Last year she announced she’s expecting her first child, and this week Chrissy Teigen opened up about having the IVF that helped her to conceive.
Chrissie, 30, and 37-year-old husband John Legend spent 10-years trying to have a baby, and their dream finally came true in 2015.
Speaking to People magazine, the supermodel confessed that, during IVF, she and singer John chose the gender of their unborn child.
She explained: “I’ve made this decision. Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo. I picked her and was like, ‘Let’s put in the girl’.”
But Chrissy has been forced to defend the process, after receiving backlash on social media.
One user tweeted: “@chrissyteigen I do think it’s sad people would pick a specific gender / prefer a specific gender [sic.”
But Chrissy hit back: “What is that difference though? I’ve already created embryos with a doctor. Only after must it be random?
“what year is this!? And for the record, I am always happy and open to speak on fertility. The more casual, the better.”
Chrissy went on to reveal that she and John created multiple embryos, and simply chose to use one of the girls.
She added: “We didn’t create a little girl. We had multiple embryos. Girls and boys. We simply chose to put in a female first. We didn’t ‘throw away’ anything and still would love to have more of both in the future. Hard to explain such a complicated process here.”
During her interview with People, Chrissy confessed she wanted John to have a little girl, and believes their father-daughter relationship will be special.
She said: “I think I was most excited and allured by the fact that John would be the best father to a little girl. That excited me. It excited me to see… just the thought of seeing him with a little girl. I think he deserves a little girl. I think he deserves that bond. A boy will come along. We’ll get there too.”
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