{"id":68997,"date":"2024-09-18T09:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/?p=68997"},"modified":"2024-09-18T09:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:06:35","slug":"selena-gomez-reveals-she-is-unable-to-carry-her-own-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/self-care\/selena-gomez-reveals-she-is-unable-to-carry-her-own-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez Reveals She is Unable to Carry Her Own Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selena Gomez has openly shared her personal journey toward becoming a parent, revealing how her health challenges have influenced her path to motherhood. The beloved \"Only Murders in the Building\" star has never shied away from discussing her mental and physical health struggles. Recently, in a heartfelt interview, she discussed the impact of her health diagnoses on her fertility for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\"Unfortunately, I can't carry my own children. I have numerous medical issues that would endanger both my life and the baby's,\" Gomez explained, acknowledging the grief she felt upon receiving this news. Despite this initial heartache, Gomez is now looking at surrogacy and adoption as promising alternatives. She expressed gratitude for the wonderful people who enable these options, emphasizing that while it might not be the path she originally envisioned, she is in a much better place now.<\/p><div class=\"ad ad-container visible-xs-block\" style=\"height: 330px !important;\">\n    <div class=\"ad-label alt-text alt-pos-above\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-mob_prem1_mid-0\" class=\"DFPAdSlot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad-container hidden-xs offset\" style=\"height: 680px !important;width: 300px !important;\">\n    <div class=\"ad-label\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-dt_btf_inarticle1-1\" class=\"DFPAdSlot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"I'm excited for what this journey will look like,\" she said. \"It may be different from what I imagined, but it will be my journey, and in the end, it will be my baby.\"<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u201cEmilia Perez\u201d star\u00a0also noted that she\u2019s not pressuring her boyfriend, music producer Benny Blanco, to have kids yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always make sure we\u2019re protecting what we have, but there\u2019s no rules,\u201d she said. \u201cI want him to always be himself. I always want to be myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Selena Gomez's health struggles are well-documented. She was diagnosed with lupus in 2015, a chronic autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack its own healthy tissue, leading to inflammation and pain. In 2017, she underwent a life-saving kidney transplant, with the kidney donated by her friend, actress Francia Raisa. In 2020, Gomez revealed she was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Her health journey was poignantly chronicled in her 2022 documentary, \"My Mind &amp; Me.\"<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Gomez told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6979619\/rare-beauty\/\">Time Magazine<\/a>\u00a0that she decided she would adopt at 35 if she stayed single.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was alone for five years, and I got really used to it,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of people are afraid of being alone and I probably tortured myself in my head for like two years being alone, and then I kind of accepted it. Then I came up with my plan, which was I was going to adopt at 35 if I had not met anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through her openness and resilience, Selena Gomez continues to inspire many. Her honest reflections on her journey to motherhood serve as a powerful reminder that there are multiple paths to becoming a parent, each filled with its own unique challenges and joys.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bnm-poll-modal\" class=\"modal\"><div class=\"modal-content\"><span class=\"modal-close\">&times;<\/span><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actress-singer shared that her medical issues would &#8220;put my life and the baby\u2019s in jeopardy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":69015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"2normal","fbia_status":""},"categories":[15664,28148],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.9 (Yoast SEO v17.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Selena Gomez Reveals She is Unable to Carry Her Own Children - 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