infertility
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Da Brat Opens Up About Journey to Fertility on IG Live
The rapper and wife Jesseca Dupart-Harris will share their story and announce a plan to award a $10,000 grant for IVF treatment
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Gabrielle Union on Parenting: Love and Support Have to Start In The Home
Three years ago I interviewed Gabrielle Union about her New York Times bestseller We’re Going to Need More Wine, and that day will always be memorable to me because it was also the day I revealed my sexuality to my mother. At that time, my mother was not a fan of my lifestyle. Words were…
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Kaavia's 1st Cover: Gabrielle Union and Her Baby Daughter Make Their Debut on Parents Magazine
So, I have this theory about babies, and I’m sure I’m not alone: Most of us come out of the womb looking like low-grade aliens (actually, from the looks of it, I stayed in that phase until around age two), and right around the three-month point, we hit some incredible stride of cuteness—likely, to keep…
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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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Gabrielle Union Opens Up About Miscarriages to Change the Way People Talk About Fertility
In her new book, We’re Going to Need More Wine, Gabrielle Union discloses her painful experiences with infertility. In an excerpt from the book shared with People magazine, the star of BET’s Being Mary Jane says that she’s had “eight or nine miscarriages.” “For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to…