Ali Khamenei Quotes

To get pregnant, I have resorted to artificial insemination. I want to openly talk about it because this is an opportunity to show my gratitude to all those anonymous donors who help many women to meet, like me, the dream of their life.

I used to think about how I was conceived quite a lot when I was about 10 or 11, but I don't think about it at all now that so many other babies have been born in the same way.

A lot of people have been asking me questions about IVF and surrogacy, and I'm glad that I can be a mouthpiece to that.

It's such a strong drive for women, knowing you were meant to be a mom. We would have gone into debt, done whatever, exhausted all the options, to get there. But a lot of women have to give up on that dream because they can't afford it.

We're not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and Michael Jacksons of the world, but rather assisting infertile couples that deserve the right to have a biological child to have one.

I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who would do it for me.

I really thought I couldn't be a mum. We had tried several times with IVF,, and it hadn't worked and we'd given up in a way. We both thought, 'You know what, that's that. It's not going to happen - let's move on.'

I hope every woman out there who wants to be a mother and is suffering with infertility, will explore all the options and know that if you choose the science route, it is okay.

If you can't get pregnant for whatever reason, it's great to know that there are options available for people that want to have a family.

I think it a much wiser thing to secure for the thousands of mothers in this State the legal control of the children they now have, than to bring others into the world who would not belong to me after they were born.

We are really looking at all of our options. I mean, listen, whether it's IVF or whatever it is, we want to have a baby and we will have a baby.

Thinking about women who can't have their own baby, even the first baby, I'm really lucky.

I am no mother, and I won't be one.

My motivation is my desire to help people. If people want to have children and cannot in the normal way, and I can do something about it, then I will do so.

I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby.

They tried to discredit me. I used to tell them, There's many wonderful people out there who can't have children, who would want to have these children.

It's actually very beautiful when you can't conceive on your own, you can actually go to the doctors and with science you can create a child.

Women just weren't made to bear children to give them away.

For any pregnancy that happens out of marriage, the baby will be attributed to his mother and be considered as fatherless. He will carry his mother's family name. His only legitimate relatives will be those from his mother's side…. There is no relationship between the biological father and his illegitimate children. If he has other children, they will not be considered the brothers and sisters of his illegitimate child. …. In other legal matters, such as custody, inheritance and financial liability, the biological father and his family are total strangers to the child.

Taking such disputes of custody of children in a divorce before a secular court of law is something prohibited in Islam.

For people who have fertility issues - and certainly gay men have fertility issues - there's several options for having a child and surrogacy was one of them.

I went through years of unsuccessful fertility treatments, first in my hometown of D.C., then in New York City, where it finally happened - I got pregnant with my son, my miracle boy.

Michael was divorced, lonely, and wanted children. I was the one who said to him, 'I will have your babies.'

I wanted to talk to a lot of women about their experiences along the path to motherhood - or along the path to not being a mother.

For a couple that wants to have a child, there's the option of IVF, but then have a look at adoption as well.