Whitney Port Shares Honest Reflections on Her Fertility Journey After Experiencing Pregnancy Losses
Whitney Port and her husband, Tim Rosenman, have encountered significant challenges in their quest to expand their family. The couple, who married in November 2015, welcomed their son Sonny in July 2017, but Port has since experienced multiple pregnancy losses.
Reflecting on her journey in a January 2026 interview with Spread the Jelly, Port expressed, “It’s been seven years of trying since Sonny. I got pregnant about a year after he was born, and then it was miscarriage after miscarriage after miscarriage. I was getting pregnant but the pregnancies weren’t sticking.” She further shared that a fertility specialist recommended she pursue procedures such as egg retrieval, embryo freezing, and IVF.
While grappling with secondary infertility, Port and Rosenman explored surrogacy. After finding a suitable surrogate and undergoing two transfers, both resulted in miscarriage. Port discussed this setback during an April 2025 episode of her podcast, “With Whit,” stating, “We decided to go down the surrogacy road at the end of last year after a really long journey of not being able to conceive on our own and just having so many things go wrong.”
Despite these hardships, Port has been open about her experience and remains optimistic about giving Sonny a sibling.
Whitney Port on Feeling ‘Incomplete’ Amid Fertility Challenges
In her conversation with Spread the Jelly, Port shared her feelings about her motherhood experience not aligning with her expectations. “I don’t think motherhood looks like what I imagined. I never thought I’d be a mom to an only child. I always knew I wanted more than one,” she remarked. She added, “My identity as a mom doesn’t feel fully solidified yet because I feel incomplete. I really do.”
Although grateful for Sonny, Port admitted that the struggle to conceive a second child has created feelings of insecurity for her. “This sounds awful, but there’s this feeling like one isn’t enough… and I carry that insecurity,” she said. “Most of the time, I’m able to tell myself, ‘OK, if it’s just the three of us, that is wonderful.’”
Port’s Journey with Surrogacy
During her fertility journey, Whitney Port confronted feelings of unworthiness regarding the idea of employing a surrogate. “I felt like I hadn’t done everything yet, so I didn’t deserve that option,” she disclosed. However, after consulting others with similar experiences, she began to view surrogacy as a privilege, stating, “I don’t need to keep putting my body through this after six years of trying. I was 41, and I was losing myself.”
A Candid Update on Egg Retrieval
In August 2024, Port provided insight into her emotional state ahead of an egg retrieval. She shared on Instagram, “It’s not the physical discomfort (which totally sucks—bloating, bruising, swelling, heaviness) but the emotional discomfort. The hormones are making me feel like I can’t manage anything… I’m scared. My energy is non-existent, and I feel like I’m not showing up the way I should as a wife, mom, sister, friend, coworker, etc.” Despite her struggles, she expressed gratitude for the support she has received during this difficult time.
Port noted, “I’ll be ready to return to gratitude soon, but I am just not there yet with so much up in the air.”
Why Port Chose to Share Her Story
In an October 2023 interview with Us Weekly, Port explained her decision to share her fertility struggles publicly. “It wasn’t [hard to discuss] at first… then the more I put it out there, it was. Not because I was getting any negative response but it became something that I had to talk about and be reminded of all the time.” She acknowledged that her personal challenges were influencing her professional life and felt it essential to share her experiences as part of her work as a digital creator.
