Ricky Martin is certainly "Livin' La Vida Loca" the singer recently became a father for the first time to twin boys.

The 36-year-old star is now set to take a break to care for his new family.

A statement read: "In recent weeks, Ricky Martin became a proud father by the birth of twin sons. The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky's full-time care." "Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children." Ricky set up the Ricky Martin Foundation in his home country of Puerto Rico to campaign for children's welfare around the world.

However, the representative would not give details on the mother, the children's names or when they were born.

Traditional v Gestational Surrogacy

Traditional surrogacy is done via artificial insemination, using the surrogate mother's own  egg and another man's sperm.

Gestational surrogacy is done via In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), where fertilized eggs from another woman are implanted into the surrogate mother's uterus.


Congratulations from us to Snr. Martin and the un-named mother.
We at www.the-rock-of-gibraltar.com wish them and the boys lots of happiness.