American singer Selena Gomez has opened up about how her health poses serious risks to both herself and a future baby, forcing her to reconsider her plans to start a family.
Gomez made this known during a recent interview with Vanity Fair.
“I haven’t ever said this, but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children,” the 32-year-old Gomez revealed.
“I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy. That was something I had to grieve for a while.”
Although Gomez did not specify which medical condition prevents her from carrying her own child, she has been public about her battle with lupus, an autoimmune disease that attacks the body’s tissues and organs.
Diagnosed in 2015, Gomez underwent a kidney transplant in 2017 as part of her treatment for lupus. She has also spoken about her struggles with anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, which was diagnosed in 2020 after a severe psychotic episode.
In a 2022 interview with Rolling Stone, Gomez mentioned that medications she takes for her bipolar disorder could potentially make pregnancy unsafe.
“That’s a very big, big, present thing in my life,” she said at the time, alluding to her concerns about having children.
Despite the medical obstacles, Selena Gomez remains hopeful about becoming a mother through alternative means.
She expressed her openness to adoption, citing her own mother’s adoption as an important part of her life story. “I probably wouldn’t be here,” she reflected.
“I don’t know what [my mother’s] life would’ve been like. She and I are very thankful for how life played out.”
Gomez also mentioned the possibility of surrogacy as a path to parenthood.
“It’s not necessarily the way I envisioned it. I thought it would happen the way it happens for everyone,” she told Vanity Fair. “[But] I’m in a much better place with that. I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me.”
Looking forward, Gomez remains excited about her future journey to motherhood, regardless of the method. “At the end of the day, I don’t care. It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby.”
