fertility issues
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Talking the Stigma out of Infertility: 'You Don't Have to Suffer In Silence'
(Editors note: This is the second installment of a two-part series. You can read the first installment here.) While fertility issues may be increasingly common, the causes are not. Researchers speculate that approximately 10% of women aged 15-44 may be infertile, and that any number of factors can contribute, including the advanced maternal age of…
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Fertility Issues Are More Common Than We Think. Why Haven't We Learned How to Talk About It?
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series. Pregnancy has long been perceived (some might say misconstrued) as something “normal” women can readily achieve. There is a presumption that it’s a natural and easy occurrence. Black and brown women have long been specifically plagued by the stereotype that we are over-productive reproductive machines.…
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What Is Adenomyosis? Gabrielle Union Revealed a Fertility Issue Every Woman Should Be Aware Of
“Towards the end of my fertility journey I finally got some answers,” Gabrielle Union told attendees of the BlogHer conference in New York City on August 8. Union, who has been transparent about her fertility struggles, wrote in her 2017 bestseller, We’re Going to Need More Wine that she’d suffered “eight or nine miscarriages.” But…