While infertility was once a taboo subject that people avoided, if not openly lied about, now more than ever people are beginning to speak out about their experiences. In very recent years infertility has begun to lose its stigma, superstitions, and shame. 
This trend is reflected clearly in popular culture. While decades ago, a star like Marilyn Monroe never uttered a word about her multiple miscarriages and infertility struggles, today these issues have been finding a voice. Nicole Kidman, Molly Sims and Celine Dion have all opened up about their fertility battles as the cover stories of national magazines. Beyonce opened up about the miscarriage she had before conceiving Blue Ivy. Neil Patrick Harris and his husband sat down with Oprah and discussed donor eggs, and Elizabeth Banks and Sarah Jessica Parker have shared their experiences with infertility and finding surrogates to carry their biological children. In the past couple of years, the world of infertility has been emerging from the shadows, and we applaud all of Hollywood's stars for helping women by bravely discussing the issues that face so many of us!
Elizabeth Banks
42-year-old actress Elizabeth Banks and husband Max Handelman battled years of unsuccessful attempts at pregnancy due to embryo implantation issues. She told Women’s Health magazine how she came to the decision to stop trying and work with a gestational carrier, “Once my focus became the baby and not the pregnancy, it was a very easy decision.” The couple now have two boys: Felix, 5 and Magnus, 3. After the birth of her second son in November 2012, The Hunger Games and Pitch Perfect actress wrote on her website that her experience “exceeded all expectations” and that she’s ‘thankful for the support from friends and family, as well as the Center for Surrogate Parenting for helping make all this possible.”
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