Jillian Michaels Is ‘In the Middle of’ Adoption Process

I love this! I applaud Jillian for adopting a child. I wish her lots of happiness with the soon to be new addition. I’m sure she will be a good mom.

yaaay! i just love it when ppl adopt!:D Congrats!

Can’t wait for her to get her new addition! She’s going to be a great mom!

@Erika, she isn’t unable to have children. She’s said in the past that she can’t see putting her body through the weight gain of pregnancy (having been overweight as a child/teen).

Anyone else notice that she seems to be kinder and gentler this season on BL? She seems more emotional…with good reason, the thought of being a parent is very emotional and makes you look at life in a whole new way!

I applaude her for wanting to adopt, but if it’s true that she wants to adopt over having her own child because she doesn’t want to gain weight… wow. Regardless of whether she was overweight as a child or not, that’s such a selfish reason for not wanting to get pregnant. Right up there with not wanting to get stretch marks! I’m overweight and I still had my two children. I just lost the pregnancy weight afterwards. She pushes other people to work hard to lose their excess weight, yet she doesn’t want to deal with an extra 30 pounds? What kind of body image do you have to have to feel this way?

LStew- she was misquoted. She later said that she wouldn’t want to put her body through treatments that use hormone injections, like in vitro because she has fertility issues. It wasn’t because she didn’t want to carry a pregnancy. In other words, rather than going through surgeries and putting her body through the mill to get pregnant, she would rather just adopt. Magazines can be very misleading and often misquote people to draw more attention. http://www.momlogic.com/2010/05/jillian_michaels_pregnancy_does_not_ruin_your_body.php

Well I guess she ‘can’t’ biologically have a child, seeing as she’s a lesbian. She’s smart. If I could afford it, I would have a surrogate or adopt, so I wouldn’t wreck my body. Oh well. If I have kids in my late 30’s I will have already had my fun wearing bikinis 😉

I really admire Jillian.I hope her quest to adopt a child goes smoothly.I believe she is choosing adoption due to her “ALLEDGED”sexual orientation.So says the gossip blogs.

she wants a baby and I think that is wonderful, all she wants is a baby, I have 2 boys, but I still know that feeling of wanting to have a baby, it never leaves me. I am really hoping she gets that call sooner than later.

@lstew – she has openly said she was misquoted in that aricle. What she meant that was due to PCOS, she would have to likely have surgery and go through a grueling process to get pregnant – and she didn’t thinks she could put her body though that since she could adopt.

I’m thrilled for her and think she’s going to be a wonderful momma!

She’s a work out chick…She’s just not into pregnancy and what it can do to the female form… but really wants a baby… So adoption makes sense for her.

thanks for clearing that up, makes sense

Fantastic,,, another child who will have a wonderful life….. From Congo,,, amazing, those poor people there… I am so happy that a beautiful child will have a new and happy home.. God Bless, may they’re Journey be sweet and full of love……I hope she gets her “little person” soon… That is so wonderful.

jayjay- what a terrible thing to say. First off, she could totally lose the weight if she chose to get pregnant, because she has motivation unlike the majority of our country. If you read this whole comments section, you would see that she has fertility issues that make her unable to get pregnant. Second of all, what makes you question what will happen if the child ‘pees or pukes on her’? I know far more self absorbed people with children and they deal with it. I actually think it’s funny that you think she will disown the child if it becomes overweight, when her job involves helping people who are overweight to become healthy. And her child likely would not become overweight because she would feed him/her healthy foods, and make sure they exercise rather than playing video games. Childhood obesity happens with bad eating habits and lack of motivation to exercise, most often from lazy parenting. It doesn’t just appear if you are eating well and exercising.

I have been diagnosed with PCOS and I’m pregnant with my 4th child, naturally. I’m just sayin…….

Why do some people have to take something as wonderful as adoption and turn it into something ugly??? Who cares her motives for wanting to adopt!? Adopting a child is an incredible gift to both the new parent and the child. I don’t know why people have to interpret it any other way. It’s just weird to question her motives.

Congratulations to Jillian! I know she will make a great mother! She will certainly kick that kid in the butt and get them into a healthy lifestyle…that’s for sure! 🙂

Lo, while that may be the case for you, you are not her physician; therefore, you know nothing about her medical history.

Regardless, it’s her decision. Perhaps adoption is something she thought about her whole life. If not, some women who struggle with infertility decide that they’d rather have a child than experience pregnancy and that’s fine, too.

Well I don’t want to get pregnant and part of that is dealing with pregnancy. I dont’ care if you people think I’m selfish, it’s MY body and I will decide what I want to do with it. Hell, I don’t want kids, but if i did I’d prefer adopting, give someone who doesn’t have a home, a home, rather than contributing to an overpopulated planet. Good on Jillian and boo to all you judgy people/.

It’s amazing how many horrible things people have to say, out of such a wonderful situation. A woman wants to raise, care for, and unconditionaly love a child with no parents, very little and not so much love. How dare you all try to turn something wonderful into something horrible. You should be ashamed.

@ Ella

Actually people that have PCOS do have issues, regardless of weight. I am a healthy weight- 132 @ 5’5′, while following a pcos low glycemic index diet since i found out i had pcos 6 years ago. I have been trying to have a baby with my husband for 6 years, and have put my body through much of the hell that Jillian has smartly decided to avoid.

My sister also has PCOS as well as one of my friends. My sister has been trying for four years, my friend for two and a half. Pcos is not to be taken lightly. I find it disgusting that the interviewer twisted her words to make it sound like she cared about the weight factor. It has everything to do with the painful emotional turmoil and the dangerous and unhealthy drugs she would be injecting or injecting into her body had she tried to have a biological child.

Can’t believe someone would actually call a person “selfish” for wanting to adopt. To me adopting is one of the most selfless things a person could do. Shame on you negative commenters!

Best of luck to Jullian!!!

I wonder why she chose to adopt from the Congo. Will that be the new Hollywood thing?

I also heard that she didn’t want to ruin her body with the actual pregnancy and never heard she was misquoted until I read the comments here. That’s really sad because I’m sure it changed a lot of opinions about her, her explanation never really made big headlines and it should have. It’s still a choice most women have, I just thought she would be a great role model for pregnancy and could show that it doesn’t have to ruin your body. Mine wasn’t ruined at all, it’s better now!

I also have severe endometriosis and my daughter was quite a surprise, but I know girls who have it and will never carry a child because their tubes or ovaries are so damaged. Each woman is different with the severity, some of us can conceive while others can’t. I’m very lucky. I’m sure each case of PCOS is the same, some can can go naturally while others have to go with the injections and IVF.

Now that I know the whole story about her situation I absolutely don’t blame her, that’s awesome she’s adopting. I can see her with a girl!

@J-Lin

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the poorest nation on earth. That probably has something to do with her desire to adopt a child from there.

Now for my soapbox…
I, for one, couldn’t care less that she wants to adopt a child from an impoverished nation ravaged by war, disease, human trafficking, etc. EVERY ORPHAN needs a home. So what if she wants to “save” a child from the nightmare he/she lives in? At least she cares enough to DO SOMETHING to help a child in dire need of the utter physical basics of food and water by providing the child a home with a mother who loves him/her. If we’re not going to “save” children from their nightmare environments, then why the hell does adoption even exist in the first place? Just let them all suffer and die, why don’t we?!

People, just be glad that there is another child who is going to have what every single child on earth deserves the moment they are conceived: a loving home and fulfilled needs.

Thanks Becky! I have posted before! :))) I just felt a need to express some things about this situation. There seemed to be so many negative comments when the whole situation is such a blessing for everyone involved. Adoption is a very selfless act and Jillian is creating a life for a child that would otherwise live a miserable, impoverished life. I wish EVERYONE who could afford it and wanted to do it could give a needy child a life they deserve. It would make the world a better place!

When Jillian announced she was leaving the Biggest Loser I saw an interview were she dicussed why she had made that choice. When she started to talk about starting a family, her face completely lit up with joy. It was nice to see and I can’t wait to see her dream come true!

As an adoptive mother of three now. One domestic, two international one (USA the other Ethiopia) the fact that anyone could say that she is being selfish is beyond me. If you want to get pregnant (and can, medical issues aside since each and every one of those is different) you don’t have to take 120 hours of classes on how to be a parent, no one goes through your life (background checks) inspects your house, asks you question like “why do you want another child, the one you have isn’t good enough?” and after all that and 50 plus thousand dollars some one else still gets to decided if you are worthy to be a parent or not. How can going through all that make you selfish I don’t understand. I personally wouldn’t have become a mother any other way cause I look at my breakfast, lunch and dinner table full with happy smiling faces who love each other and us (my husband and I) unconditionally as we do them and I know in my heart and soul that these are my children, I may have not given birth to them in my body but each of them was born in my heart and soul, and each of them is a dream come true.

I wish Jilian all the luck in the world. You are in for a ride of your life. It’s going to be hard, at times it will be hell and you will wonder why are you going through all this, but trust me that smiling happy face that will one day be yours and call you mom is worth it all. Just hang in there make sure you have good support around you, and amazing things will happen. I wish you all the best in the amazing journey of becoming a mom.

@Macayla and @BR-AMEN!! Giving a child in need a loving and safe, stable home is all that matters here.

I recently watched a documentary on the sex trafficking among the world’s poorest nations and it was sickening. I want to scoop up those little children, the girls in particular, to spare them from the horrors of that life.

I cannot wait to see the article announcing when she gets her baby.

Isn’t it lovely how we’re all different! Some would rather have a biological child through any means possible, others would rahter adopt. I know people who dream of biological children, but would not go through any fertility treatment (wether for religious or health reasons), I know people who want children, but only through adoption, I know people who want children and go thorough with every possible treatment, I know people who’d do anything not to have children, I know people who se adoption as the obvious answer to their fertility problems. Jillian chose to start a family through adoption, so that is obviously the right way for her whatever the reason is, and I wish her the best of luck!

CBL, the point is that even if Jillian can have a child on her own, she is chosing to not do that and have her own child through adoption.

Not sure why you are trying to twist things…either way the child IS HER OWN…..shaking my head……

Mandy, I see nothing wrong with what you said…..and do not see you as saying that adopted children are not the child of the person adopting them. How I took your statement is that as a person Jillian may biologically be able to have her own children…..but she may not be chosing to do so. She is chosing to adopt…..which will result in her becoming a mother to her child. I agree with you that for many people it doesn’t matter if they can DELIVER there own children. Some would rather adopt.

I also see nothing wrong with using the word “save.” The reason Jillian is having a child is because she wants a family. The reason she is adopting may be because she wants to protect, rescue and save a child from a life he/she doesn’t deserve. There is nothing wrong with that. I have never heard of any adoption agency saying that is wrong. Again….the reason she wants to be a mother is because she wants a FAMILY. The reason why people adopt from these countries is to protect these children.

Jill when you sign up with the adoption agency those are all option that you have to chose from. Canada for example with not allow you to adopt a child with TB if they come from another country but if the child is in Canada and has TB they are able to be adopted. These are standard questions that all adoptive parents get asked. If you only want to blond, blue eyed, perfectly health baby boy, you will wait longer and no agency would come up to you and ask you if you would like a black, 5 year old, girl, with a hearing problem, it’s not how adoption works. See that was my comment of why people need to read about it more. Agencies job is to find the best match for your family and what you know you can handle as a family. Not everyone can deal with have three kids that come from three different backgrounds. I know I have see families fall apart half way through adoption cause one of the parents came to a conclusion that they could deal with a child of a different race.

For the record all of my children came to us, our first son happen to have had his last foster home next to my friends house. He met his brother in Ethiopia while his father and I were working there. They came up to us holding hands, and our fist son asked if he could share half of his food and water with his brother, what else could my husband and I do other then adopt our second son? The boys chose each other as brother and us as parents. As for out daughter, she is my husbands biological child that he didn’t know about until her mother was losing her fight with cancer. So we all packed up moved to Arizona and spend the last six months becoming a family with our daughter and her birth mother. Before her mothers passing both my husband and I adopted her, this way at the time of her mom’s passing there was not going to be any questions or fights over who was going to take care of her. So you see not once did we choose our children, they choose us, and I for one would not have it any other way.

See after Jilian gets her referral based on the questions she has been asked before, she will get a picture and basic information about the child. Then she gets a choice to either to accept that child and move forward and legal adopt set child, or she can say no. If she says no, then she goes back on to the waiting list until another child matching her choices comes along. So trust adoption is much harder in so many ways then giving birth.

Jill- You’re always telling me not to speak for others…but now you just spoke for Mandy!

Sorry Jill you are right I had a better look at my adoption papers, you don’t get to choose they eye colour, but race, age, and health are still on there. On my second set of adoption papers from Ethiopia I even get to choose if I want a child with all body part, if I am ok with missing finger, arm, or leg. You say you are involved in other people adoptions ask them about how they made it through their first two sets of questions, when you feel like you are shopping for a child? And secondly my original comment about it being easier to become pregnant then to adopt, read it again, it doesn’t include women with health problems. I myself can’t have bio children, and each women out there that is trying and can’t get pregnant has different reasons for it and her own hell to face. And that is something I would never say is easy.

I still can’t believe so many people are attacking celebs who adopt or use a surrogate! I myself have no desire to give birth to my own children and it has nothing to do with “ruining my body” or anything else that has been said. I know that I will be the same loving parent whether the child was created in my body or in someone elses body. That to me seems like a calling, I should adopt. There are so many unwanted children (born and unborn) that need families to love and take care of them. I would love to see more of a trend in adopting. As for using a surrogate…some people have health problems that would put their own lives as well as their fetus at risk! Would it be so bad to have a career that doesn’t make time for child birth and recovery anyways??? Priorities are different for everybody, but it by no means changes how a child will be raised! People need to stop being so judgmental of celebs and the decisions they make. Stop trying to make everyone agree with your own beliefs and accept everyone has a little different of a perspect on things.

Whether or not it is true that she doesn’t want ruin her body with a pregnancy, I don’t think she is being selfish. Perhaps it is VAIN, but in no way is adopting a child who would grow up without parents, a selfish thing. Congrats to Jillian! I am sure she will make a wonderful mother.

As a Single Adoptive Mom myself, I am extremely excited for Jillian. I adopted a little girl from China back in 2003 and she is the light of my life!! I wish Jillian the best of luck and a life filled with happiness!

Wow…im a little disheartened. Sacrifice a biological baby because you dont want to gain weight? Thats insanity.

Thats absolutely not a jab (I am all for adoption, and have an adopted sister) I just cant imagine. But whatever makes her happy, theres enough children to go around. 🙂

Who cares why she chose to adopt instead of get pregnant! Its HER body, a body she worked quite hard to get and one that makes a living for her as well. I will never understand why people have problems with this- its not YOUR life! Live yours and let other live theirs. Yes, I have children and no I didn’t adopt them, but whats right for me isn’t necessarily right for others. Some people can so judgmental and self-righteous! If you don’t have anything nice to say…then SHUT UP!

Mirah Riben as much as part of me agrees with you on the whole Non-HAGUE nation part, and I truly hope she was informed by her agencies what all that means for her child, I can not agree with you on the adoption out of USA part. I just can’t. As a mother of three adoptive children, all three from different countries, I simply can’t. Yes there way to many children in USA that need good loving home, just as they do here in Canada, but children in USA and Canada eat every day, go to school, have clean drinking water, clean cloths, baths, a roof over their head and so much more. Something most children in international developing countries don’t. At the end of the day every adoptive parent is different, and it’s is not our place to judge them on what is right for their family. You say she should adopt from USA. Why? Why choose a child that has food and water over one that doesn’t? And what makes you think, you have the right to tell her what is right for her? What she can and can’t deal with, live with as a parent? People think I am harsh when it comes to adoption, cause I refuse to adopt children with great physical, and mental disabilities, cause I know with as far North as I live and spending every other year out of country I just simply couldn’t care for them as they should be taken care of, so at the end I would be hurting this child more then helping them, but you, you are 100 times worse. Tell her she should be ashamed of wanting a child out of a different country. Not your place to judge her and tell her she should be ashamed of her choice and her child. Shame on you for being so rude to her about her choice.

Oh and a friendly piece of advice. If you want to people to pay more attention to domestic adoptions, and you want to educate more people on why they should adopt from their home country, and at the end be the voice for all the kids that are in the foster care system in the USA, you may want to be A LOT NICER to people, and hell of a lot less judgmental. Cause honestly after what you wrote here, instead of recommending your book to people, I will tell as many people as I can not to read it. Cause a person as cruel as you should not be a voice of adoption or children.

PS most of us on this site are a lot more educated on adoption then you are. Since most of us have had to choose a route on how to become a parent and even if we can at a lot. So don’t call us ignorant, cause it just goes to show the world just how truly ignorant you are about the daily struggles of women around you.

B.R. PERFECTLY said!!

I completely agree with B.R. Also, I would bet that Jillian’s agency is Hague certified even if the DR Congo is not Hague certified. Unfortunately, in Guatemala the Hague treaty has eliminated the possiblity of foster moms carrying for children until they can be brought home to their forever families… in Hague nations, children live in orphanages where they do not attach or receive the kind of individual attention that they deserve. I don’t think that being a Hague nation insures anything… Also, I don’t feel like children in the US are more deserving or entitled to a home than children abroad. Truly those abroad have fewer options. I have traveled to Guatemala several times bringing simple medicines to clinics– people live in such conditions that you could not imagine in this country. Does anyone live without access to clean water in this country? Do you see little children working in the city dump unattended collecting plastic bottles for recycling so the family can buy beans and tortillas? For whatever reason, if someone finds it in their heart to open their home and form a family, they should not be condemned. The world has lots of children in it and so many need a home. It is not a better choice or a less selfish choice to elect to build a family through adoption rather than natural childbirth. As one who has been through the fertility treatments, I can state that they are not pleasant for MORE than cosmetic reasons. If you work… if your job is not supportive of your fertility appointments (which are generally unpredictable)…. if you don’t like feeling like you are on an emotional roller coaster…. if you have trouble charting, and remembering to take note of your cervical mucous everytime you go to the bathroom, and take your basal body temperature every morning before you stir too much or get out of bed…. if you object to being asked a million humiliating personal questions about your most intimate moments with your spouse…. you might find that infertility treatments are not for you. I am sure it is worth the effort if it is a success, but I don’t see how we could love a child carried in my belly any more than we love our child that is entering the family through adoption.

so happy for you and your new family