Celebrities Who’ve Used Surrogates After Giving Birth Themselves

Teigen and Legend now have four children together: 7-year-old daughter Luna Simone, 4-year-old son Miles, four-month-old daughter Esti, and newborn son Wren. Teigen gave birth to Luna, Miles, and Esti herself (the star experienced her first C-section with Esti’s birth in January), but used a surrogate for Wren. 

Teigen, who was open about a devastating pregnancy loss she experienced in 2020, offered a heartfelt message of thanks to her “most incredible, loving, compassionate” surrogate on Instagram when announcing Wren’s birth.

“We want to say thank you for this incredible gift you have given us, Alexandra,” Teigen wrote. “And we are so happy to tell the world he is here, with a name forever connected to you, Wren Alexander Stephen.”

The couple used a surrogate to welcome their sixth child, daughter Maria Lucia (Marilú). They share six other children together: Carmen Gabriela, 9; Rafael Thomas, 7; Leonardo Ángel, 6; Romeo Alejandro, 4; Eduardo Pao, 2, and recent addition Ilaria Catalina, 9 months.

Hilaria spoke about the backlash she received for using a surrogate during a 2022 podcast appearance.

“Having been able to do both sides of it — in terms of these two sides of it because there’s many different ways to become a parent — I don’t have a difference between my daughter who was born via surrogacy and my six other children that I carried. There’s no difference,” she said of daughter Marilú.

Kardashian and her ex Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, share four children: daughters North, 10, and Chicago, 5, and sons Saint, 7, and Psalm, 4. Both Chicago and Psalm were welcomed via surrogate. 

During a 2017 episode of “The Kardashians,” the Skims founder spoke about the challenges of surrogacy ahead of Chicago’s birth. 

“Getting a surrogate and finding someone that you really trust really is so much more for difficult of a situation than you could really imagine,” Kardashian said at the time.

She also emphasized her desire to keep her surrogate out of the spotlight, telling her sisters: “I’m seriously so grateful for that and that someone is so selfless and kind to do this, and I definitely want to keep it private. I don’t want people to find my surrogate. Like I don’t want them to harass her. She doesn’t know how to handle stuff like that. This isn’t her world.” 

While Kardashian and Thompson are no longer a couple, the two had reportedly planned to have another baby via surrogate before Thompson’s infidelity came to light. 

The couple share 5-year-old daughter True, and 10-month-old son Tatum, whom they welcomed via gestational carrier. 

Kardashian spoke about the challenges of surrogacy during the season three premiere of “The Kardashians” earlier this year, telling her sisters that she didn’t feel as connected to Tatum as she did to True, who she carried herself, after giving birth.

“It’s a mindfuck. It’s really the weirdest thing,” she said at the time.

The “Happy Endings” star married writer David Caspe in 2014, and the couple welcomed two children together (sons Max, 7, and Henry, 5) before turning to a surrogate to expand their family. 

Wilson announced on Instagram in late January 2023 that her surrogate had given birth to the couple’s first daughter, Frances “Frankie” Rose. 

“Delivered by another angel, our surrogate and friend, Stacy whom we love and are immeasurably grateful for,” Wilson wrote in the heartfelt post, adding: “Surrogacy is women supporting women in its highest form and it has been a profound experience. Uplifting and inspiring.”

The “Sex and the City” star and Broderick had one child (son James) already when they decided to explore surrogacy. In 2009, Parker opened up about her struggles with carrying another child herself during an interview. 

“It would be odd to have made this choice if I was able to, you know, have successful pregnancies since my son’s birth,” Parker told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush, according to Today. 

However, the actress said she was “excited and “really grateful” for the chance to have twins via surrogate.

The couple now have three children: James, 20, and twins Marion Loretta and Tabitha Hodge, 13.

De Niro has seven children with several different women — he and his first wife Diahnne Abbott share daughter Drena, 51 (whom De Niro adopted when he and Abbott married in 1976) and son Raphael, 46. The “Godfather” actor is also father to twin boys (27-year-old Julian and Aaron) with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith, has two children (24-year-old Elliott and 11-year-old daughter Helen Grace) with ex-wife Grace Hightower, and recently welcomed a baby with girlfriend Tiffany Chen.

De Niro and Hightower used a surrogate for their daughter, and twins Julian and Aaron were also born via surrogate to De Niro and Smith.