“I recognize it’s not realistic for the average person”
Adrienne Bailon says she and her husband Israel Houghton spent “easily over a million” on in-vitro fertilization treatments.
The former Cheetah Girls singer, 40, and Houghton, who were married in 2016, welcomed their son, Ever, via a surrogate in August 2022.
Houghton, 52, has four children from a previous marriage.
Bailon shared her six-year fertility journey with People.com.
“I only did eight cycles of IVF, but that doesn’t include the amount of IUIs I did and every other kind of imaginable treatments that you could imagine for fertility,” she said.
“So it was a pretty tough six years of trying to have my son,” she added.
When asked how much she spent on IVF treatments, the mom-of-one responded, “Easily over a million.”
Bailon recognizes that the figure she spent on IVF treatments “is not realistic for the average person.”
“He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every delayed prayer, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage. Everything. All we feel is joy and overwhelming love & gratitude.”
