Whitney Port, 41, has decided to cancel her surrogacy plans and is now aiming to carry her second child herself. The television personality shared the update on her Instagram stories, explaining that the extensive process of surrogacy has led her to reconsider her path. Port and her husband, Tim Rosenman, have been trying to expand their family for seven years, during which time Port has experienced five miscarriages.
"After all the red tape, the money, the emotions, and just how long everything has taken, we've decided to go in a different direction," Port wrote on her Instagram stories. "I'm scared to be the vessel," she admitted, "but I am even more scared of letting fear stop me from trying for something I was so deeply."
She shared that her uterus looks healthy and expressed renewed determination. "Uterus looks good. Let's f***ing go!" she posted, with Rosenman by her side at a fertility clinic appointment.
During an episode of her podcast, With Whit, Port elaborated on the decision. "The whole thing has just gotten so difficult that I finally decided that I want to check out how I look physically and see if carrying is something that I can actually do on my own," she explained. The couple currently has two viable embryos remaining. Port expressed that while she doesn't particularly enjoy being pregnant, her primary desire is to have a second child.
Port, who is mother to nine-year-old Sonny, detailed her fertility journey in March, stating it began seven years prior. After Sonny's birth, she attempted to conceive again but suffered five miscarriages. In 2023, the couple turned to surrogacy. Port recounted a recent unsuccessful transfer with a surrogate, mentioning they had two embryos left at that time.
She described the fertility struggle as an emotionally taxing process. "These things just come in waves and you just have to ride them out and it's going to hit you really hard at first, and then it's going to calm down," she said. Port also reflected on her "worst-case scenario" being that she and her husband might only have their son, Sonny, expressing gratitude for him and acknowledging that she would eventually process the grief if a second child wasn't possible.
Last year, Port revealed on the SHE MD podcast that her first pregnancy with Sonny was uncomplicated. However, subsequent pregnancies resulted in miscarriages. By her mid-30s, after a total of five miscarriages—ranging from eight to 11 weeks, all with detected heartbeats—she was advised to see a fertility specialist. Following IVF, she had four embryos. Two transfers using female embryos with a second surrogate resulted in two miscarriages, leading the couple to take a break.
Earlier this week, Port celebrated her son Sonny's ninth birthday on Instagram with a video montage of family moments.