The family of singer Alena Apina. Biography of Alena Apina
Today children of Alena Apina - This is not only her twelve-year-old daughter Ksyusha, but also the students of one of the Moscow schools to which she teaches music. When a popular singer is asked why she went to teach, and does it for free, she replied that she simply loves music and prefers to spend time not on parties and presentations, but on talking with children. Now the children of Alena Apina, among whom her own daughter, are getting ready to stage a musical together with her famous teacher, for which she used all her connections and acquaintance with professionals in this field.
In the photo - Alena Apina with her daughter Ksenia
Looking at how the singer communicates with schoolchildren, it becomes clear how much she wanted to have her own children. When, after several unsuccessful attempts to give birth on her own and long-term treatment, Alena and her husband producer Alexander Iratov completely lost hope of becoming parents, she decided on a desperate step at that time - to give birth to a child with the help of a surrogate mother. This story received a loud resonance - journalists came to Alena often, invited her to various talk shows, and to exclude all the rumors, in one of the television programs she openly told that Alena Apina’s children would never have appeared in the usual way, and about all that she had to go through to become the mother of a little daughter.
The singer and her husband are fairly wealthy people who could afford this operation, which then cost them twenty-five thousand dollars. True, at first Alena, unlike her husband, did not really believe in success and was already preparing to adopt a child from an orphanage, because she could not imagine a family without children. Fortunately, everything worked out for them, and Alena Apina and Alexander Iratov appeared little Ksyusha.
In the photo - Alena Apina with her students
The artist’s heiress accompanies her at concerts in Moscow, while Alena’s husband, Alexander Iratov, told reporters the other day that. In such a difficult time for the family, Apina and her daughter prefer to stick together.
The artist shared on Instagram photos of her baby. "Beloved baby!" - with tenderness she signed the portrait of Ksenia Alena. "Your daughter is beautiful💋💋💋 (Hereinafter, the spelling and punctuation of the authors are preserved. - Ed.)", "Ksenia! !!! You are our beautiful girl! 😘😘😘😘😘", the singer’s fans are moved.
In another photo, Apina poses with Xenia. But not very good quality of the picture a little upset the singer. "For once, my daughter persuaded me to come with me, but .... my beloved Light assistant was never strong in photos! People! Help her take me off!" - the singer asked.
Previously, Alena first commented on information about her. The actress asked the public not to make a fuss, because she was afraid for her daughter. The star decided to put an end to the numerous rumors that are actively discussed in the media around information about the singer’s divorce. On her official page, the artist published a photo where she was photographed with her husband Alexander Iratov. However, the picture was torn. Thus, Apina made it clear that her married life is really over.
In the caption to the photo, Alena explained in detail why she decided. It turns out that the popular singer is afraid for her daughter, on which the hype in the media can affect negatively. “The very case when everything that happens around you (your discussions, condemnations, assumptions, etc.) makes no sense or sense. All the hype you raise flies in one direction only - to our daughter! She's only 14. All "who is to blame", why, why, etc., have no meaning! And they will not cancel the fact itself, "wrote Apina.
Alena confirmed that her family life with Alexander Iratov came to an end: "YES. I APPLY FOR A DIVORCE. This period of my life is ending. It was very large and very beautiful for many of you. But life is much wiser than many of us."
According to Alena, no third party is to blame for their break, and indeed there is no definite reason. “It’s just the time. Thank you all for your participation and excitement. And try to discuss it less. Today the most important thing is to bring our daughter’s problems less. Everything else can’t be changed. And life doesn’t end there,” she said. to the photo of Alena Apina.
Express Newspaper was the first to write (EG No. 34, 2001) about problems that arose in the star family of Alena APINA and Alexander ISTRATOV. The reason was the infertility of the singer. Both Alena and Sasha really wanted to have a child, but, alas, they were not given to learn parental happiness.
And yet, fate sent the spouses daughter Ksyusha, who, however, was born in a not quite traditional way. The girl, as they say now, was born from a test tube. About how much she had to endure before she became a mother, the singer told in a frank interview to our correspondent.
Alena, a year ago you got on the front pages of all popular newspapers in connection with the unconventional appearance of your daughter Ksyusha. Tell me, why did you still decide then immediately to publicly reveal family secrets?
I was sure: if you didn’t tell everything at once, rumors would begin. Here I was silent about my first marriage, but still unearthed. As soon as Ksyusha was born, all friends immediately appeared, even those with whom we had not seen for a long time due to various circumstances. Remember, as Bulgakov said: "I am a wanderer from Pskov, I came to see a talking dog." Everyone came baby from the test tube to see. Maybe she’s kind of special, maybe some kind of green ... - When Ksyusha was born from a surrogate mother, you took part in the Domino Principle television program, where you boldly talked about unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant and how you and your husband still managed to get your own child. What motivated you? - This problem exists in every sixth Russian family. I know how desperate women are that they cannot become a mother. - By the way, many of our famous artists never got their own children: were you afraid to miss a career “bird of happiness”? “But most still have children!” Valeria has three, Christina Orbakaite has two. Natasha, the Queen gave birth, well done! Now there are no obstacles to this! It used to be - no nannies, no baby food in stores, no diapers. And now the beauty: you can’t feed yourself, there are wonderful mixes. No time - find a good nanny. For example, I have two nannies, plus both Ksyushin’s grandmothers are actively helping. - In the Health program, the problem of surrogacy was discussed in more detail. Even figures appeared - the services of a surrogate mother cost an average of 25 thousand dollars - both in Moscow and in California. Moreover, while in California the rights of biological parents are protected by law, in Russia a surrogate mother may not give up her child, and any court will be on her side. - Yes, for someone the operation is expensive, but I have not become poor. The birth of Ksyusha cost us about the amount you named. Naturally, we made sure that this woman ate very well, special people watched her diet. This is a pregnancy caused by in vitro fertilization. It requires special injections, vitamins, tablets. Accordingly, the costs. Regarding the protection of my maternal rights, my protection is my name. Although, I admit that our other women may face extortion, blackmail, and unwillingness to return the child. Our surrogate mother is a beautiful woman, before Ksenia gave birth to two healthy children. The most important thing is a mentally healthy, stable person. Before her, it is a difficult task to normally endure my child, providing materially for her two natural children. This is a simple Russian woman from the province. My friends suggested it.
You made nine unsuccessful attempts to bear your own child in person. It is a trait of your character to fight to the last, or after so many attempts, thoughts like: "Could you do it like my friend Tanya Ovsienko, who took her Igor from the orphanage?" “I believed that a miracle would happen.” When we were told that you can use the services of a surrogate mother, I did not believe in success, although my husband believed immediately. I reasoned something like this: "If I didn’t succeed, then some of my aunts will not succeed." I have already prepared to call the Baby Houses and look for a child. But then at the end of the summer they called me and said: "Len, why don’t you send the money? The child is growing! Your child!" I immediately: "How? Really nothing flew out?" My hysteria of happiness began. - Surely, she is interested in the question: "What if the surrogate mother does not manage to bear the child?" In this case, there is probably some kind of advance payment, an encouragement for the righteous torment? - There is a contract. It may not have legal force under Russian law, but it is still a document notarized by a notary. This is a delicate matter, here, by and large, it all depends on how you agree with the surrogate mother, on what you will agree with her.
Borya gave Moiseev a family
Why did you call only Moses Boria into the godfathers of your girl?
With the godmother, everything was immediately clear - she became Tanya, my school friend from Saratov. As for the godfather, the question remained open for a long time. Why did I then think about Bor Moses? I remembered how we sat on the road with him and he spoke on his favorite topic - the theme of loneliness. It's only for you, for journalists, Borya is a merry fellow, Borya - wow! So I thought: we are very friends, he will soon be fifty years old and he needs to give something. And she decided: "I'll give him a family!" I called and said: "Borya, how do you feel about becoming the godfather of our daughter? The day after tomorrow, the christening, we have already agreed with the priest, and he does not object to your candidacy." To which Borya replies: "It will be the happiest day of my life!"
- See how you managed to pacify Borya: he threatened that he himself would give birth to spite to the enemies!
If he wants to give birth himself, I will help him as a godfather. I’ll find him a surrogate mother, take a donor egg ... - You, like Moiseev’s godfather, should know more precisely: according to some reports, he already has a son, though he’s sick ... - Borya is the godfather of this boy. “What did godparents bestow on your daughter?”- The godmother gave a golden cross. And Borya dragged five bags of gifts - toys in unlimited quantities and bedding, including blankets for five, seven and ten years. That is, he provided dowries for many years to come. I asked: "Borya, where so much?" And he replies: "How do I know what to buy, much less a girl? I really don’t really know what they look like." To which I told him: "Please look, this is how the girl looks like."
Scared a maniac to death
You, Alena, are the young lady of Saratov. A popular hit says that "there are so many golden lights on the streets of Saratov." Did not these lights, in an hour, determine your subsequent stellar fate?
- There are really a lot of “Golden Lights” in Saratov. But, alas, not on the street where my youth passed. It bears the name corresponding to it - "2nd Caucasian impasse". The dead end itself consists of four houses and is adjacent to the city landfill, railway and aircraft factory. What can happen to people from such a "dead end"? Someone got drunk, someone sat down.
I heard from your fellow countrymen that after seven in the evening in your "famous" district it was dangerous for a peasant to show his nose to the street, and even to a girl tremulous - even more so! - About fifteen years old, when I studied at a music school, a terrible moment took place in my life. May, beauty, the first spring rain has passed. I am going, enjoying myself, all under the impression of a philharmonic concert. And after me the man in the hood. When I got up to the apartment and began to close my umbrella, he abruptly grabbed me from behind. I then had the strength to yell piercingly, and in my apartment I heard a stir: they were waiting for me from the concert and did not sleep. The man got scared and ran away. This is the result of my first rendezvous with a maniac. - And how did you get into the Combination? Tell us.- I studied at the Saratov Conservatory, and during the holidays I was offered to sing in a girl pop group. I was skeptical about the stage, but promised as much as ten rubles, and I agreed. And it was offered to me by two crazy people in a good way. Now deceased Sasha Shishinin and now famous composer Vitaly Okorokov. It was 1988, with might and main thundered "Affectionate May." We recorded our first phonograms in the basement of one of the Saratov restaurants. Sasha Shishinin was immediately aimed at Moscow: I don’t know who and what bribes he was giving, but we immediately went to the very cool tour program “Disco on the Wheels of Sergey Minaev”. In ridiculous costumes with sequins sewn by our own grandmothers. There were no decent shoes, but such concepts as makeup artists and stage hairstyles were absent at all: for example, there was something like a blunder on the eye. Once we got into the same dressing room with the Moscow girls who worked on the hype with Serezha Minaev. So we, the five Saratov “combinations”, looked at them tall, stylish, in foreign rags and super-fashionable hairstyles with sagging jaws. We understood that we were up to girls like the moon, but there was some kind of wild desire to show that we weren’t bastard too. Well and then “Combination” thundered with their hits throughout the country.
- They rattled all over the country, and for a long time they turned around at the Paveletsky station, then in one rented apartment ...
We didn’t have any registrations, registrations, or even “bread” cards, through which products were sold at Moscow stores under Gaidar. I remember going to the checkout counter, the cashier at the grocery store spars a tape recorder with the song "American Battle," but she doesn’t give a loaf of bread! And what we lived at first at the station ... It used to happen, we come to one performance in Moscow, we perform, we have a rest at the station (things are in the left-luggage office!) And then we leave further along the tour route. Shishinin invested all the money in our promotion: to record new songs, gifts to the right people. Then they all rented an apartment together, but soon they began to get tired of each other. When they began to earn more, they rented separate apartments. - You did not feel lonely in Moscow? The same Tanya Ivanova in those days was absorbed in a stormy romance, and you seem to be not ... - Yes, and I did not have time for novels! We came to Moscow to do business, and not to twist novels or look for Muscovite men. Recordings, studios, filming, tours ... These are not the tours that everyone has now: there were six to eight concerts a day. If we went to which city, then at least for two weeks. - Maybe because you didn’t have a craving for novels, because you still had a small, but still experience marriage with a Saratov artist named Apin.
This is just a short episode from youth. - In “Combination” you worked for three years, until at one of the concerts you met with Alexander Iratov, who headed the team of Vyacheslav Malezhik at that time ... It seems that there were many insults to your joint address - both from “Combination” and from Malezhik himself ... - At the dawn of "Combination" our Sasha Shishinin ran around eminent Moscow producers and showed our records. So, producer Iratov he immediately rejoiced: "Throw these records in the trash, and send your girls home to Saratov!" And already in 1991, the “girls” gathered stadiums across the country, sang their songs on every corner, they were invited with tours to America and Switzerland. As for me, about Apina there, in heaven, apparently, they decided: "Well, girl, you have completed this task, let's deal with another now - get married successfully."
Iratov got drunk and then got married
Well, probably, love first happened, and then the process itself is “married”.
Naturally. On the set in Tashkent, everything happened. I immediately clicked in my head: I should be together with this person. Sasha loves to suggest to me that I supposedly calculated everything, that for the sake of self-interest, that he was a well-known producer, and I was nobody!
Oh, there such lace was woven! The first thing I did was get to know all his friends. I slipped my phone to him and figured out that I needed some keys from Yamaha. After Tashkent, we did not see each other for a month, although when I met his acquaintances I constantly sent greetings to him. And then our mutual friend declares: "Why don’t you call yourself, he constantly asks about you." I called, he made an appointment, and we went to a restaurant. I was very worried and drank a lot that evening. Sasha only drinks vodka, he ordered it. So I practically drank all this vodka on a par with him. He says to me: "I never thought you were such a drunkard!" I answer that no one is a drunkard, but just very worried. To which he said: "You cannot be released in this state alone, I must accompany you." The next morning we woke up with husband and wife. So I got him drunk, frowned.
This is where the difficulties began. Sasha had to decide whether I or Glory Malezhik. By the way, Malezhik did not talk with me for many years: according to all the arrangements, it turned out that the wife dragged the capable producer from the famous artist onto herself. And with Sasha Iratov we lived for a very long time just like that, without a registry office. Then it turned out that my friend Tanya Ovsienko got married, Sasha and I were witnesses with them Volodya Dubovitskyat the wedding. There I went up to my boyfriend Sasha: "Well, when are we?" He: "Why? And so everything is cool!" And we had the first major scandal. I slammed the door and said that I didn’t want to be “just”, but I want to be a “noblewoman”. As a result, Sasha gave up, and I became the wife and legal Muscovite.
Andrey DOMNICH
* A surrogate mother is a healthy woman who agrees, on the basis of an agreement (agreement), after artificial insemination, to bear and give birth to a child for another family. * Conception occurs in a specialized medical facility (without intercourse), for which an egg and sperm of a sterile couple are used. * Usually, the services of a surrogate mother are used by couples in whom the wife cannot give birth. A fertilized egg of a biological mother is transferred into the uterus of a surrogate mother using a special thin catheter tube. This procedure is called IVF - in vitro fertilization.
Alena Apina is a Soviet and then Russian pop singer who gained fame thanks to her participation in the Saratov group “Combination”. The songs "Accountant", "American boy", "Two pieces of sausage", "Cherry Nine" brought the group extraordinary popularity in the late 80s - early 90s of the last century.At the end of 1991 she began a solo career. Alena writes music, composes poems, teaches. In 2002, she became the Honored Artist of Russia. In 2019, she was attacked by haters for, in their opinion, too frank a clip for the song “Proximity”.
Childhood and youth
Born in the summer of 1964 in the Saratov family of Lyubov and Evgeny Levochkin, the girl was named Elena. An engineer father and a salesman mom dreamed of raising an only child comprehensively educated, and the foundation was laid when the baby was five years old - Lena bought a piano for her birthday. 
The delight of the girl knew no bounds. She loved to sing and in all seriousness arranged home concerts. Having seated all those present in a semicircle, Lenochka, who was not given the letter “r” in her childhood, declared: “A popular atist of the public speaks,” which immediately enthralled the few listeners.
When Lena was six, her parents enrolled her in a music school. Mom in dreams saw her girl as the music director in kindergarten and the wife of a military man. The future singer herself saw herself as a concertmaster at the opera house and flew to classes with pleasure. She always did school lessons after completing music assignments.
In the first grade, Helen first received a declaration of love from the "boy Edik with big ears." He wrote to her about this on a blotter, as soon as they learned all the letters and learned how to write them. The girl proudly ran around the school and showed everyone the scribbles of the first fan.
As a teenager, Lena regularly fell in love with actors. She pretended to be sick if there was a film on TV with her idol Andrei Mironov. Then her heart was conquered by Alexander Abdulov. After watching “The Dog in the Hay”, she began to convince classmates that she would marry Mikhail Boyarsky and even re-read the whole Lope de Vega. Later, having met with the subject of her childhood passion for one of the programs and having received a compliment from him, Apina thought: “Oh my God, here they are,“ Scarlet Sails “, because everything could come true!”
On the day she was ten years old, her parents divorced. Until now, Apina has been offended by them: “What, it was impossible the other day?”. After the divorce, the father married his mother’s girlfriend, and Lyubov’s attempts to arrange a personal life were unsuccessful. The girl who remained to live with her mother caused her a lot of trouble, as she grew up as a rebel. There was even a moment when, arguing about something, Lena left home and lived for a week with a girlfriend in a communal apartment. Then she returned, asking for forgiveness, admitting she was wrong.
However, Lena was considered the best student of the music school in piano. Naturally, after the eighth grade, she entered the Saratov Music College, after which she began working as an accompanist in the club. For two years, a graduate of a music school worked in Vostok, during which she tried to enter the local conservatory. But the competitive selection was great, the girl did not have support and patrons in the art world. Then Elena listened to the opinion of a close friend and for the third time submitted documents to the faculty of folk singing, where she successfully passed.
Like every independent student, Apina (at that time the girl managed to get married, divorce and leave her husband's surname) was sorely lacking in money. And the proposal of the composer Vitaly Okorokov, whom she met in 1988, to work on vacation in the group "Combination" created by him was very helpful. Getting acquainted with the team, the girl introduced herself as Alena. Yes, so she remained.
Beginning of the journey: “Combination”
Rehearsals, tours and performances of the group took a lot of time. Alena, who received ten rubles per concert, did not continue her studies at the conservatory. Songs “Combinations” became popular because they reflected the existing reality. 
The group gave sixty concerts a month, began to prepare for release the first disc in America. Alena decided to start a solo career. The singer pushed the new novel to such a radical step, which began at the music festival "The ABC of Russia" in Uzbekistan.
As Apina recalled, in Tashkent “Combination” was settled in ... a nursing home. It was just a national holiday, the old people all day listened to records with folk songs. Alena, who, after endless concerts, dreamed of relaxing, tried to call the administration “to order”, explaining her position, the phrase sounded from her lips: “Show me a man who does not like artists and does not understand at all that our life is worse than that of gypsies ! "
Combination - Accountant
Such a person was shown to her. It turned out to be none other than Alexander Iratov, who at that time worked as the administrator of Vyacheslav Malezhik and was one of the organizers of the festival. At a gorgeous dinner, which was treated to "Combination" as compensation for the inconvenience, Alexander gallantly courted Alena.
The girl felt that she fell in love and, upon returning to Moscow, began to look for a reason to meet again. When Iratov called himself, Apina realized that this was fate. Alexander at that moment became everything for her: a civil husband, producer, friend. In 1991, the singer left the “hyped” collective for free flight.
Nineties: solo career and marriage
Thanks to Iratov, the beginning of Alena’s independent activity was successful. The first solo composition "Ksenia" sounded in all possible broadcasts. Apina celebrated the year 1992 with the release of her first vinyl album, Street of Love. For some songs, she wrote the words herself.Alena Apina - Ksenia
Soon, she recorded with the composer Arkady Ukupnik another album, “It's not so simple” with hits “Lech”, “I will steal you from everyone”, “The Flying Dutchman of Love”.
Alena lived with Alexander without a stamp in her passport until 1993, when Tatyana Ovsienko invited her as a witness to her wedding. From the side of the groom, Vladimir Dubovitsky, they invited Philip Kirkorov as a witness. Apina rebelled. She also wanted a wedding, she wanted to become "legal." Iratov surrendered, and soon they became an official husband and wife. Family life even more motivated the singer to succeed.
The next step towards recognition and fame was the pop novel (today such productions are called musicals) of Limit, created in the mid-nineties based on the poetry of the poet Mikhail Tanich with the help of director Dmitry Astrakhan.
A full house of the premiere took place in both capitals - Moscow and St. Petersburg. The song "Nodules" in terms of popularity did not know equal. The television version of the musical appealed to the multimillion-dollar audience; Primadonna herself awarded her colleague a positive review.
Following the “Uzelok” the whole post-Soviet country began to sing “He drove away on a night electric train,” and the aesthetes noted the duet Apina-Nasyrov, who performed “Moonlit Nights”. Throughout the year, Murat toured with Alena not only in Russia but also in foreign countries.
Alena Apina and Murat Nasyrov - Moonlit nights
The press immediately attributed them a romantic relationship, and later began to say that such a PR move was invented by her husband Apina. In an interview, Iratov promised one well-known publication a lawsuit in court for defaming his wife and his ward, Murat Nasyrov, who was producer at that time, but the matter did not reach the trial.
The late nineties brought the singer the well-deserved awards “Golden Gramophone”, “Ovation”, “Star”. Alena released two new albums, became the leading “Field Mail” on the TV Center. At the beginning of the 2000s, together with Lolita, she participated in Alla Pugacheva’s “Christmas Meetings” with their joint composition “On Women's Friendship,” and created a video for the song “Tomorrow”. And then for a while disappeared from the field of view, both fans and journalists.
The long-awaited daughter and new life
Only in 2003, Apina told the general public about what caused her disappearance. And about nine attempts to become a mother on her own, and about miscarriages, unsuccessful IVF, and about her own despair and depression, and about how, in 2001, they together with Alexander Iratov had their common and long-awaited daughter Ksenia. 
The last drop of patience in a series of trials on the way to the birth of a daughter was just participation in the filming of "Christmas Meetings" and the instructive remark of one of the famous singers. Apina described it this way:
She sat down to me and said: “Well, what can you not give birth in any way, Alena? Don’t you want a child? I’ve just given birth recently, I have such a nice little baby! ” Although I am a strong woman, I kept my tears with difficulty. She returned home, offered her husband: “Let's get examined again!” Or take a baby from the orphanage! ” But Alexander snapped: “We will have our own child ...”
Apina and Iratov resorted to a still rare way to give birth to a joint child. A familiar gynecologist of one of the provincial cities helped them find a surrogate mother from a decent family. Her husband and the woman herself - scientists, raised two of their own children. The whole procedure took place in mid-2001, but after seven months the surrogate “mother” felt bad, the termination could have serious consequences for her health. Future parents consulted with the capital gynecologists, and it became clear to both that their child would be born healthy, albeit seven months old. And so it happened.Apina answers questions from fans
At first they wanted to call the tiny baby Natasha, but Alena asked to choose the name of Andrei, the son of Iratov from his first marriage. The boy called his half-sister Xenia. When the daughter was brought home, the young mother was at first confused. I had to ask a familiar female doctor to spend the night in their house and tell what and how to do it. But then very quickly she herself learned to swaddle and feed the baby. The daughter was taken care of together with her husband. In early 2002, Xenia was baptized. The best friend Tatyana from Saratov became godmother, and the godmother -
In parallel, she was recording new songs, and in 2007–2008 she released a new CD, “Airplane to Moscow” and gave a big recital in Cosmos, which was the last time Mikhail Tanich, the author of many poems for her songs, was present. After a month and a half he was gone.
Interview with Alena Apina (2014)
The artist tried her hand at cinema, created and became the leading author of the International program on the radio, taught music at Ksenia’s school until 2018, when the album “Come on” was released. Most of the lyrics Apina wrote herself, as well as music for them.
Alena Apina now
A serious event in Alena’s personal life was a statement about her divorce from her husband, Alexander Iratov, almost immediately after the celebration of the silver wedding, in 2017. Moreover, the singer explained in her Instagram that they have no global reasons for such a move, it’s just time for everyone to go their own way, without causing any problems to their daughter. 
As a point in the relationship, Apina released a video for the song “Intimacy,” which was frank and caused an unprecedented stir on the network, although Alena herself was sure:
At 50 now it’s the same as it was at 30. You're kind of not young, but not old. You are still quite attractive. Here I wanted both prettiness and show that a woman in 50 plus is desirable. Destroy this survival philosophy. That life is over. 50 plus is fun and great.
The video gained millions of views, and the opinions of the audience were radically divided. Haters called the video vulgar, the ex-husband also ended up in a group of critics. Apina was supported by daughter Ksenia, who stated that her mother would not allow her to read all the negative and that even her classmates admire the singer’s courage.Alena Apina - Intimacy
Recently, the singer posted on Instagram her photo on vacation. She is standing in a swimsuit in an embrace with “a musician, saxophonist, friend and fellow countryman Sergei Ivanovich,” as Alena explained. Fans were delighted by the beautiful figure of Apina and her new perky haircut.
Alena Apina, celebrating her 55th birthday in 2019, is ready for new achievements and the next round of her creative career.
At the end of last year, the singer became a mother thanks to another woman.
Russian singer Alena Apina and her husband, producer Alexander Iratov, have been living together for ten years. All these years, the couple dreamed of a child. Alena suffered especially - she really wanted to become a mother. The singer was treated for infertility for a long time, but all in vain. After another failed attempt to get pregnant, the doctors suggested that she use the services of a surrogate mother. Apina did not dare to take the child from the orphanage, she wanted to have her own and she went to the fact that another woman would bear and bear her baby. The girl was born prematurely, seven months old, but healthy. Alain, although she did not give birth to a baby herself, she claims that her maternal feelings from this are no less. Only after the appearance of a child in her family did the singer feel truly happy.
“We named the daughter Ksenia in honor of the song with which my career began”
Alena, tell us how you saw your daughter for the first time? What did you feel?
The birth of our mother incubator began suddenly. I flew to the city of N. and was in the hospital two and a half hours after the girl was born. What did I see? The most beautiful child in the world! That is, of course, all babies are born the same - a red face, narrow eyes, but for every mother this is an exceptional beauty! For me too
And how soon did you pick up the baby from the hospital?
On the fifth day. The fact is that we did not have time to prepare for her appearance at all - the daughter was born seven months old. So I rushed to Moscow, and my husband and I began to buy things, a stroller, a crib. At this time, the child was vaccinated, documents were drawn up. And then we flew home with her on an airplane. She even got a separate ticket. We saved it - to Ksenia Alexandrovna Iratova! Arrived in Moscow - here minus 18! But my daughter carried the plane and frost heroically.
And why did you decide to call her Xenia, because at first you planned Natasha?
We fooled the registry office workers for a long time - we still couldn’t decide. When I looked at the girl, I realized that she was not Natasha — her very shy face. Then we thought about Tanya, because we have many good friends with that name. But Tanya did not suit her either. Then Sasha says: you started your career with a song about Ksyusha, let our daughter with this name begin life.
Who does Ksyusha look like?
Friends say that on the husband.
What about character?
And the character in him: screaming only when he wants to eat. When he thinks, he makes eyebrows a house, like dad. I tried to play with the same eyebrows - it didn’t work.
Is there anything from you?
I hope to see what appears. At Christmas, I listened to the service on TV. Ksenia was lying nearby and suddenly ... started to sing along. And so it turned out well!
And who helps you take care of your daughter?
Husband. As soon as she arrives from work, Ksenia is immediately taken away from me, he feeds him. I have two more babysitters. But they work only during the day. And at night I myself. By doing this, I am compensating my debts to my daughter for not having endured her.
"Ksenia was separated from a surrogate mother immediately after birth"
Was it hard to get into the rhythm of a nursing mother?
My friends scared me a lot. They said that every mother has minutes of irritation when she wants to throw her own child out of the window. I kept waiting for myself to be so brutalized. But no, it didn’t. I was confused only on the first day, when Ksyusha had just brought to Moscow. She even asked a friend of the doctor to spend the night with me and tell me how to deal with the child. And now I can do everything myself: I feed with mixtures, swaddle ... Once, however, I stayed with my daughter in the room to spend the night - I’m afraid that I won’t hear her call me! - and did not sleep all night! I listened! The child grunts, sneezes - I rush to call the doctor. But then I calmed down.
Does little Ksyusha already have any addictions?
But what about! From the rubble of toys that she was given to her, she chooses the worst ones. In her favorites, for example, a creepy pink bear with bulging eyes. I would never have liked that. And also Katya Semenova gave her a strange gloomy picture from the cartoon “Last year’s snow fell”. I hung this picture over the changing table. My child can watch her for hours. There she is, the great power of art!
Does she like music?
Mozart did not inspire her. But from the song "He lives well in the world of Winnie the Pooh!" delighted. In short, she likes rap!
Alena, in a month of life the three of you have somehow changed?
I think so. I did not expect the motherly feeling to be so strong. I manage to miss my daughter while she sleeps for four hours. Waking up - I, joyful, run to her, as if I had not seen for a week. I already kind of forgot that I couldn’t bear it ... We used to have everything: home, car, work, foreign countries. But the main thing was not - there was no cement in the family. And now everything has fallen into place. We used to live wrong. And now we are like all normal people
Do you communicate with Ksyushina as a surrogate mother?
No. As soon as Ksyusha was born, we transferred her to another ward. Mom incubator is very tired. We fulfilled financial obligations to her and broke up. It’s a pity, of course, that Ksenia has never tasted real female milk. But I think she will forgive us for this.
Did you show your daughter to friends, or are you hiding from superstition from everyone?
I am not a superstitious person, and my friends saw Ksyusha. We celebrated the New Year together with my husband. We drank champagne - and on watch, to the crib. And on January 1, about thirty people came to us - our friends, musicians. I arranged a tour for them - took me to Ksyushin’s room.
“I went through artificial insemination nine times”
Alena, have you been treated for infertility in Russia or abroad?
Everywhere ... I went through everything. I was treated by the luminaries of science. They did everything right, but pregnancy did not begin. Infertility for a woman is a terrible tragedy, I was convinced of this ... It's like a man would not have a penis at all. I had nine miscarriages, had an ectopic pregnancy. When I was in hospitals, I had seen enough of this. There are women who walk, give birth, leave children under the fence. For me, all this is beyond the real. For 10 years, I was only doing what I was trying to get pregnant and save the baby. I constantly drank hormone pills, but this is only a preparation. Then - a course of treatment, which included 30 terribly painful injections in the stomach and another 30 in a soft place. I was either overweight with hormones, or losing weight ... It was a nightmare. No one understood what was happening to me. Colleagues offered Thai pills; Surprised when I refused. Then, under anesthesia, the husband’s sperm cell was inserted into the uterus. She had to be fertilized there, to gain a foothold. But these are all flowers! Berries - when a woman goes to the clinic, she passes a pregnancy test, and the doctor says to her: "Nothing happened." I experienced it nine times. I know a woman who went through this 25 times, and on the 26th got pregnant and gave birth. I only had 9 ... I cried, became depressed, I felt that I was slowly losing my mind. My husband was terribly worried about me, saying that he could no longer watch my suffering.
Why am I doing this? Some say: "Maybe because Iratova was taken away from the family?" Yes, I did not take him away! When we met, he had been alone for two years. He didn’t get divorced, but left his family, lived in another apartment. When I appeared, he filed for divorce, we signed. There is no sin on me!
How did you choose a surrogate mother? Imagine what a problem this is.
Awesome! I have a girlfriend, a general practitioner, who helped me find such a woman in another city. Young, healthy; she has a husband, two of her children. She and her husband are scientists, they earn little. The woman agreed to become a surrogate mother in order to earn money.
If not a secret - how much did the surrogate mother earn? “AIDS-info” asks.
We do not disclose this, but not tens of thousands of dollars, much less.
Do you know her?
I saw her twice. The first time she came to meet. She lived in a hotel, and stopped by for several hours. I liked her. Sweet, calm, friendly. But her husband did not meet her. Said, “Why? I want to associate my child only with my wife. ”
