•Ini Edo and her baby, Light
Popular Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, has opened up about the difficulties she had prior to having a child through surrogacy.
Ini Edo, the mother of a 3-year-old daughter named Light, revealed that she had to use surrogacy because she was having trouble bringing her pregnancy to term, reports The Nation.
Before choosing surrogacy, the actress disclosed that she had undergone IVF treatments to conceive and experienced six miscarriages.
After being asked about the paternity of her child on the reality show “Young, Famous & African”, she talked candidly about her unusual path to motherhood. Ini responded that she had a baby girl when her co-star Luis asked if she had any children.
“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.
