Gabrielle Union gets candid in her new book about her trouble
with pregnancy over the past few years.
In We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories
That Are Funny, Complicated, and True , Union
dedicates an entire chapter to an issue many women face when it
comes to child-bearing that she titles "Get Out of My P---y."
The star of BET's Being Mary Jane blends her well-
known candor with a very raw tone when she tells readers about
suffering through eight or nine miscarriages over the past
three years and dedicating time and money to failed IVF
procedures in the hopes of getting pregnant with NBA star
husband Dwyane Wade .
When the two lovebirds married in 2014, Union became a step-
mom to Wade's three boys (two sons from a previous marriage
to Siohvaughn Funches and one son from a brief relationship
with Aja Metoyer ) that's when the actress realized how much
she love being around kids.
But her path to motherhood has not been an easy one...
In her book, Union details how bloated the hormones made her,
how messed up her body cycles felt, how she'd have to sneak to
doctor appointments to avoid rumors, and how the failed IVF
treatments eventually would lead to losing the child in a
heartbreaking miscarriage.
She spoke to People recently , saying, "For so many
women, and not just women in the spotlight, people feel very
entitled to know, 'Do you want kids?'" she says. "A lot of
people, especially people that have fertility issues, just say 'no'
because that's a lot easier than being honest about whatever is
actually going on. People mean so well, but they have no idea the
harm or frustration it can cause."
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