Chrissy Teigen, 35, has recently told PEOPLE why it is so important for her to “make sure everybody has access” to fertility treatments
She has been helping her fans who are struggling with fertility issues. In her latest cover story with PEOPLE, Teigen said she is now more passionate than ever about helping people achieve their dreams of starting a family.
The model said, “Coming to terms with not being able to carry again is still really difficult for me because I feel so healthy. I’m like, why? But then I think about it as my uterus is just not cooperating with me — and it’s not a failure.”
Teigen and her husband, John Legend, welcomed their children via IVF. She said, “I’m so lucky for that. I just think of it in terms of how blessed I am already, and also there are so many ways to have a child nowadays … whether it’s surrogacy or adoption.”
“For me what’s really important is being able to make sure that everybody has access to those ways and making sure that people are able to make their dreams come true,” she continued. “It would just be a beautiful thing.”
“It’s so incredibly expensive to freeze your eggs and to harvest them,” Teigen added. “IVF isn’t an option for a lot of people and it needs to be. It shouldn’t be such an expensive endeavor for a woman trying to conceive a child.”
In October, Teigen revealed that she had lost their third child, Jack, who was conceived naturally, at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
In the recent interview, she said, “It’s important for us in Thai tradition that we always embrace the ones we’ve lost, and they’re never, ever gone. This tree being planted inside the home, the whole reason why I wanted it was so Jack’s ashes could be in that soil and he could be with us all the time and grow through the beautiful leaves in this tree.”
“The way Miles and Luna talk about him is so beautiful and reminds me of when I was little talking to my grandpa who was just sitting bedside next to my mom in a little urn,” she continued. “It’s all beautiful, and I love that tradition carries down.” The article was originally published in PEOPLE.
