“It makes it hard”: Dwyane Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union says menopause made motherhood more emotional and physically exhausting | NBA News
Dwyane Wade and his wife, Gabrielle Union, have become more public with their lives after the NBA legend battled against cancer in the last year. Despite the obstacles that have come their way, both Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have remained hands on parents to their seven year old daughter, Kaavia Wade. Recently, Gabrielle Union opened up about becoming a mother late in life and how menopause affected her life.
Dwyane Wade’s wife, Gabrielle Union, opens up about how menopause made her uncomfortable as she became a mother for the first time in her life
A few weeks ago, the popular Hollywood actress, Gabrielle Union spoke to Marie Claire about how being on menopause and embracing motherhood made her experience a lot of uncomfortable emotions.The “Being Mary Jane” actress said, “I was in perimenopause in my thirties, so I had some time to get used to hot flashes, memory loss, and hair loss. What I didn’t know, though, was that I had this autoimmune issue that greatly impacted everything.”Gabrielle Union added, “When we talk about that edge to your voice—that I wanted to eliminate by having more patience and more wisdom…menopause kind of just says, “Ha!” And my patience can shrink on a dime. And it makes it hard.”The popular actress continued, “I just didn’t want to be the person anyone avoided.”
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union went through a pretty difficult time before they welcomed their only daughter, Kaavia Wade, in 2018
When Gabrielle Union embraced motherhood in her life, she was already in her mid 40s. At that time, Gabrielle Union went through a few miscarriages that had already made her pretty sensitive and uncomfortable with the whole experience.Gabrielle Union has also opened up about how unfortunately she had to go through a miscarriage while she was filming for her hit TV series, Being Mary Jane.Fortunately, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union ended up opting for surrogacy and were successful in welcoming their daughter, Kaavia Wade, into their lives in 2018.Since then, the couple have left no stone unturned to show how deeply they love and adore their young one and are very public about it on their social media.Also Read: “I wouldn’t have a stable relationship”: Dwyane Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union opens up about becoming a mother in her 40s after a brutal divorce
