Gabrielle UnionandDwyane Wadeare opening up about their journey to become parents.
In aninterviewwithOprah Winfrey, airing Dec. 8 on OWN, the couple share experiences and milestones in their unique path to parenthood after announcing theNov. 7 arrivalof their daughterKaavia Jamesvia surrogate.
Radiating with joy, Union smiles while simply answering, “Yeah.”
The pair, whowed in August 2014, also went on to reveal that after sharing their happy news, they were met with backlash from people who questioned why the couple chose to make the announcementalongside photos of Unionresting in a hospital bed with her husband.
“You want to explain that?” Oprah asked Union, whose face was filled with emotion.
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Kaavia is the first child for Union, while Wade, 36, is dad to sons Xavier Zechariah, 5, Zion Malachi Airamis, 11, and Zaire Blessing Dwyane, 16. He also raises nephew Dahveon Morris, 17.
“I’m already getting choked up. It’s still hard to let go,” the actress added in the clip, in reference to the fact that she wasn’t able to carry the child herself.
The mother of one previously opened up about her struggles with infertility in her 2017 memoirWe’re Going to Need More Wine, revealing she “had eight or nine miscarriages.”
“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 revealed she was diagnosed with Adenomyosis, atype of endometriosisthat only occurs in the uterus.
Days after her birth, Kaavia’s parents publicly revealed her name on Instagram. The Miami Heat shooting guard shareda throwback photoof himself from above that showed off his freshly tattooed shoulders bearing his daughter’s unique moniker. “Goes back to that one night in China when I decided to get my daughter’s name tattooed on me. Kaavia James Union Wade!” Wade wrote.
The interview will air on Winfrey’sSuperSoul Sundayand will stream on her Facebook page at 11 a.m. ET/PT. In addition, the interview will be available onOprah’s SuperSoul Conversationspodcast beginning Dec. 10 with part two available on Dec. 12.
source: people.com
