Surrogacy explained as Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas welcome their first child

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Last month Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas surprised fans by announcing that they had welcomed their first child together. After a whirlwind romance, the happy couple revealed that they were now the proud parents of a baby born via surrogate.Taking to Instagram, the pair told their followers in a joint statement that they were spending their time navigating life as a family of three, writing “We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate.

We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family.Thank you so much.” And they’re not the only celebrities who have welcomed a child through surrogacy - famous faces including Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have all opened up about their experiences.

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Following this, OK! asked an expert about how surrogacy works and what steps are involved in treatment. “It’s no surprise that we increasingly see more celebrities becoming parents via surrogate,” says Dr Timothy Bracewell-Milnes, Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at the Lister Fertility Clinic (part of HCA Healthcare UK). “Recent reports show that the number of parents having a baby using a surrogate in England and Wales has quadrupled in the last 10 years.” With figures increasing, there are many different reasons why parents-to-be may opt for surrogacy when starting a family, such as fertility issues, being in a same sex relationship or not wanting to go through pregnancy themselves.