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Dwyane Wadefeels lucky to beGabrielle Union‘s husband.
The Miami Heat basketball star, 36, shared a sweet appreciation post to his wife on Instagram in celebration of their four-year wedding anniversary.
“She’s a ⭐️ in her most important role. I wanna acknowledge my wife and the kids stepmom for being everything that each boy and I have needed her to be. We couldn’t have wished for more @gabunion … Thank you for loving us!” Wadewrotealong with a photo of Union and his youngest son Xavier, who turns 5 in November.
The NBA player, who is in Italy attending his father Dwyane Wade Sr.’s wedding, is also parent to sons Zaire, 16, and Zion, 11, as well as nephew Dahveon Morris, who turns 17 in September.
Union, 45, previously told PEOPLE that she had never wanted kids — until shetied the knotwith Wade in August 2014.
“I never wanted kids. Then I became a stepmom, and there was no place I’d rather be than with them,” she said.
However, in May 2017, the actress opened up about herstruggles with infertilityand suffering “eight or nine miscarriages,” which she wrote about in her bookWe’re Going to Need More Wine.
“For so many women, and not just women in the spotlight, people feel very entitled to know, [they ask] ‘Do you want kids?’” she previously told PEOPLE. “A lot of people, especially people that have fertility issues, just say ‘no’ because that’s a lot easier than being honest about whatever is actually going on. People mean so well, but they have no idea the harm or frustration it can cause.”
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Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union
In her book, Union painfully recalled the threeyears of failed IVF cyclesshe experienced.
“For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant — I’ve either been about to go into an IVF cycle, in the middle of an IVF cycle, or coming out of an IVF cycle,” she wrote.
Earlier this month, Union revealed that a recent diagnosis gave her insight as towhy she’s had so much trouble getting pregnant.
“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,’ ” she said, before adding, “the reality is I actually have adenomyosis.”
Adenomyosis is atype of endometriosisthat only occurs in the uterus, according to the Seckin Endometriosis Center. While side effects include an enlarged uterus, extremely heavy and painful periods and chronic pelvic pain, theonly cure is to undergo a hysterectomy, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Wade previously praised his wife for her strength and perseverance.
“My wife is one strong individual!!!” hetweetedin October 2017 following news of Union’s multiple miscarriages.
Though she was constantly bloated from the hormones of IVF treatments, Union wrote in her book that she and Wade “remain bursting with love and ready to do anything to meet the child we’ve both dreamed of.”
source: people.com
