Farah Khan Recalls Struggle To Conceive, Opens Up About Failing IVF Twice, 'I Used To...'

Farah Khan is one of the most talented directors in the Bollywood film industry. She gave the industry many hits, including Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, Happy New Year, and more. Besides being a phenomenal filmmaker, Farah is also a choreographer. In 2024, she also began her vlogging journey with her cook, Dilip, on YouTube. Now that Farah and Dilip's banter has become the channel's USP, the former is making headlines for a deeply personal reason.

Farah Khan recalls the struggle she faced while conceiving

Farah Khan recently appeared on Sania Mirza’s Serving It Up with Sania podcast and discussed the struggles she faced while conceiving. She opened up about failing the In Vitro Fertilisation procedure twice. The director shared that she was emotionally tired during that phase and used to cry all day. Recalling the tough phase when she was filming Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer, Om Shanti Om, Farah said:

"I failed twice in IVF. I used to just be crying and crying. It’s also because of the hormones that are pumped in. I used to cry at the drop of a hat. And I was also shooting Om Shanti Om at the same time."

When Farah Khan opened up about her late pregnancy due to marriage at 40

In an earlier podcast with Debinna Bonnerjee, Farah Khan opened up about her late pregnancy due to her late marriage to Shirish Kunder. The Om Shanti Om director shared that she was 40 years old when she walked down the aisle. She revealed that she tried to conceive naturally on a gynaecologist’s advice for almost two years, but it was of no help. That’s when she opted for IVF. She also mentioned that there was a lot of stigma around the in vitro procedure as it was not popular at that time. She was quoted as saying:

"Pehle toh main bolungi late pregnancy kyuki meri shaadi hi late hui. I was 40 years old when I got married. Toh waise bhi pregnancy late hi honi thi. Uske baad ek-do saal hum log ne naturally try kiya kyuki hum ek gynaecologist ke paas gaye the, and I said ki I am old toh… unhone kaha, ‘Nahi try naturally’, toh naturally nahi ho raha tha."

When Farah Khan took pride in conceiving babies through IVF at the age of 43

Farah Khan, who is a mother to triplets, son Czar, and daughters, Diva and Anya, with her husband, Shirish Kunder, once took pride in conceiving babies through IVF at the age of 43. For the unversed, Farah Khan welcomed the triplets on February 11, 2008, through IVF after almost 4 years of marriage in 2004. During a 2016 launch event of a fertility clinic, Farah shared her own story of conceiving babies through the procedure. She was quoted as saying:

"It is important that we come forward and take pride in this because it gives so much courage and so much hope to people who want to do it, but are scared to do it. I proudly say that my children are from IVF, and no, a pizza man did not deliver you. I am not an actress. I had babies at the age of 43 because sometimes you just get so caught up in building your career that later you realize things."

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