Selena Gomez, who suffers from lupus, shared in a recent interview that she’s unable to carry her own children because of the health risks.
Singer and actor Selena Gomez has long shared her health struggles with the public, first revealing her lupus diagnosis back in 2015. Now she’s opening up about the ways in which her medical issues are impacting her life once again.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Gomez revealed that despite her strong desire for a family, she’s been told she’s unable to carry her own children due to the health risks.
“I haven’t ever said this, but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children,” she said in the interview. “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.”
Gomez didn’t specify the exact health issues preventing her from getting pregnant. Lupus, however, can complicate fertility. The autoimmune disease, in which the body’s immune system attacks healthy tissues, can impact reproductive organs. Lupus treatments can also impair one’s ability to get pregnant.
While her admission may seem particularly vulnerable, the “Only Murders In the Building” star is no stranger to getting candid about her health. In 2017, two years after sharing her lupus diagnosis, the star posted on Instagram about undergoing a kidney transplant, which was donated by fellow actor and friend Francia Raísa.
And in her 2022 documentary titled "My Mind & Me," Gomez showed the world her mental health struggles, revealing that she’d been facing anxiety, depression, and panic attacks. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder shortly after.
But despite her many challenges, Gomez told Vanity Fair that she’s found ways to manage her mental health, including medication, temperature therapy, and grounding techniques.
Despite her setbacks, being a mother remains a top priority for the star. She said she’s come to terms with the fact that she won’t have children the way she may have expected, but she feels grateful that surrogacy and adoption are possibilities — both of which she said are “huge possibilities” for her.
The latter option is particularly personal to her because her mother was adopted.
“It made me really thankful for the other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I’m one of those people,” she told Vanity Fair. “I’m excited for what that journey will look like, but it’ll look a little different. At the end of the day, I don’t care. It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby.”
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