Gabrielle Union opens up about emotional toll of surrogacy journey

Gabrielle Union reflected on her emotional motherhood journey as she welcomed her and Dwyane Wade’s daughter Kaavia via surrogacy.

In a recent interview with Marie Claire published on May 7, the 52-year-old actress opened up about her surrogacy journey and how she went through a hard time accepting her “body.”

“Every single person’s surrogacy journey is different,” Gabrielle began to share her experience. “It’s like any time there’s any kind of variance in the experience, it’s, ‘See, I told you. You shouldn’t explore this option to expand your family.’ But for me, it felt like failure. My body failed. It just felt like such a f****** public humiliation.”

She went on to say, “It is a mind f*** for people who have had my journey and who feel similarly. When it’s never been your reality, I get the urge to judge and cast aspersions because we all want whatever route we took to be the ‘right’ way.”

Although Gabrielle turned a deaf ear to the criticism she had faced for choosing surrogacy, she went through a hard time accepting her own decision.

“No. I’ll never have peace with it, ever,” she detailed. “And that’s not a what-anybody-has-to-say thing; that’s just—my yearning has never dissipated. I was so ready for my surprise, but all the prayers that didn’t get answered in the way that I thought made me more conscientious that my child is here.”

She expressed her gratitude to all those people, who were there during her tough time.

“I’m very grateful to our gestational caregiver, though,” Gabrielle added. “It’s just one of those things where it’s such a personal journey that I may never know full peace with the coulda, woulda, shoulda."