Whitney Portand her husband, Tim Rosenman, are exploring surrogacy after experiencingmultiple pregnancy lossesto expand their family.

The formerThe Hillsstar added that she and Rosenman, 42, are “going through the motions of surrogacy” and “really seriously thinking about that and we have embryos [stored].”

Port cautioned that the couple has not started the process yet. “Like, it just doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a whole thing,” she told the outlet. She explained that her efforts to get pregnant have been “all-consuming” and she struggled to find happiness.

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Port and Rosenmanare parents to sonSonny Sanford, who celebrates his sixth birthday later this month.She suffered multiple pregnancy lossesbefore announcing she was with child again in November 2021.

However, when sharing that news,Port revealed her fears of an “unhealthy” pregnancy, seven weeks in. Two weeks later, Port announced on YouTube that she experiencedanother pregnancy loss.

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Whitney Port and Tim Rosenman

In a February 2022 episode ofPEOPLE’sMe Becoming Mompodcast, Port said she and Rosenman met with a fertility doctor and were in the “discovery phase.”

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Whitney Port attends the Crown Vintage Spring Collection on April 04, 2023

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“I’m a little overwhelmed already, it already starts to feel like, oh my gosh now someone else is watching my life,” Port explained at the time. “It’s also hard for me because I just only had my D&C three weeks ago at this point, so I’m still very early in the discovery. I don’t even know when the date of my last period is… You realize how much you have to get into all those details and the timing and it just becomes like a whole other job.”

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During the same podcast,Rosenman discussed his “progressions of emotions"after his wife’s pregnancy losses.

source: people.com