PARENTS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY: CELEBRITIES WHO USED A SURROGATE MOTHER TO HAVE BABIES

Even the most well-known and liked celebrities in Hollywood have faced challenges like the rest of us. For some celebs it’s drug or alcohol addictions, for others it’s medical problems like fertility issues. However, troubles conceiving weren’t enough to stop these now celebrity parents from expanding their families. Here are 14 celebrities who used a surrogate to carry their baby for them. - See more at: 

ANGELA BASSETT & COURTNEY B. VANCE

For years Angela Bassett and her husband struggled to get pregnant and even after undergoing infertility treatment for seven years, the couple was still unable to conceive. But this didn’t stop them from starting a family of their own. In 2006, the proud parents welcomed fraternal twins named Slater and Bronwyn.

GRACE HIGHTOWER & ROBERT DENIRO

In December 20011, the super private couple announced that they  had welcomed a daughter named Helen Grace, who was born via surrogate. At the time Grace was 56 and Robert was 68. Robert DeNiro is no stranger to surrogate births however. In 1995, his then girlfriend had twin boys via surrogate.

GIULIANA & BILL RANCIC

Giuliana and Bill Rancic are one of the latest couples to use a surrogate to carry their child. The two are also one of the few couples who have been extremely public about their journey to becoming parents. Because of Giuliana’s breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatments, having a child just wasn’t in the card. So, the couple opted to use a surrogate and welcomed their son Edward Duke in August 2012.

ELTON JOHN & DAVID FURNISH

After becoming a godfather to more than 10 children, Elton John decided that he wanted to become a father for himself. He and husband David Furnish welcomed their first son, Zachary Jackson, on Christmas Day in 2010 via a surrogate mom. On January 11, 2013, the couple welcomed their second son named Elijah, who was born to the same surrogate.

NICOLE KIDMAN & KEITH URBAN

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban welcomed baby Faith Margaret into the world on December 28, 2010. Even though she had successfully given birth to Sunday Rose just a few years prior, her birth only came after eight months of fertility treatment. At the age of 43, Nicole was struggling to get pregnant but the couple longed for another child, so they decided on a surrogate.