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Olivia Munn Looks Back on Surrogacy Journey and Contemplates Growing Her Family

Following aggressive breast cancer treatment culminating in an IVF protocol that yielded two embryos, she is deciding whether to use her last frozen embryo

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Overview

  • Munn was diagnosed with aggressive luminal B breast cancer in April 2023 and underwent a double mastectomy, hysterectomy and oophorectomy that led to surgical menopause
  • Before her surgeries, she completed a specialized IVF protocol for cancer patients that retrieved seven eggs and produced two healthy female embryos
  • She and husband John Mulaney chose a surrogate for her kindness and welcomed daughter Méi via surrogacy in September 2024
  • Munn said she felt like an “expectant father” while awaiting Méi’s arrival but bonded instantly when her daughter cried and only she could soothe her
  • With season two of her Apple TV+ series now filming, the couple still has one embryo frozen and are weighing whether to have another child