'I feel so fortunate,' says Sarah Jessica Parker in first TV interview about surrogate twins

Sarah Jessica Parker has spoken of her delight at impending motherhood in her first interview since announcing she is expecting twin girls by a surrogate.

The 44-year-old Sex and the City star, who already has a six-year-old son, said she and husband Matthew Broderick, 47, decided to use a surrogate after she had problems getting pregnant again.

'I'm excited,' she said in an interview screened on U.S. TV.  

'I'm in disbelief. I'm really grateful. I feel really fortunate. My son is so excited and my husband is so excited.'

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Fears: Sarah Jessica Parker revealed her fears for the safety of her unborn children in a television interview after her surrogate mother suffered threats and harassment

"We've been trying to expand our family for a number of years and we actually have explored a variety of ways of doing so.

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Surrogate: Birth mother Michelle Ross is expecting the actress's twin baby girls

"This was one of the things we discussed with seriousness that had real possibilities for us." The actress admitted she had struggled to get pregnant.

"I mean I couldn't pretend otherwise," she said.

"It would be odd to have made this choice if I was able to, you know, have successful pregnancies since my son's birth."

Sarah Jessica said the news they were expecting twins was a complete surprise.

"We didn't expect it. I think after a certain amount of time, you tend to hold your hopes at bay a bit so as not to be disappointed.

"One really would have been thrilling and we would've felt incredibly lucky. And two was a comedy!"

Sarah Jessica said she has shared the news with her son James.
"I've been pretty candid with him," she said. 

"I kind of chartered my own course with him because we wanted to keep this quiet and so I wanted to be very careful about telling him so he wasn't burdened with a secret.

"On the other hand, I wanted him to have time to adjust to the idea of sharing his mama and his papa.

'I feel very excited about the fact that my son is of an age now where he really will be helpful.

'He's really excited. He's very much ready to be an older brother. I think it gives him a great sense of pride. It's wonderful and I just hope for their safe arrival."

Matthew Broderick, his wife Sarah Jessica Parker

Excited: Sarah Jessica Parker with husband Matthew Broderick and son James Wilkie who is excited about becoming a big brother

The Hollywood actress revealed that despite being over the moon at the baby news she is scared for the safety of the expectant mother.

Sarah Jessica said: 'She's had friends threatened and family threatened and she's had family of friends threatened.

'She's had a friend who was thought to be her chased down a highway. This friend is nine months pregnant and she was chased down a highway by photographers.

'The most unsavoury things have been done. She's had her phone hacked, her personal computer information hacked, she's had threats against her and true harassment.

She said: 'You understand what stress, worry and fear and being scared can do. She's quite far along in this pregnancy and she's carrying two children.

'There's simply no excuse for doing this to somebody. It's not acceptable.'

And she revealed her fears that her 'children's health and safety' could be at risk if the surrogate were to go into early labour.

She said: 'It keeps me up every night. It's really incredibly upsetting to think of her so far away and me not being able to do something, beyond what I'm legally allowed to do.'

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