Fertility Road Issue 06

South Africa and its children have also
inspired Scream actress Neve Campbell,
who recently parted ways with her
husband, John Light, and has been working
with and supporting the Botshabello
orphanage in Gauteng. Like Theron, she is
moving on and thinking about her parenthood
options after the end of a long-term
relationship. Speaking about becoming an
adoptive parent to Health magazine, the
actress confirmed, “I will [adopt a child] at
some point. I’ve always wanted to do that.”
As for celebrities who have become
mothers recently, American actress Elizabeth
Banks, of the hit TV show 30 Rock, has just
welcomed a son, Felix, with help from a
surrogate carrier. Banks, 37, and partner
of nearly 20 years, Max Handelman, are
the biological parents of the embryo that
was implanted.
Like Nicole Kidman and her husband
Keith Urban, Banks and her partner chose
not to make news of the pregnancy public
until after their baby’s birth. Writing on
her official blog, Elizabeth explained: “The
one true hurdle I’ve faced in life is that I
have a broken belly. After years of trying
to get pregnant, exploring the range of
fertility treatments, all unsuccessful, our
journey led us to gestational surrogacy:
we make a ‘baby cake’ and bake it in
another woman’s oven.” That’s one way of
putting it, anyway, She adds that: “Our
carrier and her husband who were truly
humbling in their decency and generosity.
Felix means ‘happy’ and ‘lucky’ in Latin.
And true to his name, Felix is a very happy
baby and a blessing on our life.”
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon
Sarah Harding, from the pop group Girls Aloud,
plans to start a family with fiancé DJ Tom Crane
and would definitely consider adoption as well
as having biological children of their own
I’ve got plenty of friends trying IVF and
when I see the stress women go through
to try to have a baby, I feel really blessed
to have got pregnant at all. - Myleene Klass
Also enjoying life with a new family member
is presenter and babywear designer,
Myleene Klass. Her baby girl Hero Harper
Quinn was born in late March, and is her
second daughter with partner Graham
Quinn. And although Klass was able to
conceive naturally, she says she’s acutely
aware that for others conception can be
more complicated. “I’ve got plenty of friends
trying IVF at the moment,” she explains,
“and when I see the stress levels women
go through to try to have a baby, I feel
really blessed to have got pregnant at all.”
Someone who has gone through IVF
with his partner and come out the other
side is Rod Stewart, who has been reminiscing
in conversation with Piers Morgan
about rushing to get his sperm samples to
the fertility clinic in a Ferrari when trying
to conceive baby Aiden. “It’s tremendous,”
he says. “I shall miss doing that.”
And finally, nothing was going to stand
in the way of Mariah Carey and husband
Nick Cannon, who renewed their vows
the day after Mariah gave birth to twins.
It was reported that Nick was totally overwhelmed
by the emotion of becoming a
dad describing it as the ‘most incredible
wedding anniversary gift ever in life’
After Mariah’s miscarriage in 2008, the
couple have struggled to get pregnant again.
Mariah admits that she has acupuncture to
thank for her twin pregnancy saying that it
helped her to relax.
The couple have named their new-born
son Moroccan Scott Cannon, because of
the Moroccan inspired room in Mariah’s
New York apartment, where Nick proposed.
Scott is also Nick’s middle name, as well
as his grandmother’s maiden name. Their
daughter Monroe Cannon is named after
Mariah’s idol, Marilyn Monroe, who has
inspired the 41-year old diva her whole
life, with a representative for the couple
announcing that she does not have a
middle name because Mariah doesn’t
have one herself. Their twins make both of
them first time parents.
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