Now a fertility doctor has shed a controversial new light on the subject by suggesting they may not have been pregnant in the first place.
近期一位不孕不育科医生爆料称有些女星可能根本就没有怀孕。
Los Angeles-based Dr Vicken Sahakian, who works at the Pacific Fertility Center, said an increasing number of rich and famous
celebrities1 are coming to him asking to have their babies via a surrogate in order to preserve their own figures.
Known as 'social surrogacy', the practice involves
perfectly2 healthy women choosing to pay another to carry and give birth to their child to spare themselves the
ordeal3, and to avoid having to take a career break if their work depends on them having a flawless look.
'Typically these are women who prefer not to get pregnant and not to go through the process of
pregnancy4 for many different reasons. For instance if you are a model or an actress and your income is based on performing and how you look and pregnancy will ruin that for year, if not more,' Dr Sahakian told
presenter5 Jodie
Marsh6 for her latest TLC documentary Making Babies.
Dr Sahakian, who has performed over 6,000 IVF procedures and is responsible for the birth of more than 3,000 babies over the world, said he has had a number of 'well-known' clients over the years who have
opted7 for a social surrogacy.
He refused to give any names but said some have even faked their own
pregnancies8 whilst secretly using a surrogate.
Former
glamour9 model Jodie was shocked when she heard this asking: 'So some have used a surrogate then stuffed a pillow up their jumper?'
'We are talking about well-known women,' Dr Sahakian confirmed. 'It would be
taboo10 for them to admit they used a social surrogate. I have had a couple of patients who pretended they were pregnant, yes.'
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