Dwyane Wade andGabrielle Unionhave had a complicated journey to parenthood, but once they got there, things weren’t just smooth sailing.
The couple welcomed their first child together, a girl namedKaavia James, via surrogate on Nov. 7 — and immediately after, they faced backlash over the pictures they shared of Unionholding her newborn while wearing a hospital gown, which facilitates skin-to-skin bonding.
To start the conversation, theBeing Mary Janeactress, 46, confessed that there have been “so many things” that felt inappropriate or invasive that people have said as she and her husband struggled with miscarriages.
Then, the basketball player, 36, shared his perspectiveon the process, from conception to birth. “I try to tell my wife, ‘Don’t look at that stuff,’ ” he explains before pivoting to discuss the hospital photos.
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union with daughter Kaavia and Oprah Winfrey.Courtesy OWN
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In another clip of the interview, Union, who has suffered eight or nine pregnancy losses, got emotional about not being able to carry the child herself.
“I’m already getting choked up. It’sstill hard to let go,” she says, with tears in her eyes.
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Kaavia is the first child for Union, while the Miami Heat player is dad to sons Xavier Zechariah, 5, Zion Malachi Airamis, 11, and Zaire Blessing Dwyane, 16. He also raises nephew Dahveon Morris, 17.
The new mom previously opened up about her struggles with infertility in her 2017 memoirWe’re Going to Need More Wine.
“For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant — I’ve either been about to go into an IVF cycle, in the middle of an IVF cycle or coming out of an IVF cycle,” wrote Union, who also revealedshe was diagnosed with adenomyosis, a type of endometriosis that only occurs in the uterus.
source: people.com
