Did Nicole Kidman do IVF?

Nicole has publicly stated that she suffered an ectopic pregnancy not long after she married Tom Cruise at the age of 24.

As the couple then struggled to conceive, they went on to adopt their two children—daughter, Isabella; and son, Connor.

Following the breakdown of her marriage to Tom Cruise, Nicole remarried Keith Urban in 2006. The couple were eager to start a family; however, they also had trouble trying to conceive.

The Australian-American actress and film producer openly talked about her difficulties in conceiving, stating “I had tried and failed and failed and failed.”

“Every woman who has been through all those ups and downs knows the depression that comes with it.”

Natural Conception

When the time was right, Kidman conceived naturally. Their first daughter, Sunday Rose, was born in 2008 and Kidman calls her “the miracle of my life.”

Nicole credits her conception with swimming in Australian ‘fertility waters’ as despite her previous fertility problems, this was a natural conception.

About the time she was filming a movie Australia, Nicole said: “Seven babies were conceived out of this film and only one was a boy. There is something up there in the Kununurra water because we all went swimming in the waterfalls, so we can call it the fertility waters now.”

After having their biological daughter, Nicole and Keith struggled to conceive again. Since the IVF treatments did not work, the couple were advised to follow the surrogacy route.

Surrogacy

Luckily for Kidman, she was able to conceive with her own eggs once again, albeit with the help of a surrogate. Baby Faith was born December 2011.

She did want more kids and at close to 50 years, she still had a little hope that she’d fall pregnant again, and have another child naturally. Female relatives of hers had late pregnancies, raising her hopes.

“I still have the faintest hope that something may happen to me this year. Keith and I would love to have more babies,” she said. “My grandmother gave birth to my mother at 49! I would be beyond happy and just welcome it with open arms. Children are the joy of my life.”