rancic welcomed son Edward Duke — via surrogacy. They tried again but, sadly, their surrogate suffered a miscarriage with their third and last remaining embryo.

During a taping of FabLife, Chrissy Teigen begged the audience to stop asking her about children because her struggle to conceive was real. That's when co-host Banks stepped up, co-signing Teigen's message, and revealed that she underwent difficult IVF treatments to become pregnant with son, York.

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In 2015, Walsh revealed that because she went through menopause early, having children is out of the question — but she was rational and blunt about her situation.

"I don't know if you can actually have it all," she said on SiriusXM. "I think it’s a bit of a myth in that it's this huge pressure. Am I 'less than' if I'm not a mother? If I’m not a rock star in my career? I don't know."

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