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New mom Kristen Wiig is opening up about her difficult journey to motherhood. The “Saturday Night Live” star, who welcomed twins with husband Avi Rothman via surrogate earlier this year, shared that having to go through in vitro fertilization can be “isolating.” “As private as I am and as sacred as this all is, what …
New mom Kristen Wiig is opening up about her difficult journey to motherhood.
The “Saturday Night Live” star, who welcomed twins with husband Avi Rothman via surrogate earlier this year, shared that having to go through in vitro fertilization can be “isolating.”
“As private as I am and as sacred as this all is, what helped me was reading about other women who went through it and talking to those who have gone through IVF and fertility stuff,” Wiig, 46, told InStyle. “It can be the most isolating experience. But I’m trying to find that space where I can keep my privacy and also be there for someone else who may be going through it.”
The comedian said one of the hardest parts of the experience was when the process wasn’t working for her.
“It’s hard not to personalize it when you get a negative result,” she said. “You go through so much self-deprecation, and you feel like your partner may be seeing you in a different way and all this other stuff we make up in our heads. But when I did talk about it, every time I said that I was going through IVF, I would meet someone who was either going through it, about to go through it, or had a friend who just did it. It’s like this underground community that’s talked about but not talked about.”
Wiig said she tried the details surrounding the process a secret “for as long as possible” because it is “a very private thing.”
“Unfortunately, we were photographed with them — and, well, it’s out there!” she said.
Wiig’s babies are now 9 months old, much of which has been spent in quarantine.
“They’re growing, and I can’t wait to see them every morning,” she said. “It’s not all just lying around and smiling at babies, though. It’s overwhelming to think about everyone else who’s struggling, and it’s hard to be good knowing that.
