In recent years, the socialite has reinvented herself in a very different way.

Hilton’s bumpy romantic history finally had a happy ending in 2021 when she wed longtime boyfriend Carter Reum.

The timing of the babies was possible thanks to surrogacy.

Paris Hilton silver strap gown

Using a surrogate or gestational carrier is a choice many celebrities have made over the years for various reasons.

The clinical term for fear of childbirth istokophobia, and it’s more common than you might think.

A 2016 study from the University of Michigan found that some 30% of women experience tokophobia.

Paris Hilton, Carter Reum and Phoenix

Count Paris Hilton among that number.

Hilton became a client of the same surrogacy doctor her longtime friend Kim Kardashian used.

Now, they’re the proud parents of two healthy babies.

That joy was a long time coming, however.

Those traumatic memories also prompted Hilton’s decision not to experience pregnancy.

Hilton has no regrets about her choice.

As she told"Today,““I’m loving my mom era.

[…] I just feel so at peace.”

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