Nollywood actress Ini Edo has discussed the paternity of her child and the reasons she chose surrogacy over giving birth to her child naturally.
Ini Edo revealed this to her co-stars during the last season of Young Famous & African.
The actress was asked about her marriage, the child's paternity, and the reasons she opted for surrogacy instead.
She claims that she chose surrogacy because she had trouble carrying pregnancies for long-term.
Read their conversation below…
“Are you married?” Nadia asked.
“I’m not married,” Ini replied
“Are you together with the dad?” Nadia questioned.
“No I’m not,” Ini said.
“Is he still alive?”
“Well, I don’t know,” Ini replied to Nadia.
“Girl, is he dead or not? It’s a yes or no question,” Nadia insisted.
“He’s not dead. He doesn’t have anything to do with us. We’re just two people. Just me and my child.”
During her confessional, Ini said, “My journey is one that I have not really wanted to talk about because it’s personal.”
“I’m raising her alone,” Ini finally told her co-stars. “I went through surrogacy”.
She added: “There was no man in my life at the time and I wanted to have a child. There are different ways to go about that.”
“When it looked like it was not going to happen the way I wanted it to happen and I wasn’t getting younger, I said, ‘What are the options? What is available to me?’
“And then, this option came up, so I took it.”
“And I’m very happy with my decision,” she told her co-stars.
Ini also revealed that she had gone through IVF procedures to get pregnant and suffered six miscarriages before opting for surrogacy.