Maria Menounos and her husband Keven Undergaro expecting their first child via surrogate after trying for a decade
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Maria Menounos and her husband Keven Undergaro will become first-time parents in 2023. The 44-year-old TV host and her 55-year-old spouse is expecting their first child via surrogacy after trying for "a decade." The couple started IVF in 2012, however, turned to surrogacy in 2018 after the former did not work for them.
"Just after a decade of trying everything, we are so grateful to the beautiful family helping us conceive our baby," the mom-to-be exclusively told People. "Keven, my dad, and I are all beyond excited for this soul to come into our lives. What a blessing." The Noovie host also shared an emotional clip with the outlet which showed her reaction to the baby’s ultrasound, alongside her father Constantinos. "Oh my God," Menounos said in the video as she watches it with her father. "Guys, that's my baby. I love you."
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'Its been a very frustrating process'
Menounos shared an update about the couple's fertility journey back in February 2022."I definitely didn't think it was going to take this long. It's been years. We've used different services, different people," said the TV host who first tried IVF treatments in 2012. "It's just been a very frustrating process." Menounos and Undergaro, 55, switched to surrogacy in 2018 after discovering that their first surrogate was no longer a medical match in 2021.
Maria Menounos sought advice from pal Kim Kardashian
Menounos got advice from her friend Kim Kardashian, who welcomed her daughter Chicago in January 2018 and son Psalm in May 2019 via surrogates with her then-husband Kayne West. "I was grateful that I had her to share and help me," said Menounos said of the SKIMS founder, 42. "She was just so lovely and so amazing and very patient with us."
Menounos and Undergaro tried surrogacy once again
"That was a really hard breakup because we had been together on the journey for almost two years,” said Menounos, referring to finding out that their first surrogate is no longer a match. "There's something called a mock cycle that my fertility doctor suggested because we only have two really good embryos and we want two kids," she added, as per the outlet. "What would happen is the uterine lining wouldn't grow to that last stage where you could safely implant and know that the embryo would stick. Had we not done [a mock cycle], we would've probably lost our only chances."
The couple shared that they tried surrogacy once again before officially giving up. "I told [my doctors], 'If it doesn't work, I'm done. This is the last straw. If this doesn't happen, it's definitely not meant to be.' I can't go through this process again," she shared with People.
