Bollywood Stars Who Embraced Motherhood Through IVF: Farah Khan, Preity Zinta, and More
There are many examples of Bollywood stars who dared to break the societal norms and embraced IVF treatment to become mothers. Such influential women have not been shy in sharing their experiences and have actually liberated the society in terms of conceiving taboos on fertility treatments besides motivating many others who experience the same difficulties.
1. Farah Khan
Filmmaker and dancer Farah Khan had triplets, Czar, Diva, and Anya, in 2008 when she was 43 years old after seeking out IVF treatment. Having got married to filmmaker Shirish Kunder in 2004 and failed in all their efforts to conceive naturally, the couple was so brave as to go under IVF, and the example has encouraged other women to have IVF much later in their lives.
2. Lisa Ray
The female Canadian star Lisa Ray, who plays in the movies such as Kasoor, Water, and Ishq Forever, decided to have a twin kid through the IVF treatment when she was in her Forties. By publicly speaking about fertility treatments, she made it easier to speak about IVF, which should make any woman, no matter how old, not give up on her ambitions to become a mother.
3. Kiran Rao
Filmmaker Kiran Rao and former husband Aamir Khan had their son, called Azad Rao Khan, in 2011 after the use of IVF and surrogacy. The two documented their conception process openly in a bid to create awareness among people with challenges in conception. The director of Laapataa Ladies Rao married Khan in 2005 and got a divorce in 2021.
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4. Preity Zinta
Actor Preity Zinta also came out in the open and discussed the emotional turmoil she had to go through in her IVF procedure in a conversation with Vogue India. In 2021, she had twins, Jai and Gia, with husband Gene Goodenough via surrogacy. Zinta married in 2016 in Los Angeles, and since then, her transparency has encouraged other people in similar situations of fertility issues.
