Olivia Munn Details Journey to Welcome Daughter Méi Amid Cancer Battle

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Olivia Munn and John Mulaney Welcome Baby No. 2

Olivia Munn’s way to beingness arsenic ma of 2 wasn’t an casual one.

The Newsroom star—who welcomed girl Méi June Mulaney with hubby John Mulaney via surrogate successful September—revealed that aft she gave commencement to the couple’s lad Malcolm Hiep Mulaney successful 2021, her travel to having a babe miss was analyzable by her breast crab diagnosis.

“We truly wanted a small girl, and close aft that we got the diagnosis,” Olivia, 44, said during a sheet astatine Hello Sunshine’s 2nd Annual Shine Away Event connected by AT&T Oct. 5. “We had already planned to crook my eggs into embryos due to the fact that erstwhile you person eggs frozen, you truly don't cognize the prime until they're turned into embryos. So we spell done that, and retired of each my 26, lone 5 were good. We had 4 boys, 1 girl.”

The Daily Show alum convinced her doc to harvest 1 past circular of eggs earlier her crab attraction would interaction her fertility, hoping to summation her likelihood of having a daughter. And she recalled talking done the process with John, who she wed successful July.

“I was like, ‘I cognize [the doctor] said we get 1 much miss and past we telephone it a day, but I won't consciousness bully until we get 2 more,’” she shared, “‘So I request you to conscionable beryllium connected my broadside and fto maine spell done this. I cognize I'm putting myself astatine risk, but I conscionable person to bash this.’ And helium said, ‘I'll enactment immoderate you privation to do.’”

Fortunately, the attraction yielded 2 much pistillate embryos, starring to the commencement of their steadfast small miss Sept. 14. As the histrion joked, “Now we person Méi—and 26 more!”

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Olivia, who has antecedently spoken retired astir her fertility journey, reflected connected the absorption she received erstwhile she archetypal froze her eggs successful her aboriginal 30s.

“I retrieve telling immoderate radical astir this, immoderate men, immoderate women, and the daze and judgement that radical gave maine for that was truthful surprising,” she remembered. “I thought, ‘Well, radical bash IVF. This is the archetypal step. So I'm conscionable trying to usage subject to my benefit.’”

She continued, “It allows maine not to person to interest astir it oregon find a partner, and possibly I didn’t adjacent privation kids, but I wanted that insurance.”

Keep speechmaking to spot much stars who’ve welcomed caller babies this year.

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Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith

The This Is Us alum recovered herself with a Big Three of her ain successful September 2024, erstwhile she and her hubby welcomed girl Louise Everett Goldsmith.

The babe miss joins older brothers August "Gus" Harrison and Oscar "Ozzie" Bennett.

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John Mulaney and Olivia Munn

Everybody's successful LA—including the couple's girl Méi June Mulaney, who they welcomed via surrogate connected Sept. 14.

"I americium truthful arrogant of my small plum," Olivia—who besides shares lad Malcolm Hiep Mulaney with John—wrote connected Instagram, explaining that her babe girl's sanction (pronounced May) is the Chinese connection for plum. "My bosom has exploded."

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Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner

The Married astatine First Sight mates doubled their brood's size connected Sept. 18, welcoming duplicate boys Hawkins Tyler Hehner—(born 6:05 p.m.—and Huxley James Hehner, who arrived 3 minutes later.

"Baby A was calved normally. I pushed him retired truthful fast, babe B was calved BREECH," Jamie—who is besides ma to girl Henley Grace Hehner and lad Hendrix Douglas Hehner—later wrote connected Instagram. "It was a scary infinitesimal astatine archetypal bc helium was rather stunned and didn’t outcry instantly but erstwhile helium yet kinda 'came to' & I heard his small squeal I conscionable mislaid it."

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Grant Gustin and LA Thoma

The Flash alum and his carnal therapist woman announced the commencement of their lad Arthur James Grant on Sept. 12, calling the babe lad their older girl Juniper's caller "best friend."

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Cardi B and Offset

More than a period aft filing for divorce, the "WAP" rapper gave birth to her 3rd child with the Migos member Sept. 7. The erstwhile couple's older kids—daughter Kulture and lad Wave—visited their caller sibling successful the hospital. 

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Ashley Tisdale and Christopher French

The High School Musical alum and her composer hubby welcomed their 2nd childEmerson Clover French, Sept. 6.

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Lala Kent

The Vanderpump Rules prima became a ma of 2 connected Sept. 3, erstwhile she gave birth to girl Sosa—who she concieved done the usage of a sperm donor and intrauterine insemination (IUI).

Her babe girl's accomplishment came 3 years aft her breakup with Randall Emmett, with whom she shares older girl Ocean

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Lea Michele and Zandy Reich

The Glee alum gave commencement to her 2nd child—named Emery Sol Reich—with the entrepreneur, penning connected Instagram Aug. 25: "Our hearts are truthful full."

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Brandon Jenner and Cayley Jenner 

Meet the caller Princess of Malibu! The world prima and his woman welcomed daughter Joan Almond Jenner successful August.

"Born astatine location successful a flash, conscionable the astir astonishing acquisition for mama and babe girl," Brandon—who is besides dada duplicate sons Bo and Sam arsenic good as  daughter Eva with ex Leah James—wrote connected Instagram. "A beautiful, gentle birth. 9 lbs 2 oz, 21 1/2 inches long."

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Mae Whitman

The Parenthood alum announced her travel into motherhood connected Aug. 28, revealing that she named her babe boy aft her erstwhile costar Miles Heizer.

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Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber

It's a baby, baby, baby, oh! The popular superstar and the Rhode Skin laminitis shared connected Aug. 23 that they welcomed lad Jack Blues Bieber.

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Nelly and Ashanti

The "Body connected Me" collaborators welcomed their archetypal babe together—a lad named Kareem Kenkaide Hayes—on July 18, their rep told E! News successful August.

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Parker McCollum and Hallie Ray Light

The state prima welcomed a caller golden concatenation cowboy erstwhile his wife gave commencement lad Major Yancey Tyler McCollum on Aug. 8.

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Barbara Pierce Bush and Craig Coyne

Jenna Bush Hager announced connected Aug. 5 that her twin sister gave birth to a babe lad named Edward Finn Coyne.

"My sissy had a small mister," the Today anchor wrote connected Instagram, "and I fell madly successful emotion with Edward Finn!"

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Wayne Brady

On July 24, the Whose Line Is It Anyway? star revealed that he has a "6-month-old lad that radical don’t cognize about."

"It was not connected my bingo card: 51-year-old dad—brand caller kid," helium continued, sharing that helium welcomed babe lad Val Henry with an ex-girlfriend named Tina. "I didn’t spot it coming."

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Wiz Khalifa and Aimee Aguilar

The "See You Again" rapper—who shares lad Sebastian Taylor with ex Amber Roseprivately welcomed a babe girl, Kadence, with woman of 5 years Aimee Aguilar connected July 17. 

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Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon

Two years aft welcoming lad Dawson, the Bachelor successful Paradise alums added to their brood with the July 22 accomplishment of their 2nd babe boy Hayden Cruise Haibon.

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Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd

The Dancing With the Stars couple welcomed their 3rd sonMilan Maksim Chmerkovskiy, connected July 12.

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Brittney Griner and Cherelle Griner

The WNBA prima and her woman welcomed a babe boy weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces, connected July 8. 

"That's my man. He is amazing," Brittney told CBS Sports. "They said arsenic soon arsenic you spot them, everything that you thought mattered conscionable goes retired the window. That's virtually what happened."

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Jenna Dewan and Steve Kazee

The Step Up star welcomed her 3rd babe and 2nd kid with her fiancé connected June 14, the mates confirmed connected Instagram June 20.

"Rhiannon Lee Kathryn Kazee," the duo captioned their associated post. "From the infinitesimal you arrived, you person brought immense joyousness and emotion into our lives… your gentle grace, sweetness, and quality person captivated our full family." 

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Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown

The "Bury Me successful Georgia" vocalist and his woman officially welcomed their 3rd kid connected June 18, a babe lad named Krewe Allen Brown.

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Darren Criss and Mia Swier

The Glee prima and his woman Mia Swier welcomed their 2nd kid connected June 3, a babe lad named Brother László Criss.

"M & D conscionable delivered their follow-up single," Darren wrote connected Instagram June 6. "Brother László Criss. 6/3/24. Out now… and yes his archetypal sanction is Brother."

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Gabourey Sidibe and Brandon Frankel

The Oscar nominee and her hubby shared they welcomed their twins, a miss and a lad named Maya and Cooper successful April. 

"Brandon ever wanted to sanction a lad Cooper, truthful we tin telephone him 'Coop,'" Gabourey told The Shade Room June 6, "and Maya was named soon earlier our babe satellite to the Mayan Riviera successful Mexico. Both twins person accepted West African mediate names aft members of my family."

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Drew Scott and Linda Phan

The Property Brothers prima and his woman Linda Phan welcomed their 2nd child connected May 21, a babe miss named Piper Rae.

"Our household of 3 has go 4!" the mates wrote successful a associated Intagram station June 5. "Piper Rae, I emotion you with each my heart."

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Trisha Paytas and Moses Hacmon

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Erin Foster and Simon Tikhman

Erin Foster and her hubby Simon welcomed their archetypal baby, daughter Noa Mimi Tikhman connected May 17. 

"Truly the astir insane acquisition of my life, with the champion ending,” Erin wrote successful a May 19 Instagram post announcing the couple's caller addition. "Being wholly unbiased I would accidental she’s cleanable and ace precocious already, and mightiness beryllium the archetypal idiosyncratic I’ve met who prefers maine to Simon."

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Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry

The NBA prima and his woman welcomed their 4th baby, son Caius Chai, May 11.

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Tom Payne and Jennifer Åkerman

The Walking Dead alum Tom Payne and his woman Jennifer announced they welcomed identical twins connected April 1, 2024. 

“We are overjoyed to stock the quality that connected April 1st, 2024, we welcomed twins into our family,” the couple said successful a statement. “An wholly unexpected and fantastic surprise.” 

The duo besides stock a son, Harrison, who was calved successful 2022. 

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Kendall Schmidt and Mica von Turkovich

Big Time Rush subordinate Kendall and his woman Mica announced that they person welcomed their archetypal kid together, a babe miss named Maple.

The mates shared the quality successful a associated Instagram station March 22, posting photograph of Maple arsenic good arsenic 1 of Kendall and Mica posing with their babe girl.

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Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman

The married Revenge alumni welcomed their 2nd daughter, Rio Rose, connected March 12.

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