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Popular Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has shared the travails she encountered before she successfully had her child through surrogacy.
Ini Edo, who has a 3-year-old daughter named Light, disclosed that she had issues carrying pregnancy to term and had to opt for surrogacy.
The actress revealed that she had gone through IVF procedures to get pregnant and suffered six miscarriages before opting for surrogacy.
She opened up on her unique journey to motherhood after being questioned about her child’s paternity on the reality show Young Famous & African.
Her co-star, Luis asked Ini if she has a child and she said she has a baby girl.
“Are you married?” she asked.
“I’m not married,” Ini replied.
“Are you together with the dad?” Nadia questioned.
“No I’m not,” Ini said.
“Is he still alive?”
“Well, I don’t know,” Ini Edo replied to Nadia.
“Girl, is he dead or not? It’s a yes or no question,” Nadia insisted.
“He’s not dead. He doesn’t have anything to do with us. We’re just two people. Just me and my child,” Ini Edo replied.
During her confessional, Ini Edo said, “My journey is one that I have not really been wanting to talk about because it’s personal.”
“I’m raising her alone,” Ini finally told her co-stars. “I went through surrogacy.”
She added: “There was no man in my life at the time and I wanted to have a child. There are different ways to go about that.”
Later, Luis, is seen discussing the research he has done regarding surrogacy and his willingness to try having a child through said means.
However, Ini Edo was taken aback, and she asked why he was choosing surrogacy when he has a girlfriend.
“I don’t think surrogacy is something people just wake up and say that’s what they want to do,” Ini Edo said.
She added during her confessional: “I never thought I would be someone who had fertility issues. But I’ve had issues carrying pregnancies long-term.
“When it looked like it was not going to happen the way I wanted it to happen and I wasn’t getting younger, I said, ‘What are the option? What is available to me?’
“And then, this option came up, so I took it.”
“And I’m very happy with my decision,” she told her co-stars.
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