Kristen Welker welcomes baby girl with husband John Hughes via surrogate after journalist revealed infertility struggles
NBC's Kristen Welker and her husband John Hughes have welcomed their first child.
The anchor announced back in April that, after a battle with fertility, .
"We stayed in rooms next to each other and visited throughout so that we and little Margot could thank her for bringing Margot into the world," Welker said.
She went on to explain that she is having the child with help from a surrogate.
"I was 40 years old when I married John in March 2017. And we immediately started to try to have a baby," Welker revealed.
"It didn’t work immediately. So we thought, 'Let’s just go to a doctor as a precaution'."
Speaking about the IVF battle, Welker said that she was optimistic.
"First round of IVF, it went really well and I thought, ‘I’m going to be pregnant within the next few months, no problem'," Welker said.
However, she went on to receive news that her uterus was too thin to carry a child.
"And I thought, 'OK, well, let’s fix it. There has to be something that we can do to fix this'," she explained.
However, after years of heartbreak she decided to enlist the help of a surrogate to start her family.
"Being matched with a surrogate is one of the most extraordinary experiences I have ever had," she said.
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Hughes echoed: "Our surrogate has been amazing. I can’t explain just how wonderful she’s been. For her this was about giving something to us that she felt a deep connection to."
Although the first transfer did not work, the surrogate became pregnant late last year.