Hilaria and Alec Baldwin revealed their daughter’s name on Tuesday, but a mystery still remains: Was she born through a surrogate mother?
The timeline of baby Lucia’s birth has been a major topic of conversation since Hilaria, 37, and Alec, 62, announced on Monday that they were welcoming their sixth child, just five months after their second youngest, Eduardo, was born.
When pressed for more details, the couple’s representative told page six, “We are still not making a statement or confirming anything – what she posted is certain.”
Although the Baldwins are silent about how their smallest “Baldwinito” came into the world, fans on social media have noted that Hilaria follows a surrogacy agency – which has offices in New York – called Alcea Surrogacy on Instagram.
Coincidentally, the company congratulated one of their “IPs,” which stands for Intended Parents, on the “amazing birth of their daughter,” just days before Alec and Hilaria shared the first photo of baby Lucia.
Page Six was unable to confirm whether Hilaria and Alec Alcea used Surrogacy to welcome their sixth child. A representative from the company and the Baldwins did not immediately respond to our requests for comment.
Alec and Hilaria live in Manhattan with their newborn and other five children, 5-month-old son Eduardo, 2-year-old son Romeo Alejandro David, 4-year-old son Leonardo Ángel Charles, 5-year-old son Rafael Thomas and 7-year-old daughter Carmen Gabriela.
However, it’s also possible that Hilaria is following the account because she interviewed Alcea Surrogacy co-founder Angela Richardson-Mook on her ‘Mom Brain’ podcast in November.
In the interview, Richardson-Mook praised Hilaria for being so open about the difficulties of pregnancy loss after two miscarriages in 2019.
“I see Hilaria is so raw and vulnerable with regard to her own losses,” said the executive director. “The more often and the more influential people talk about it, the righteous… devastation of loss. Perhaps what it leads to is hope. “
While Hilaria has been candid about her pregnancies in the past, she hasn’t revealed many details about Lucia’s birth. In that interview with Richardson-Mook, she spoke of the “ fear ” some may experience that “ people won’t see you as the mother if you use a surrogate, ” but she didn’t say if she’d ever used one.
‘But then you really think about, not just those nine months, but all the sleepless nights, all the throwing up of you, the school, all those lessons. All the other experiences your mom and dad make, ”she added.
Richardson-Mook pointed out that this is not an easy decision for parents and that it takes the parents, on average, about 50 months to go through the surrogacy process.
If this were the case for Hilaria and Alec, they would have delved into surrogacy long before she became pregnant with Eduardo.
“It all comes down to my mom’s guilt,” Hilaria said on her podcast. “Am I worth this? Is it a risk I’m willing to take – on both sides? “
On social media, a fan questioned Alec about the birth of his child and wrote, ‘Who is the mother? She was not pregnant. She gave birth six months ago. If it was a surrogate, say so. “
He snapped back, “You have to shut up and mind your own business.”