Melissa Riversis opening up about her adoption process.Rivers, 53, shares 20-year-old sonCooper(now a junior in college) with ex-husband John Endicott (the two wed in 1998 before splitting in 2003), and on the Dear Media podcastDivorced Not Deadin June, she indicated that she “would love to have another child, and I don’t feel like I need to be married to do that.“She explains on theChanel in the City with Chanel Omaripodcastthis week that she has “been thinking about it for a very long time.““Been thinking about it for about six years now. You know, certain times it feels like the absolute right decision, certain times it doesn’t feel like the right decision,” she says. “It’s obviously not something I’m taking lightly. I would say I’m about 80 percent there. What really stops me is would it be fair for the child to have, you know, unfortunately now, a little bit of an older parent?““Not that there’s anything wrong with that, because I’m certainly very active,” continues Rivers, “… but it’s a lot to think about. There’s a lot of very important things to think about. Yeah, there’s a few things I’m still grappling with.“Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.Steve Zak Photography/FilmMagicShe adds that she regrets not freezing her eggs at a younger age like her late mother, famed comedianJoan Rivers, encouraged her to do.“I wish I had listened to my mother, who wanted me to retrieve eggs while I was in my 30s,” she says. “I was like, ‘No, no, no, no, no, no.’ And now I’m like, ‘I should have done it!’ But so be it. Again, I am very close to yes but there’s a few things that still keep me up at night.“Back in 2017, Rivers told PEOPLE that her “biggest regret as a parentwas not having more children.” She added at the time, “I love it — I love being a mom. I always tell [my son] it’s the best thing I’ve ever done, just having him.”
Melissa Riversis opening up about her adoption process.
Rivers, 53, shares 20-year-old sonCooper(now a junior in college) with ex-husband John Endicott (the two wed in 1998 before splitting in 2003), and on the Dear Media podcastDivorced Not Deadin June, she indicated that she “would love to have another child, and I don’t feel like I need to be married to do that.”
She explains on theChanel in the City with Chanel Omaripodcastthis week that she has “been thinking about it for a very long time.”
“Been thinking about it for about six years now. You know, certain times it feels like the absolute right decision, certain times it doesn’t feel like the right decision,” she says. “It’s obviously not something I’m taking lightly. I would say I’m about 80 percent there. What really stops me is would it be fair for the child to have, you know, unfortunately now, a little bit of an older parent?”
“Not that there’s anything wrong with that, because I’m certainly very active,” continues Rivers, “… but it’s a lot to think about. There’s a lot of very important things to think about. Yeah, there’s a few things I’m still grappling with.”
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She adds that she regrets not freezing her eggs at a younger age like her late mother, famed comedianJoan Rivers, encouraged her to do.
“I wish I had listened to my mother, who wanted me to retrieve eggs while I was in my 30s,” she says. “I was like, ‘No, no, no, no, no, no.’ And now I’m like, ‘I should have done it!’ But so be it. Again, I am very close to yes but there’s a few things that still keep me up at night.”
Back in 2017, Rivers told PEOPLE that her “biggest regret as a parentwas not having more children.” She added at the time, “I love it — I love being a mom. I always tell [my son] it’s the best thing I’ve ever done, just having him.”
source: people.com
