“My soul broke into pieces”: Dwyane Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union breaks silence on the emotional toll of infertility

Dwyane Wade, the NBA legend, and popular actress Gabrielle Union, seem to have built a beautiful lives for themselves and their daughter.While their marriage seems perfect from the outside, Gabrielle Union has been vocal about the issues they have faced as Dwyane Wade fathered a child with another woman, months before they tied the knot in 2013.

Dwyane Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union shares the heartbreak she went through because of her fertility issues

A few years ago, in an essay for TIME, the popular actress opened up about her fertility issues and the moment Dwyane Wade suggested her to choose surrogacy.

Gabrielle Union wrote, “I didn’t receive this as concern at the time…It sounded like an acknowledgement of failure.”The “Bring It On” actress added, “Because at that point I would have sold my soul to get out of the endless cycle of loss. What was the going rate for souls? What was mine worth, anyway?”Gabrielle Union continued, “The experience of Dwyane having a baby so easily — while I was unable to — left my soul not just broken into pieces, but shattered into fine dust scattering in the wind.”The renowned actress also spoke about the time she saw her daughter for the first time on an ultrasound as she said, “It was suddenly incredibly real…Dwyane took my hand, and there was so much happiness on his face, I lost it. My cry was a choke stopped up in my throat, tears streaming down.”

Gabrielle Union had even thought of ending her marriage to Dwyane Wade

For the unversed, Gabrielle Union went through a pretty challenging time in the initial few years of her marriage with the NBA legend as she struggled with her fertility issues.

In many of her interviews, Gabrielle Union has admitted that she went through a series of miscarriages which took a heavy toll on her physical and mental health as she struggled to carry a child.This also led Gabrielle Union to develop depression and compare herself to other women as she even spoke about how she wanted their marriage to end so that Dwyane Wade could have a child.Fortunately, things worked out for the couple as they welcomed their daughter, Kaavia Wade, through surrogacy in 2018.