Lena Dunham welcomes her first baby via surrogacy

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Actress and writer Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have welcomed a baby daughter via surrogate.

Writing in an op-ed published by Vogue on Wednesday, Dunham, 40, who is best known as the creator of hit TV series “Girls,” revealed that the couple’s first child had arrived 13 days late, before describing the moment of her birth.

“I was so focused on our surrogate — in awe at her concentration, her period of quiet followed by what sounded like a roar — I forgot to look down until I heard our baby’s cry,” she wrote.

“I saw her face, gasping just as she did. Her eyes, wide and unfocused, taking in the light and shadow, blinking rapidly.”

Dunham said she was “bashful and dizzy with joy.”

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In 2018, Dunham revealed that she’d had a hysterectomy in an attempt to end the pain caused by endometriosis .

Endometriosis is a common and often painful condition that happens when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus itself. It’s estimated to affect more than 11% of women between the ages of 15 and 44 across the United States.

The surgery removed her cervix and uterus, meaning that she was unable to conceive naturally.

On meeting her surrogate, Dunham wrote in the Vogue piece: “While I’ve been known to make friends quickly —​ airport terminals, veterinary offices — ​this was the quickest leap from first coffee to gynecological procedure I’d ever done.”

Dunham said in the months before the embryo transfer date, as she “got to know our surrogate and to trust her,” she thought she would feel “jealousy” towards her, but she did not.

“Instead, I felt a different kind of jealousy — toward said baby, for the chance to be tucked into someone who radiated such safety. I could just tell she knew how to steer an SUV in the snow,” Dunham added.

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The pregnancy came after “12 years circling the fertility drain,” Dunham wrote, and revealed how she dealt with the nerves of the intervening months.

“Powerless and unable to feel the physical changes that signal a growing fetus, I horrified friends and family who adhere to the Jewish superstition prohibiting anticipatory purchases, and I started shopping,” said Dunham, before recounting her journey into the world of baby fashion.

“I was looking for garments that allowed her personality to develop and express itself rather than announcing an identity she didn’t yet have,” she said.

“She would be a person that we helped to dress, who made an impression on the world based on our choices, until she was old enough to do it herself.”

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女演员兼作家莉娜·邓纳姆和她的丈夫路易斯·费尔伯通过代孕迎来了一个女婴。

40岁的邓纳姆（她最出名的作品是热门电视剧《女孩》）在周三发表于《Vogue》杂志的一篇评论文章中透露，她和丈夫的第一个孩子比预产期晚了13天才出生，随后她描述了孩子出生的那一刻。

“我当时太专注于我们的代孕妈妈了——惊叹于她的专注力，她安静下来之后又发出像咆哮一样的声音——以至于我忘记低头看，直到我听到我们宝宝的哭声，”她写道。

“我看到了她的脸，就像她刚才那样喘着粗气。她的眼睛睁得大大的，眼神迷离，在光影中快速地眨着。”

邓纳姆说她“既害羞又欣喜若狂”。

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2018 年，邓纳姆透露她做了子宫切除手术，试图结束子宫内膜异位症带来的痛苦。

子宫内膜异位症是一种常见且通常伴有疼痛的疾病，指类似于子宫内膜的组织生长在子宫以外的部位。据估计，美国15至44岁女性中，超过11%的人患有此病。

手术切除了她的子宫颈和子宫，这意味着她无法自然受孕。

在与代孕母亲见面时，邓纳姆在《Vogue》杂志的文章中写道：“虽然我以善于结交朋友而闻名——无论是在机场候机楼还是兽医诊所——但这是我经历过的从第一次喝咖啡到妇科手术最快的一次。”

邓纳姆说，在胚胎移植日期前的几个月里，随着她“逐渐了解我们的代孕妈妈并信任她”，她以为自己会对她产生“嫉妒”，但她并没有。

“相反，我感到了一种不同的嫉妒——嫉妒那个婴儿，嫉妒她能依偎在这样一个散发着安全感的人身边。我感觉她肯定知道怎么在雪地里开SUV，”邓纳姆补充道。

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莉娜·邓纳姆透露，她曾因子宫内膜异位症接受子宫切除手术。

邓纳姆写道，在经历了“12年的不孕不育”之后，她终于怀孕了。她还透露了自己是如何应对这几个月来的焦虑情绪的。

“我无力也感受不到胎儿成长过程中身体发生的变化，我的朋友和家人都因为犹太教禁止提前购买婴儿用品的迷信而感到震惊，但我还是开始购物了，”邓纳姆说道，随后她讲述了自己进入婴儿时尚世界的经历。

“我当时想找一些能让她展现个性、表达自我的服装，而不是宣告她还没有的身份，”她说。

“在她长大到能够自己打扮之前，我们会帮助她穿衣打扮，让她根据我们的选择给世界留下印象。”