Adrienne Bailon has been open about the high emotional price she paid on the path to motherhood, and is now sharing the staggering financial investment she has made.
The Real Host, 40, who welcomed her son Ever, 20 months, via surrogate, with husband Israel Houghton, 52, estimated they spent “easily over a million” dollars to have a child.
“I’ve only done eight IVF cycles, but that doesn’t include the number of IUIs (intrauterine insemination) I’ve done and every other conceivable treatment you can think of for fertility,” the Secrets singer shared. People during the pop-up tour for her brand LA VOÛTE in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The Cheetah Girls alum continued, “So it was a pretty tough six years of trying to have my son.”
Adrienne Bailon, 40, has opened up about the emotional toll her son Ever has taken on her family, but the singer has also revealed the staggering costs she and her husband, Israel Houghton, 52, have paid on their journey to becoming parents. the birth of son Ever, 20 months
Bailon and Houghton married in 2016 and the talk show host admitted that she didn’t get pregnant as easily as she had hoped.
“I think as an audience we have to be sensitive to the fact that not everyone gets pregnant right away,” she said on the show in 2018.
“I think for myself I thought it would happen so easily, but it just didn’t happen that way.”
According to FertilityIQ.comthe average cost of a round of in vitro fertilization is approximately $12,000 to $14,000 per cycle in the US.
For surrogacy, agency fees, surrogate payments, legal fees, embryo creation costs, and IVF procedures can add up. Synchronized bank estimates it costs anywhere from $100,000 to $250,000 or more.
When considering the seven-figure cost, the Raven’s Home actress admitted this was “not realistic for the average person.” And I recognize that.’
However, when Bailon welcomed her son, she said the cost, financial, emotional and physical, was worth it.
“Our baby boy is here and we are so in love!” she said as she announced his arrival on social media in August 2022, with a sweet photo of her cuddling her son as the proud daddy looked on.
The Real Host, 40, who welcomed her son Ever, 20 months via surrogate, estimated they spent ‘easily over a million’ dollars to have a child
Before turning to surrogacy, the Secrets singer said she’s done “eight IVF cycles, but that doesn’t include the number of IUIs (intrauterine insemination) I’ve done and every other conceivable treatment you can think of for fertility’
When Bailon and Houghton announced they welcomed Ever into their family in August 2022, the actress said, “He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every postponed prayer, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage. Everything’
‘If you’ve been following our love story… you know our journey to having the baby has been very challenging. But God is faithful to His word and His promises. We have been praying quietly for the past nine months as we sit on this most magnificent secret,” she said.
“He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every postponed prayer, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage. Everything,” she declared.
“All we feel is joy, overwhelming love and gratitude,” said the proud parents.
‘Grateful to God, to our English surrogate and to all our friends and family who have been with us on this journey for over 5 years. He’s here and we’ve never been so happy to lose sleep! #HappilyEverHoughton’