Gabrielle Union Struggling To Get Pregnant But She Refuses To Blame It On Her Career

She spent her 20s and 30s establishing herself in Hollywood, with roles in films like Bring It On.Now happily married, Gabrielle Union has opened up about the pain of infertility saying she hates hearing it’s because of her success.

‘Having a career is not the price that you pay for any ill,’ she pointed out during an appearance on The Today Show on Monday.

The 42-year-old actress and 33-year-old husband Dwyane Wade, who wed last year, have been open about trying to start a family.

Gabrielle explained that too often a woman’s career was blamed for her subsequent failure to have a child.

‘I think TV shows and film kind of make the frigid, you know single-focused career woman, that her career is the root of all of the problems in her life,’ she said. ‘Can’t find a man, it’s the career. Marriage falls apart, it’s the career!…and that’s just not the case.’

She added: ‘If you happen to have issues with fertility as you’ve gotten older and you happen to have a career, all is not lost…there are so many options, and you’re not alone.’

However Gabrielle stopped short of revealing how she was being treated, other than to say it was not IVF.

‘I was actually not talking about IVF for me personally, but more of just in general,’ Gabrielle responded.

‘Most of my friends who have done IVF aren’t women in their 40’s – women in their 20’s and 30’s.’

And she said she wanted to talk about her health issues: ‘To shed a little light on fertility as an issue, period.’

On a more positive note, Gabrielle shared her happiness at being married to her younger basketball star husband.

‘Like hot, delicious, it doesn’t get old! Everyday he gets out of bed I’m like, “Yes, thank you Jesus!” He looks just as good going as he does coming! It’s nice! It’s not a bad gig!,’ she said.

Gabrielle said she had to adjust to Dwyane’s elevated and upbeat mood.

‘Some people look at marriage as the end of freedom. And for some reason, especially my husband, has sort of looked at it as the freedom to finally be the man he always wanted to be.
‘I’ve had to get used to him being so freakishly happy…we really enjoy each other in a way that’s probably not very healthy for us.’

Gabrielle was seen on Monday, in a short grey turtleneck dress and floral print vest coat as she stepped out into New York City on Monday.

The actress was positively radiant with her glowing complexion highlighed with smoky eye shadow, rose pink lipstick and mascara.

Gabrielle’s hair bounced on her shoulders in loose and fully, silky waves, and she finished off the look with a pair of strappy heels that tied around her ankles.

The star happily cosied up to fans, who happily whipped out their phone for a chance to grab a snap with the 10 Things I Hate About You actress.

Even with a number of appearances under her belt ahead of her BET show’s third season, Gabrielle showed no signs of slowing down.

In fact, the actress took to Instagram to revel in her flurry of press activity.

The actress captioned a photo collage of herself: ‘She works hard for the money, sooo hard for it honey…Press tour for #BeingMaryJane #BET back October 20th at 9pm!!! @makeupbymario @larryjarahsims @thomaschristos #squadforthegawds.’

The third season of Being Mary Jane will hit BET on October 20.