People.com Celebrity Parents Bill and Giuliana Rancic Expecting First Child The child is due in late summer via a gestational surrogate, meaning that the Rancics will be the genetic parents. They know the sex of the child, "but we're seeing how long we can keep it secret," Giuliana says. By Staff Author Updated on December 1, 2020 08:31 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Giuliana Rancic is one step closer to having the baby that she and husband Bill Rancic have always dreamed about. The E! News host and Fashion Police cohost, 37, whose road to motherhood has been made difficult by infertility struggles, one miscarriage and a diagnosis of breast cancer, announced in person Monday on Today that she is expecting. “We are so thrilled that our prayers have been answered,” Giuliana tells E! News. Adds Bill, 40, “We are absolutely ecstatic to be sharing this with everyone who has been following our journey.” The child is due in late summer via a gestational surrogate, meaning that the Rancics will be the genetic parents. They know the sex of the child, “but we’re seeing how long we can keep it secret,” Giuliana said on Today.She aded that the surrogate mother lives out of state, but that they accompany her on all the visits to the doctor. The couple’s desire to have children played a part in Rancic’s decision in December to undergo a double mastectomy. The years of medication that typically follow a lumpectomy and radiation therapy would have meant delaying parenthood for several more years. At the time, Rancic said she was crushed by her 2010 miscarriage. “I said, ‘I’m not doing this again. I can’t.’ I was angry at life and at God,” she admitted. But the couple decided to press on again with in vitro fertilization. Each step of their lives has played out quite publicly, in part because it’s all documented on their Style Network reality show, Giuliana & Bill, currently in its fifth season. — Tim Nudd Related Articles A Boy or a Girl for Giuliana & Bill Rancic? Famous Families Who've Welcomed Children Through Surrogacy Celebrities Who've Opened Up About Their Emotional IVF Journeys These Stars Faced Breast Cancer and Shared Their Inspiring Stories to Help Others Kyle and Samantha Busch Expecting Baby Girl via Surrogate After More Than 8 Years of Infertility This Michigan Family Is Fighting to Adopt Their Own Twins, Born via Surrogate: 'They're Trying to Tear Us Apart' ESPN's Nicole Briscoe Talks Journey to Motherhood to 'Destigmatize Miscarriage and Infertility' Lena Dunham Opens Up About Her Failed IVF in Emotional Essay: 'None of My Eggs Were Viable' From Being a Stepmom to Revealing Her Fertility Struggles: Inside Gabrielle Union's Road to Motherhood Giuliana Rancic: Ready to Fight Cancer Giuliana Rancic's Upcoming Mastectomy: What's Next? Bill Rancic: My Son Is Set to Arrive 'Any Day Now' Bill and Giuliana Rancic Welcome Son Edward Duke Bill and Giuliana Rancic Taking a Break from Babies Giuliana Rancic: 'The Fight of My Life' Bill and Giuliana Rancic Recall Miscarriage Heartbreak Newsletter Sign Up