Shilpa Shetty Opens Up About Miscarriages, Surrogacy & How Adoption Didn’t Pan Out

Recently, when Shilpa Shetty and her husband were blessed with a baby girl, their happiness knew no bounds.

The family named the newborn Samisha. But, the fact that the couple opted to have a child through surrogacy, made many question their choice.

 

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????Samisha Shetty Kundra completes 40 days today???? The first milestone for a mother and child, revered in Hinduism. ???? Ideally, as a ritual we would have “stepped out of the house “ for the “FIRST” time and taken her to a temple for blessings, but as things stand today don’t have that option. Hence, will seek blessings at our mandir at home. It only makes me realise that there are so many other things we should be grateful for even if some things don’t go as per plan. So, for the next 20 days, I’m going to document one thing that I’m grateful for EVERY DAY. Starting with TODAY, I’m so grateful for just having a healthy family by my side. Let’s use this time to thank the universe for all the wonderful things and daily manifest positivity in our lives. Do join me in this exercise stating what YOU are grateful for. Tell me in the comments below or post something on your handle.????❤️???? Love and Gratitude, SSK . . . . . #SamishaShettyKundra #20DaysOfGratefulness #gratitude #blessed #family #40days #milestones #thankful #love

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Now for the first time, since Samisha’s birth, Shilpa Shetty has come forward and opened up about her choice, and the struggles they had while trying to conceive.

While sharing about her struggle to conceive, choice of surrogacy, motherhood struggles, Shilpa Shetty recently spoke to Pinkvilla. Talking about how she always wanted a sibling for her son, Shilpa said,

“After Viaan, I did want to have another child for the longest time. But I suffered from an auto immune disease called APLA and that came into play every time I get pregnant. So I had a couple of miscarriages so it was a genuine issue.”

Shilpa explained that she also tried adoption.

“I didn’t want Viaan to grow up as a single child, because I’m also one of two and I know how important it is to have a sibling. Coming from that thought, I did explore other ideas as well but that didn’t pan out well. At a time when I wanted to adopt, I had put in my name and everything was underway. But then, the Christian missionary shut down because they had a tiff with Kara. I waited for nearly four years and then, I was so irritated and we decided to try the surrogacy route,”

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She earlier shared with HT, that Samisha was born after three attempts.

“We had been trying for second child for five years. I had signed Nikamma and had committed my dates to Hungama when I got the news that in February, we were going to be parents again. We cleared our work schedules for the whole month,”

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At IFORHER, we admire Shilpa Shetty for coming forward to speak about her choices and stand by them. It is heartbreaking to see how society, without knowing their reasons, was quick to judge Shilpa Shetty and her husband’s choice to have a baby through surrogacy.

Dear Society, please stop judging people, especially women for their choices. Because, in the end, their babies are their business, not yours!