Top Celebrity Couples Who Had Trouble Getting Pregnant

 

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend

She's the host of syndicated daytime show "FABLife" and Mrs. John Legend and now she's just announced she's pregnant with the couple's first child. 

But Teigen admits that she and her husband, who have been together for 10 years, would have had children much earlier were it not for her difficulty getting pregnant."

I would say, honestly, [that] John and I were having trouble. We would have had kids five, six years ago if it had happened, but my gosh, it's been a process," she said on an episode of the show. 

 

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

The Facebook founder announced on the social-media site that he and wife Priscilla Chan were expecting a baby girl. 

But within that announcement, Mark Zuckerberg also revealed that Chan had suffered three miscarriages before getting pregnant. 

In his announcement on his own Facebook page, Zuckerberg wrote, "We've been trying to have a child for a couple of years and have had three miscarriages along the way." 

The 31-year-old father-to-be also wrote that he hoped his own experience would help other couples going through the same thing. 

 

Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West

Kim Kardashian West is nearing the end of her second pregnancy, but getting pregnant with daughter North was difficult for the reality TV star. 

And though she has openly documented the struggle on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," it was her sister Khloe's struggle to get pregnant that gave Kim the courage to expose her own battle to have a second baby. 

"Khloe has been very open about her fertility issues, and I think I was always really kind of quiet about mine, and I have similar issues, and so it was a pleasant surprise when so many doctors were telling me one thing and then the opposite happens," she told the "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." 

 

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

While married to Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman admits to suffering from a miscarriage that resulted in she and Cruise adopting children Connor and Isabella. When she married Keith Urban, she again tried to have children. 

"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," she tells Who magazine. "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. "In addition to Kidman's daughter Sunday Rose, whom she carried herself, she and Urban have another daughter, Faith, born via surrogate. 

 

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon

Mariah Carey is now mom to 4-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-husband Nick Cannon, but the road to motherhood wasn't easy for the pop diva. 

Carey talked to "Access Hollywood" about suffering a miscarriage, saying, "It kind of shook us both and took us into a place that was really dark and difficult. 

When that happened ... I wasn't able to even talk to anybody about it. That was not easy." 

 

Jack Osbourne and Lisa Stelly

Already parents to 3-year-old daughter Pearl, Jack Osbourne and his wife Lisa Stelly suffered a late-term miscarriage. In their announcement, the couple said, "All we can do is trust in God and know he has a plan for our lives." The couple was able to conceive again. Daughter Andy Rose was born in June 2015. 

 

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale

After reportedly suffering a miscarriage while she and then-husband Gavin Rossdale were trying for a third child, Gwen Stefani assumed that she was done having kids. 

But, it was her two sons, Kingston and Zuma, who kept pushing their mom for a third baby. 

On "Late Night," she said her son Kingston prayed for a baby, saying, "'Dear God, please let my mom have a baby. 

Please, God! Please let my mom have a baby!'" Four weeks later, "The Voice" judge was pregnant with son Apollo, who was born in February 2014. 

 

Courteney Cox and David Arquette

The "Cougar Town" star doesn't have a hard time getting pregnant, it's staying pregnant that has proven difficult for her. 

Before giving birth to daughter Coco (with ex-husband David Arquette), Cox went through multiple rounds of IVF before getting pregnant with their 11-year-old daughter." I get pregnant pretty easily," Cox told People magazine, "but I have a hard time keeping them." 

 

Brooke Shields and Chris Henchy

In her book "Down Came the Rain," which chronicled her experience with postpartum depression, Brooke Shields wrote, "We were crushed. 

Up till then, I thought simply because it was time and I wanted to have a baby, it would work out." She then went on to give birth to daughters Rowan Francis, 12, and Grier Hammond, 9. 

 

Celine Dion and René Angélil

The pop diva is now mom to three kids, but it was her determination to become pregnant the second time that made that possible. 

When her first child, Rene-Charles, was 9, Dion told People magazine of her quest to have another baby. 

"I'm going to try until it works," she said. And she did. Dion went through four failed IVF treatments and a miscarriage before finally getting pregnant. Twins Eddy and Nelson are now 4 years old. 

 

Jaime King and Kyle Newman

While trying to get pregnant with her second child, the "Hart of Dixie" star admits to struggling until she was finally diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition that affects female sex hormones and fertility, as well as endometriosis. 

But she kept her struggle to conceive a secret, telling People, "I was hiding what I was going through for so long, and I hear about so many women going through what I went through. 

If I'm open about it, hopefully it won't be so taboo to talk about it." Her second son Leo was born in July 2015. 

 

Sherri Shepherd and Jeff Tarpley

When it came to getting pregnant with son Jeffrey in 2004, "The View" host says she went through "shots in my butt, shots in my stomach, a little surgery" before she got pregnant with twins via IVF. Shepherd, who was married to Jeff Tarpley at the time, miscarried one of the twins at 11 weeks, and Jeffrey was born 15 weeks prematurely. 

Jeffrey remained in the hospital for three months, causing Shepherd to say, "My son was fighting for his life. ... I remember saying, 'I will never laugh again.'" Thankfully she did. 

 

Emma Thompson and Greg Wise

After being devastated by a miscarriage, Emma Thompson put her acting career on hold to try to conceive with partner Greg Wise. The effort paid off, and Thompson got pregnant with now 15-year-old daughter Gaia. 

But when she couldn't get pregnant again, Thompson said, "There's been an awful lot of grief to get through in not being able to get pregnant again, but there are thousands and thousands of women like me who can't have children." 

Thompson and Wise in 2003 adopted a 16-year-old from Rwanda named Tindyebwa Agaba, who had been living a life of hardship as a child soldier. 

 

Jimmy Fallon and Nancy Juvonen

The "Tonight Show" host and his film producer wife, Nancy Juvonen, tried to have baby for five years before turning to a surrogate for each of the couple's two daughters, Winnie and Frances." 

We've tried a bunch of things," Jimmy Fallon told the "Today Show." "Anyone who's tried will know, it's just awful. 

I know people have tried much longer, but if there's anyone out there who is trying and they're just losing hope ... just hang in there." 

 

Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry

When it came time for the Oscar-winning actress to try for a baby with then-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry admits it was a struggle. 

Berry was 41 at the time and said, "While I was trying to get pregnant, we tried really hard, so it was a lot of staying home and just doing what you do." Berry, who admits to being superstitious, saved all of her pregnancy tests in a drawer. 

After about 35 tests, she finally got one that was positive, and that resulted in daughter Nahla. Berry then went on to have a son, Maceo, with husband Olivier Martinez. The couple just announced that they, too, will be separating. 

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