#RileyKeough and her husband #BenSmithPetersen opted for a surrogate to have one year-old Tupelo— but not because she had an issue conceiving. Keough explained her struggle with Lyme disease to vanityfair, "I can carry children, but it felt like the best choice for what I had going on physically with the autoimmune stuff."⁠ ⁠ Keough didn't discuss details about the woman who gave birth to her daughter, but she talked about Tupelo's physical resemblances to her parents, which suggests it was a case of gestational surrogacy rather than traditional surrogacy. ⁠ ⁠ In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate has no genetic link to the baby. An embryo is created using an egg from the intended mother (in this case, Keough) or an egg donor, fertilized with the sperm from the father, or sperm donor, and transferred to the surrogate.⁠ ⁠ Link in bio for other celebrities who turned to surrogacy.⁠ ⁠ ✏️: Yahoo Life⁠ 📷: Getty