Kristen Wiig Recounts the 'Struggle' of IVF Before Welcoming Twins via Surrogate: 'Part of My Story'

The actress welcomed her twins Shiloh and Luna in 2020 with husband Avi Rothman

Kristen Wiig loves being a mother, but her path to get there wasn't always easy.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actress, 50, looked back on her journey with in vitro fertilization (IVF) before she and husband Avi Rothman welcomed their now 4-year-old twins Shiloh and Luna in 2020 via surrogate.

"It was such a struggle," Wiig says of IVF. "When you go through it, you meet other people who are going through it, and it's almost like this secret little — the whispering conversation at a party. It feels like not a lot of people talk about it."

"It is such a private thing, but maybe it doesn't have to be," adds the comedian, who seldom shares about her family and chooses not to be on social media. "It's part of my story and part of how I got my amazing family."

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In a 2020 interview with InStyle, Wiig revealed that she and her husband had tried IVF for three years before turning to surrogacy, which was a tough decision for her.

"I remember when our doctor mentioned going other routes and I was just like, 'Nope. Don't ever bring that up again. I'm getting pregnant. I'm doing this,' " the actress said. "I finally realized that I just needed help. And, thank God, we found the most amazing surrogate."

Calling her journey to motherhood “bittersweet,” Wiig said she was also at peace with how things unfolded.

“Overall it was a very beautiful thing, and now that I’m on the other side, I wouldn’t have had it any other way,” the mom of two said. “I’ve always believed that things happen the way they’re supposed to happen, and this is how [our babies] were supposed to get here.”

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