Congratulations to Power couple Dwyane wade and Gabrielle Union who welcomed a baby girl via a surrogate. Just 3 months ago, Union said she couldn’t have children due to endometriosis.
Gabrielle posted images on Instagram.com that showed her cradling the newborn in a hospital bed as Dwyane, 36, sat beside her. Gabrielle was in the hospital to give skin-to-skin contact to the newborn girl who was delivered by a surrogate the night before.
The baby was conceived via in vitro fertilization.
Gabby, 45, captioned the images:
“A LOVELY DAY [baby emojis] We are sleepless and delirious but so excited to share that our miracle baby arrived last night via surrogate and 11/7 will forever be etched in our hearts as the most loveliest of all the lovely days. Welcome to the party sweet girl! #onelastdance #skintoskin @dwyanewade…”
Medical advances in in vitro fertilization techniques have given older women like Gabrielle a shot at motherhood after 35, when pregnancies are considered high risk.
In August, Gabby opened up about her fertility struggles, saying she was unable to conceive due to a form of endometriosis.
“Towards the end of my fertility journey I finally got some answers,” she told the audience at the BlogHer conference. “Everyone said, ‘You’re a career woman, you’ve prioritized your career, you waited too long and now you’re just too old to have a kid — and that’s on you for wanting a career’. The reality is I actually have adenomyosis.”
Wade is father to 3 sons, and the couple help raise his nephew.
Congrats again to the happy couple!
