“It was six very strong years of trying to have my son,” said the actress, who welcomed her son Ever as a surrogate in August 2022.
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton is getting real about her experience with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
In an interview with PEOPLE Over the weekend, the actress – who welcomed her son Ever as a surrogate in August 2022 – reflected on her “robust” fertility journey, revealing that she estimates she spent “over 1,000,000” on fertility therapies. fertility.
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“I’ve only done eight IVF cycles, but that doesn’t include the amount of IUIs I’ve had and every other conceivable type of fertility treatment you can think of,” said Bailon, 40, who shares Ever with husband Israel Houghton. “So it was a pretty robust six years of trying to have my son.”
When asked how much she believes her years of fertility therapies value her, she said, “a little over 1,000,000.”
“And that’s not reasonable for the average person,” she added. “And I recognize that.”
The real alum previously opened up about how she struggled to get pregnant.
“I think a lot of people are very insensitive to it, in the sense (that) I know you’re like, ‘Is she pregnant?’ “Her face is fuller” — FYI, I’ve always had a really chubby face, so that’s not what it is,” Bailon-Houghton said on an episode of The real again in 2018, by PEOPLE.
“I think as viewers we have to be sensitive to the fact that not everyone would get pregnant right away,” she added. “I guess I thought it could happen so easily for me and it just didn’t happen that way.”
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Bailon-Houghton said at the time that she was “at peace” knowing that “it will happen when it’s God’s time and I think about that and I think about all of that.”
“But it can be very disheartening and very irritating,” she explained.
In August 2022, the talk show host and her husband revealed the exciting news that they welcomed their first child as a surrogate. Bailon-Houghton announced the news on Instagram at the time, while also addressing her fertility struggles.
“Our son is here and we are so in love! In case you followed our love story… our journey to childhood was very difficult – But God is true to His word and His assurances,” she wrote. “We prayed silently as we sat on this opulent secret for the past nine months.”
“He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every delayed prayer, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage,” she added. “Everything. All we truly feel is overwhelming pleasure, love, and gratitude. Thankful to God, our surrogate angel, and all of our family and friends who have been with us for over 5 years on this journey. He is right here and we are not left happier to lose sleep! #HappilyEverHoughton ”
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