Marcia
Cross Skipped Honeymoon for IVF Treatment
2/15/08
Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross was so keen to start a family
after marrying Tom Mahoney, she insisted the couple skip their honeymoon
to concentrate on fertility treatment.
The couple wed in 2006 and immediately started trying for a baby using
In Vitro Fertilization, with the 45-year-old actress eventually giving
birth to twin girls Savannah and Eden in February 2007.
And Cross insists she won't be repeating the experience - vowing to
adopt rather than undergo any further medical treatment.
She says, "We decided to skip our honeymoon and try In Vitro after
the wedding. I had already been through infertility treatments. It's very,
very difficult to get pregnant in your 40s. It's costly and tough on your
body and your relationship. I don't think I'll have any more kids, but I'm
not 100 per cent sure we won't adopt."
And the star admits she regrets leaving it so late to become a mother.
She adds, "I wish that I'd had my girls in my 30s. Then I could be
around longer for them. But they're an incentive for me to stay healthy,
take care of myself, and live as long as possible."