Black Women & Infertility

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  Why Are So Many Black Women Suffering Through Infertility In Silence?

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  affects at least 12 percent of all women up to the age of 44, and studies suggest Black women may be almost twice as likely to experience infertility as white women. Yet only about 8 percent of Black women between the ages of 25 and 44 seek medical help to get pregnant, compared to 15 percent of …

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  How Much Infertility Treatments Actually Cost 8 Different Women

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  Help Kim & Emily Make A Baby. Eliza’s Incredible Egg Rescue. Our Fight Against Infertility. These are just a few of the more than 6,500 GoFundMe campaigns out there that speak to how over-the-top expensive having a baby can be if you need fertility treatments. It’s not uncommon for fundraisers who do …

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  Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade Welcome Their First Child Together via Surrogate

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  Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s family just got bigger! On Thursday, Union took to Instagram to share cute photos of their newborn baby at the …

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  Exactly How To Talk To Your Doctor About Fertility

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  Luckily, being proactive about your reproductive health isn't complicated—if you're empowered with the right information, says Aimee Eyvazzadeh, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist dubbed the “egg whisperer.” In our survey, 21 percent of Black women reported feeling uncomfortable talking to their …

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  Tia Mowry: "My Extreme Pelvic Pain Turned out to Be Endometriosis"

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  Getty Images I never thought I would have infertility issues. No one around me, including my mother and family members, had ever talked about having …

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  Rapper Remy Ma Opens up About Her Miscarriage and Infertility Struggles

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  When I had a miscarriage in early 2017, it was such a lonely experience. None of my friends had talked about having miscarriages—it’s just not …