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Oct 18, 2026, 16:56

Arsiak Vartenian: My Daughter Was Born Through Surrogacy, and That Is a Story Worth Telling

Arsiak Vartenian, Founder and Host of Smart Is The New Sexy, shared on LinkedIn:

“My daughter was born through surrogacy.

And I never want her to feel ashamed of her story.

I never want her to feel there’s something wrong with how she was born or that her story needs to be hidden.

Because it’s not.

I went through 6 miscarriages. 6 rounds of IVF and 2 surrogacy journeys.

All before I finally held my daughter in my arms.

For years, I wondered if I would ever become a mother.

And today, I think about it a lot.

That neither story is less beautiful. And neither child is less loved.

Because one day, someone might ask her why her mom didn’t carry her.

And I don’t want her to feel awkward or embarrassed.

I want her to know that her story is hers. And that she has every right to be proud of it.

I can’t protect her from every question the world may ask.

But I can make sure she grows up knowing one thing: There is nothing about her that needs to be hidden.

Surrogacy isn’t something I want to whisper about.

It’s part of how my family came to be.

And I will always be grateful for it.

Because my daughter wasn’t born the way I once imagined, but she was wanted, loved, and hoped for long before she arrived.

And that is a story worth telling.

P.S. Do you think children should grow up knowing their full birth story?”

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