Adrienne Bailon-Houghton On Balancing An Entertainment Career With Life As A New Mom

Before Adrienne Bailon-Houghton became a mom through surrogacy, she struggled with infertility for years, undergoing eight cycles of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a time-consuming, stressful process. "It was not easy, especially because in this industry, we're on camera, and you could be going through the worst experience," she said, describing everything from "recovering from a miscarriage" to having her co-host administer her hormone injections. "There are so many things going on behind the scenes that we didn't share or that I wasn't prepared to share at the time," she explained.

To support others, Bailon-Houghton chose to share her journey, something she details in her new series, "Faith and Familia," on her YouTube channel, Love Always, Adrienne. "I feel so proud to be able to give another woman hope or information or encouragement through my story," she said. "... I love that I get to take everybody on that journey with me."

She's also launching the Faith and Familia Foundation to support others experiencing a similar journey — offering helpful information and financial assistance for fertility treatments. "It's wildly expensive, and not everybody has the opportunities that I had to have a surrogate," she explained. "... I want to be able to open that up to many other women."