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port whitneyJourney to expanding family with husband Tim Rosenman There were quite a few setbacks.
Porter and Rosenman married in November 2015 and welcomed son Sonny in July 2017. After Sonny was born, the Hills alum suffered multiple pregnancies and miscarriages.
“I’ve been trying for seven years since Sonny was born. About a year after he was born, I got pregnant and then had miscarriage after miscarriage. I was getting pregnant, but it wasn’t sticking,” she said in a January 2026 interview. spread jelly. “Ultimately, I was told that my chances would be better by finding a fertility doctor. I went to a doctor who came highly recommended and began the process of egg retrieval, embryo freezing, and in vitro fertilization.”
Porter and Rosenman considered surrogacy as an option when struggling with secondary infertility. After finding a match and completing two transfers, the surrogate mother suffered a miscarriage.
“We decided to go down the surrogacy route late last year after a long journey because we couldn’t get pregnant on our own and had so many issues,” Porter said on an April 2025 appearance on the “With Whit” podcast. “We found an amazing surrogate and we ended up doing two transplants with the surrogate. Both transplants ended up being miscarriages.”
Whitney Port and Tim Rosenman are everyone’s couple goals. The two met in the mid-2000s at a birthday dinner for one of Porter’s ex-boyfriends. “Tim was there. I was sitting across from him,” she told She Knows in 2014. “After dinner, I said to a mutual friend, ‘Oh my God. Who was that (…)
While Porter’s journey to expand her and Rosenman’s family didn’t go as planned, she’s open about her journey and still hopes to give Sonny a sibling.
Keep scrolling to see Porter’s best quotes about her fertility journey:
Whitney Port recalls feeling ‘incomplete’ during fertility difficulties
In January 2026, Whitney Port admitted in an interview with Spread the Jelly that she never expected she would become this person. journey of motherhood The result is this.
“I think motherhood is not what I thought it would be. I never thought I would be the mother of an only child. I always knew I wanted more than one,” she told the outlet. “I didn’t imagine that, which is kind of weird to me. My identity as a mother hasn’t quite solidified yet because I feel incomplete. I really do.”
Porter added that while she was grateful to have Sonny, the struggle to get pregnant with her second child made her feel insecure.
“It sounds terrible, but there’s a sense that it’s not enough, or it’s not that hard, or it doesn’t require as much balance, or it’s not the full picture,” she continued. “I have this insecurity, too. I’ve done a lot of work to address it. Most of the time, I can tell myself, ‘Well, if it’s just the three of us, that’ll be great.'”
Whitney Port feels she shouldn’t have used a surrogate
As she struggled to conceive her second child, Whitney Port admitted she felt it wasn’t worth using a surrogate mother.
“I felt like I hadn’t done everything yet, so I didn’t deserve this choice. I resisted the idea for a while,” she tells Spread the Jelly. “Then I started talking to people who had used surrogates and had similar experiences. I decided to take back my power and see it as a privilege; after six years of trying, I didn’t need to keep putting my body through this. I was 41 and I was losing myself.”
Whitney Port’s candid update on egg retrieval process
Whitney Port gives her latest update Egg retrieval.
In August 2024, Porter wrote on Instagram: “It’s not the physical discomfort (totally bad – bloating, bruising, swelling, heaviness), it’s the emotional discomfort. The hormones make me feel like I can’t handle anything, like everything is the worst. I’m nervous because I can’t retrieve any good eggs and what will it all do. I’m scared. My energy is non-existent and I feel like I’m not showing up. “As a wife, mom, sister, friend, coworker, etc., that’s what I should be doing. “
While the former reality star struggled with her emotions, she expressed gratitude for the support she received during her fertility struggle.
“I will soon be ready to express gratitude, but I’m not there yet and there’s still a lot up in the air. This may be a bit pessimistic, but I also don’t want to impose any emotion. I can’t thank you enough for your support and words of encouragement,” she concluded.
Why Whitney Port talks about her fertility journey
October 2023 US Weekly In the cover story, Whitney Port explains why she started sharing her struggles online.
“It wasn’t[difficult to talk about]at first, and then the more I put it out there, the harder it got. Not because I got any negative responses, but it became something that I had to talk about and be reminded of all the time,” she exclusively told us then. “It’s taken over my life, and then it’s taken over my professional life. As a digital creator, you’re putting your personal life out in the world as part of your business. So I feel like that’s becoming a topic, and it’s all-encompassing.”
