SoanxiouswastheQuantico
actresstobecomea mom,she
andherhusband,stockbroker
TomMahoney(now61),skipped
theirhoneymoonaftertheir
2006 weddingtoundergo
fertilitytreatment.
“Wedidinvitroa weekafter
wegotmarried,”Marcia(57)told
AmericanmagazinePeople.
“We’dbeentryingtogetpreg-
nantevenbeforethewedding,
butnothingwashappening.
“Weweresupposedtogo
toGreeceandParisandI said,
‘Let’sstayputandseeifwecan’t
givethisbabya chance’.”It
workedandtheywelcomedtwins
SavannahandEdenin2007.
Marciapullsnopunchesabout
havingIVFlaterinlife.“It’sdiffi-
culttogetpregnantinyour
forties.It’scostlyandtough
onyourbodyandrelationship.”Thepopiconendureda long
battlewithinfertilitybefore
eventuallybecominga mom.
Astheyoungestof 14 kids
she’dalwayswanteda big
brood,butaftermarryingher
manager,thelateRenéAngélil,
inhertwenties,shefailedto
fallpregnantnaturally.
AfterRenéwasdiagnosed
withthroatcancerin 1999 they
decidedtofreezesomeofhis
sperm.At 33 sheembarked
onIVFandwelcomedherfirst
son,René-Charles, in2001.Butfallingpregnanta second
timeprovedmuchmorediffi-
cult.TheAshessingerhad
tohavesixroundsofIVFand
suffereda miscarriagebefore
twinsNelsonandEddyarrived
in2010.
Céline(now51)putthe
brakesonhercareeratthe
time.Shewasdoinga concert
residencyatCaesarsPalacein
LasVegasbuteasedofftocon-
centrateongettingpregnant.
“Alifeora contract?Itwas
nochoice,”shesays.Theroadtomotherhoodwasn’t
easyforthe49-year-oldpopstar,
whosuffereda miscarriageat 38
soonaftershemarriedactorNick
Cannon(now38)in2008.After
failingtoconceivenaturally,the
coupleresortedtoIVF.
Thefive-timeGrammywinner
was 40 whenshefellpregnant
withtwins,butherpregnancy
wasdifficult.Mariahwasdiag-
nosedwithgestationaldiabetes
andpre-eclampsia– resultingin
dangerouslyhighbloodpressure- whichputherathighriskof
seizures.
Bedrestwasprescribeduntil
sonMoroccananddaughter
MonroeweredeliveredinApril
MARCIA CROSS
SOURCES:TODAY.COM,INDEPENDENT.CO.UK,INFERTILITYAIDE.COM,ACCESSONLINE.COM,FEMALEFIRST.CO.UK,PEOPLE.COM
‘BeforeI hit30,I wasalreadylonging
forkids.Butforyears,loveand
marriageeludedme.InmyfortiesI
triedeverythingbutnothingworked
- untilmymiraclebabiesarrived’
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‘I thought as long as my health
permitted me and unless my doctor
thought physically I couldn’t do it,
then I’d go on with the IVF until
someone told me to stop’
‘After my
miscarriage I was
in a dark and
difficult place.
I wasn’t able to
even talk about it’
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