'It was really sad': Rebel Wilson reveals her first surrogate had miscarriage before she welcomed 'miracle' baby Royce Lillian
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Prior to the actress welcoming her baby, Royce, Rebel Wilson disclosed that her first surrogate experienced a miscarriage. In November 2022, when Wilson posted the news of the birth of her daughter on Instagram, she initially called the child "a beautiful miracle."
The 42-year-old Australian actress, while sharing the picture of her newborn baby, said that she was "beyond proud." The 'Pitch Perfect' star on Wednesday, February 15, revealed she suffered heartbreak before Royce's birth.
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A beautiful miracle': Rebel Wilson welcomes first baby girl via surrogate
'I was mourning at the time'
Talking on a Podcast she narrated her story of having a baby via surrogate. “I tried with one surrogate to have the baby and sadly the embryo miscarried which is really, like, you get so excited that it’s going to take, it was really sad,” she said. “I was mourning that at the time, but then to have a second embryo, it was amazing.”
'It’s a bit of a miracle it happened'
She went on to say, “I really do think it’s a bit of a miracle it happened.” The 'Jojo Rabbit added, “I’d been through quite a bit on the fertility journey for a few years but I was like: ‘Wow.’ Now I look at it and I have a family, I have an instant family kind of thing and little Roycey is amazing, she is such a little angel.”
While announcing the birth of the Baby via surrogate back in November 2022, she wrote, "Beyond proud to announce the birth of my first child, Royce Lillian, born this past week via surrogate 💗 I can’t even describe the love I have for her, she’s a beautiful miracle! I am forever grateful to everyone who has been involved, (you know who you are), this has been years in the making…but particularly wanted to thank my gorgeous surrogate who carried her and birthed her with such grace and care. Thank you for helping me start my own family, it’s an amazing gift. The BEST gift!! I am ready to give little Roycie all the love imaginable. I am learning quickly…much respect to all the Mums out there! Proud to be in your club. 💗💗💗"
“Even though I had this gorgeous surrogate who was so loving and it was so awesome to get to do this with her, but then it’s not until the baby literally popped out – it was almost like a comedy scene,” the Bridesmaids star said in an interview with Today. “And then you hold the baby and cut the umbilical cord and from that moment...it was just amazing and so emotional.”
Wilson told People in May that she lost weight in 2020 in hopes of becoming a mother because a fertility doctor had told her she would have a better chance of harvesting her eggs if she dropped some pounds.
'All 18 eggs that I had, none of them worked'
The Comedian also shared the emotional rollercoaster saying she went through three egg-harvesting procedures before losing all of her eggs. "I’d done all this, I lost 80 pounds, being healthy and done everything the doctors had said, and feeling awesome – and then it didn’t work. All 18 eggs that I had, none of them worked,” she said. “I was still young enough to try a few more times, and then luckily got my gorgeous baby girl.”