Lena Dunham welcomes first child with husband Luis Felber via surrogate... eight years after hysterectomy
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By JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ, US ASSISTANT SHOWBIZ EDITOR
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Lena Dunham has welcomed her first child via surrogate.
The 40-year-old Girls creator and husband Luis Felber announced they had welcomed a baby girl in an op-ed for Vogue published Wednesday morning.
In sharing her happy news, Dunham revealed her first words to the newborn: 'Hello. I’m your mama. You look nothing like I thought you would, but exactly right. We’ve been waiting for you, do you know that? It was so nice of you to come.'
She added: 'I meant it. Like a kid who wasn’t sure if their schoolmates would arrive for the birthday party, I was bashful and dizzy with joy.'
She and British musician Felber, 40, married in London in 2021 after meeting on a blind date.
Lena Dunham and husband Luis Felber shared the news Wednesday that they are new parents, after welcoming their first child via surrogate. Above, in London in June 2025
Dunham, pictured in New York on September 11, said she was 'bashful and dizzy with joy' at the arrival of a baby girl
Dunham gave up any possibility of conceiving and giving birth to a child after electing to undergo a total hysterectomy in 2018 due to years of endometriosis-related pain. The surgery removed her uterus and cervix and an ovary.
She told Vogue in March 2018 that her decision came after 'years of complex surgeries measuring in the double digits' and trying alternative treatments such as 'pelvic floor therapy, massage therapy, pain therapy, color therapy, acupuncture and yoga.'
In June last year, Dunham told The Sunday Times that her hysterectomy 'was a grief but it was also a relief.'
And she revealed that she and Felber were in the process of 'expanding' their family 'in new ways.'
Felber previously revealed how the pair were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend and got on so well on their first meeting that they 'didn't stop talking for eight hours'.
The Girls creator underwent a total hysterectomy in 2018 after enduring years of pain due to endometriosis, leaving her unable to conceive or carry a child. Above, in 2018
Dunham married Peruvian-British musician Felber in a low-key London ceremony in September 2021 after meeting on a blind date. Above, the couple in June 2025
The pair met in Covid-19 lockdown and for their first date they took a walk together along the River Thames at night.
Dunham first revealed she was dating Felber during an interview with The New York Times back in April 2021.
'It's been a few months. I feel really lucky,' she said, adding that Felber was, 'the greatest person I've ever met.'
She was previously in a relationship with musician Jack Antonoff from 2012 to 2017.
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