Selena Gomez Reveals She Can't Carry Children, But She's Already Looking Into These Alternatives

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just shared something very personal about her fertility—she cannot carry her own children. But that doesn't mean motherhood is out of the question for her.Since it became clear that Gomez and boyfriend Benny Blanco are very serious about their relationship, people have started to wonder if children are in the couple's future. (Especially since with the singer/actor.) Well, in a new interview with , Gomez revealed that while she cannot become pregnant herself, she's already thinking about other ways to have kids, including adoption.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“I haven’t ever said this, but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children,” Gomez told the magazine. “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.” One alternative pathway to parenthood would be surrogacy, which celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton have used to have kids, and adoption is another.

Gomez said she's open to both possibilities.“It’s not necessarily the way I envisioned it,” Gomez continued in the interview. “I thought it would happen the way it happens for everyone. [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.