After struggling with infertility for over 10 years, Maria Menounos is finally a mother, welcoming her daughter Athena to Ma and now offering an update on her life.
The 45-year-old TV presenter also revealed in January that she was diagnosed with stage 2 pancreatic cancer before giving birth to Athena via surrogate in June.
Menounos took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared a photo of her in a gray t-shirt that read “Mother” in the pink Barbie font while holding the child facing away from the camera.
‘Hello friends! Motherhood is going great. Athena is an angel. “She’s just sleeping on top of me while we get some morning light,” Menounos began.
“I’m so in love it’s crazy.” Thank you all for the love. “I’m looking back on the last six years — it’s been kind of crazy,” she admitted, before describing all the heartbreaking life updates she’d experienced over the past few years.
Update: After struggling with infertility for over 10 years, Maria Menounos is finally a mother and welcomes her daughter Athena to Ma. Now she’s offering an update on her life
Update: Menounos took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared a photo of her in a gray t-shirt that read ‘mother’ in the pink Barbie font while holding the child facing away from the camera
“Mom gets a brain tumor, then me, two brain surgeries later, then both parents are hospitalized with COVID, then I lost my mother, then I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, then a neuroendocrine tumor in my pancreas… anything.” other.” Also crazy things in between,” she added.
Menounos added that her husband, Kevin Undergaro, told her, “Maybe I’m handling the punches just fine and I should sit back and appreciate it even more – maybe at some point I’ll dig deeper.”
“Right now, just having this list makes me so thankful to be alive and to be successful.” “To be here to enjoy this beautiful little girl,” she continued.
‘Thank you God! Thank you St. Nectarios and Panagia. I pray this is all behind us and only great days ahead!’ she closed.
Menounous and Undergaro had attempted in vitro fertilization (IVF) several times in the past, when Menounos told the Chron in May she was ready to give up.
She said she was “fully prepared” to never give birth to a biological child, adding, “I was close to giving up.” I was so tired and so down. It’s a financial drain and an emotional drain.”
“If it weren’t so [my team who] I came together to help me find the surrogate in one day. I don’t know where we would be now.
“Sometimes it’s just not our timing and it’s something we can’t control.” “I will offer comfort to those who are in a situation they don’t believe they can get,” she added.
Crazy stuff: “Mom gets a brain tumor, then me, two brain surgeries later, then both parents are hospitalized with COVID, then I lost my mother, then I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, then a neuroendocrine tumor in mine Pancreas.” …some other crazy stuff in between,” she added
Dig deeper: Menounos added that her husband, Kevin Undergaro, told her, “Maybe I’m taking the punches too well and I should sit back and appreciate it all even more – maybe at some point I’ll dig deeper.”
Thank you: “Thank you God!” Thank you, St. Nectarios and Panagia. I pray this is all behind us and only great days ahead!’ she closed
Substitute: “If it weren’t so [my team who] I came together to help me find the surrogate in one day. I don’t know where we would be now
Obviously, adoption is a very different path, and there are so many children who need homes… There are all sorts of substitutes that can fill your heart as well,” she said.
The former E! talks about her first month as a mother. The presenter gushed, “Motherhood is amazing.” It’s such an interesting, joyful and amazing experience… It’s been the most amazing month of my life. I’m excited.
“Every time I see her, wake up with her, feed her, change her clothes and all that stuff, it’s like Christmas morning. It’s just incredible.”
“We would have missed the greatest joy of our lives… To anyone who is struggling, I would say please hang in there and do whatever it takes.”