Selena Gomez has opened up about finding out she’s not able to ‘carry’ her own children
Selena Gomez has opened up about finding out she’s not able to ‘carry’ her own children.
The Only Murders in the Building star is currently dating singer Benny Blanco and has since spoken out about her plans to have a family in the future.
Selena Gomez is currently dating Benny Blanco (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)
In an interview with Vanity Fair, the singer explained the couple aren’t feeling any pressure to get married and instead just ‘always make sure’ to ‘protect’ what they ‘have’.
“There’s no rules,” she continued. “I want him to always be himself. I always want to be myself.”
Gomez reflected on being godmother to her cousin’s two children and on the topic of motherhood, revealed she ‘unfortunately can’t carry [her] own children’.
She continued: “I haven’t ever said this but […] I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy.”
Gomez has been open about her battles with her health after being diagnosed with a chronic autoimmune condition called lupus in 2014 and undergoing a kidney transplant in 2017.
Gomez has a chronic autoimmune condition called lupus (Instagram/ @selenagomez)
In an episode of Apple TV+’s Dear… Gomez reflected on being diagnosed with lupus as being ‘surreal’ given she felt ‘completely fine’ at the time.
However, she soon came to realize her body had been ‘fighting itself on the inside,’ doctors warning she ‘could’ve had a stroke onstage’ and ‘could’ve died’ – performing on her first solo tour at the time she was diagnosed.
While not being able to ‘carry’ her own children is ‘something [she] had to grieve for a while’ given she always thought motherhood ‘would happen in the way it happens for everyone’ and it now not ‘necessarily’ happening to her in the ‘way [she] envisioned it’ the singer added she’s ‘in a much better place with that’ now.
Gomez has opened up about finding out she can’t ‘carry’ her own children (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
Gomez resolved: “I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me.
“It made me really thankful for the other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I’m one of those people. I’m excited for what that journey will look like, but it’ll look a little different. At the end of the day, I don’t care. It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby.”
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