Celebrities Who Openly Discussed Their Fertility Struggles: Chrissy Teigen, Tyra Banks & More

Many celebrity moms, moms-to-be, or moms-who-hope-to-be have opened up about their fertility issues which is either related to health or age.

Chrissy Teigen and Tyra Banks on her new ABC show FABLife discussed their fertility struggles. "I will say honestly John and I were having trouble. We would have had kids five, six years ago if it happened. But my gosh it's been a process. We've seen fertility doctors and once you open up about all those things to other people, you start learning that a lot of other people in your life are seeing these people and they have this shame about it," Chrissy revealed on the show.

Tyra Banks broke down in tears on the show as she hit out at social media bullies who constantly wanted to know about her baby plans.

The 41-year-old model who had failed IVF treatments said, "'I'm so tired of seeing on my social media, 'Why don't you have kids, why don't you have kids?' You don't know, you don't know what I'm going through. You have no idea."

Tyra had earlier revealed to People that she and beau Erik Asla, 50, were having problems getting pregnant. Talking about failed treatments, Tyra said, "It's really difficult. I've had some not-so-happy, traumatic moments."

It is not just Chrissy Teigen or Tyra Banks who struggled with fertility issues. Here is a list of Hollywood celebrities who opened up about their struggle to have a baby.

Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy Teigen on her new ABC show FABLife discussed her fertility struggles with husband, John Legend. "I will say honestly John and I were having trouble. We would have had kids five, six years ago if it happened. But my gosh it's been a process. We've seen fertility doctors and once you open up about all those things to other people, you start learning that a lot of other people in your life are seeing these people and they have this shame about it," Chrissy revealed on the show.

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

The 41-year-old model who had failed IVF treatments broke down in the same show saying, "'I'm so tired of seeing on my social media, 'Why don't you have kids, why don't you have kids?' You don't know, you don't know what I'm going through. You have no idea."

Tyra had earlier revealed to People that she and beau Erik Asla, 50, were having problems getting pregnant. Talking about failed treatments, Tyra said, "It's really difficult. I've had some not-so-happy, traumatic moments."

Kim Kardashian West

Kim Kardashian West

Kim's struggle to get pregnant for the second time is not hidden. The reality TV star had been very vocal about her fertility issues and after getting pregnant, she told on Today Show, "That's an exciting moment, you can plan for things like that. So I think it's just such a blessing knowing my circumstances."

Khloe Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian

Kim's sis, Khloe too was vocal about her struggle to get pregnant. She underwent fertility treatments, took hormones therapy and tried to conceive the old-fashioned way. Khloe once told on Good Morning America that she "never knew all the difficulties with getting pregnant." KoKo didn't think she would have an issue since her mom "had so many kids and Kourtney has like popped them out like a pez dispenser."

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

After having a miscarriage, the singer opted for acupuncture to reduce stress and increase chances of getting pregnant. "The main thing I did that was tough was to go on progesterone like every month..., and then when I was pregnant, I had to stay with the progesterone for 10 weeks. It minimizes the chance of miscarriage by 50 percent," Mariah told Barbara Walters in an exclusive interview for 20/20.

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

The handsome actor revealed to Australia's Herald Sun about his and wife Deborra-Lee Furness' struggle with infertility. "It was painful. It's not easy. You put a lot of time and effort into it, so it's emotional. I think any parent can relate. Trying to have children is wonderful and when you feel as though that's not going to happen, there's a certain anxiety that goes with it." After failed IVFs and other treatments, they went ahead with adoption. "When we decided we'd had enough of IVF, we went ahead with adoption."

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

"I had tried and failed and failed and failed. Not to be too detailed, but I've had an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages and I've had fertility treatments. I've done all the stuff you can possibly do to try get pregnant," Nicole told in an interview. "I had so much time thinking that wasn't going to happen in my life and trying to understand that. When it did happen - and for it to be a surprise - that was great."

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

The gorgeous actress and mother of 2 sons through surrogate discussed about her struggle with Lucky Magazine saying, "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."

Celine Deon

Celine Deon

Celine Deon was determined to get pregnant and said, "I'm going to try until it works." After suffering a miscarriage, three failed IVF treatments and taking hormonal shots, Celine Deon finally got pregnant.

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