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Bunnie Xo and Jely Roll are one step closer to welcoming children together
The podcast host and published author, 46, recently opened up about her journey to motherhood in her memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, out now
In the book, she revealed a major update on their journey together
Bunnie XoandJelly Rollare another step closer to welcoming children together.
The podcast host and published author, 46, recently opened up about her journey to motherhood in her memoir,Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, out now. In the book, she revealed that she and the country music star, 41, found a surrogate and have hopes to welcome twins.
"Now that we're finally stable financially and somewhat emotionally after all the healing we've done over this decade together, we're talking about the future—including growing our family," she wrote. "J and I have a surrogate, the sweetest woman ever, and soon I'll be starting my IVF stims."
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While Bunnie, real name Alyssa DeFord, is excited about the prospect of welcoming a piece of herself and Jelly Roll, the model admitted she's a little nervous about the journey ahead. Bunnie opened up about how she's waited a long time to have kids and wants to ensure they have the "best life."
"I've waited this long to have kids with someone I knew would be a great father— and to be able to make sure they have the best life," she wrote.
Bunnie also addressed people who may "frown upon" her and Jelly Roll's decision to welcome children at an older age. The stepmom of two shared she's not bothered by others' opinion, saying, "I could give a f--k."
"Some people frown upon our decision to bring babies into this world at our age," she said, "and I could give a f--k."
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"We're going to raise these babies in love and give them everything we were never given," she added. "I can't wait to see a piece of me and him running around outside of our bodies."
"With how much IVF has advanced over the years and with the help of the most unselfish woman willing to carry twins for us, we'll be able to make our baby dreams come true," said Bunnie.
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During an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Bunnie candidly spoke about her in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey. She told PEOPLE she believes her path to welcome children has been challenging so that she can be a voice for others.
"I don't know if it's that I did or if I didn't choose it, but I think before we come here, we choose our life path, and we yearn for the pain that we go through," she told PEOPLE. "And I genuinely think that having those abortions when I was younger [and] the journey that I'm going on now with IVF [is] God's putting me through this again, so that I can be a voice for those women who are going through this process."
Bunnie, who is stepmom to Jelly'sdaughter Bailee Ann, 17, and son Noah Buddy, 9, added her journey with IVF is "one of the hardest things I've ever had to go through."
"And there are women out there that are doing 10 to 15 egg retrievals. They are freaking warriors. My hat goes off to these women, and they're just such a cool community," she shared. "So God is... Everything happens for a reason. It always comes around full circle."
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