Jordana Abraham and her surrogate are expecting baby girls due just 12 days apart this winter.

23 October 2025

Michael Marinelli and Jordana Abraham. Jordana Abraham/Instagram

Jordana Abraham, the co-founder of Betches and host of the podcast Baby Steps, revealed that after nearly four years of trying to conceive she and a trusted surrogate are both pregnant a deeply emotional and triumphant milestone for the couple. Abraham laid bare the difficult path she walked: two miscarriages, an ectopic pregnancy and three chemical pregnancies before finally deciding to pursue surrogacy.

In the recent episode of Baby Steps, she spoke candidly about the toll of infertility: “I tried everything. I’d taken all the supplements. I’d done all the pills,” she said, admitting that the hardest part was the lack of answers, the sense of powerlessness, the ongoing mystery of why a pregnancy wouldn’t hold.

She and her husband Michael Marinelli, who married in November 2021, have long hoped for children, and when the surrogate became pregnant it felt like a new avenue of hope. Not long after, Abraham discovered she herself was expecting. She described that moment as charged with disbelief, having taken seven positive pregnancy tests and yet braced for the worst: “It was my seventh positive test,” she explained, acknowledging her fear that she would face another loss.

Now over 20 weeks into her pregnancy and seeing the surrogate close behind due just 12 days apart Abraham spoke of a surreal sense of caution: she confessed she still can’t fully trust that these pregnancies will lead to healthy babies until the infants are actually in her arms. “It still feels like I can’t trust it until they’re in my arms,” she said.

The timing, she reflected, is extraordinary: two babies, two journeys, converging so closely. The surrogate’s due date nearly mirrors her own, a synchronicity that feels celebratory and profound given the hardship that preceded it. Abraham expressed gratitude to everyone who supported her friends, family, medical professionals, her podcast community and acknowledged that the wait and the struggle made this moment all the more precious.

She also discussed the emotional weight of enduring infertility treatments, the loneliness of facing silence in waiting rooms, the repeated disappointments, and the resolve it took to keep moving forward. Choosing surrogacy was a pivotal decision, made with a mix of hope and vulnerability, and discovering her own pregnancy after committing to that path felt, in her words, “crazy.”

Her public life as a media-personality and podcast host adds a layer of visibility to this private journey. She hosts the relationship podcast U Up? and runs content for Betches alongside Aleen Dreksler and Sami Sage, and through those platforms she has often explored themes of fertility, timing and personal expectation.

As she navigates her second trimester, Abraham remains grounded yet hopeful, inviting her audience to share in the joy without losing sight of the fragility of this chapter. The parallel pregnancies feel like both a gift and a reminder of how far she’s come from the series of unfulfilled attempts. With both babies due this winter, she and Michael are preparing for a holiday season unlike any other, one infused with cautious optimism.

While the journey continues and the babies are still in utero, the announcement alone offers a sense of victory, of hard-won hope, of new life emerging after years of uncertainty. For Abraham, this is not just about welcoming a child but about witnessing the turning point in her story one she has shared in full with her listeners and followers. Her journey stands as a testament to resilience, to choosing adaptation when the original plan falters, and to celebrating milestones even when the outcome remains unwritten.