Bunnie Xo shared more about her fertility journey with Jelly Roll in her new memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, revealing that she and her husband already have a surrogate picked out for when the time comes to welcome a child — or two.
In an excerpt from the book — out Tuesday (Feb. 17) — shared by E! News and People on Tuesday (Feb. 17), the podcaster explained that she and the country star’s game plan for growing their family includes conceiving not one, but two babies through IVF, which they then hope to bring into the world via surrogate. “Now that we’re finally stable financially and somewhat emotionally after all the healing we’ve done over this decade together, we’re talking about the future — including growing our family,” she wrote.
“J and I have a surrogate, the sweetest woman ever, and soon I’ll be starting my IVF stims,” she continued. “With how much IVF has advanced over the years, and with the help of the most unselfish woman willing to carry twins for us, we’ll be able to make our baby dreams come true.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, IVF often requires one to two weeks of ovarian stimulation — or “IVF stims” — before eggs are ready to be retrieved. Those eggs are then fertilized with sperm in a lab and placed in a woman’s uterus — in Bunnie and Jelly’s case, the surrogate’s.
Throughout 2025, Bunnie was open about the physical and emotional stress she was experiencing while undergoing her IVF treatments. “I’ve had to miss a lot of fun things, my body has been thru the ringer & honestly I’m exhausted mentally & physically,” she wrote on TikTok in July, a few months after sharing how “lonely” and “a lot to bear” the IVF process was.
Also in her book, Bunnie — who shares custody of his teenage daughter, Bailee, with Jelly, and is a stepmom to his younger son Noah — shared her thoughts on critics saying that she and the musician are too old to have children. The Dumb Blonde host is 46, while Jelly is 41.
“Some people frown upon our decision to bring babies into this world at our age,” she wrote, according to E! and People. “And I could give a f–k.”
