U-Lena Dunham Ubhale Indatshana Ethembekile Ethembekile Mayelana Nesipiliyoni Sakhe se-IVF Esingaphumeleli

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U-Lena Dunham uvuleka ngokuthi ufunde kanjani ukuthi akasoze abe nengane yakhe uqobo. Enkulumweni eluhlaza, esengozini ebhalelwe Umagazini kaHarper, wachaza ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe okungaphumelelanga nge-in vitro fertilization (IVF) kanye nendlela okwamthinta ngayo ngokomzwelo.

UDunham uqale indatshana ngokubalisa ngesinqumo sakhe esinzima sokwenza i-hysterectomy eneminyaka engu-31. "Ngesikhathi ngilahlekelwa ukuzala kwami ​​ngaqala ukufuna ingane," kubhala yena. "Ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngamashumi amabili yobuhlungu obungapheli obubangelwa i-endometriosis kanye nokucekela phansi kwayo okungakafundwa, ngakhishwa isibeletho sami, umlomo wami wesibeletho, kanye nesinye sezibeletho zami. Ngaphambi kwalokho, ukuba ngumama kwakubonakala kungenakwenzeka kodwa kungaphuthumi, kungenakugwenywa njengokuphuma kwesibeletho. i-jean shorts, kodwa ezinsukwini ngemuva kokuhlinzwa kwami, ngazifela ngayo. " (Kuhlobene: U-Halsey Uvula Ngokuthi Ukuhlinzwa Kwe-Endometriosis Kwawuthinta Kanjani Umzimba Wakhe)

Ngokushesha ngemuva kokuhlinzwa kwesibeletho, uDunham wathi ucabange ukutholwa. Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi esifanayo, wabhala, wayebuye avume ukulutha kwakhe i-benzodiazepines (iqembu lezidakamizwa elisetshenziselwa ukwelapha ukukhathazeka) futhi wazi ukuthi kufanele abeke impilo yakhe phambili ngaphambi kokuletha ingane esithombeni. “Ngakho-ke ngaya e-rehab,” ebhala, “lapho ngazibophezela khona ngobuqotho ekubeni ngowesifazane ofanelwe ishawa yezingane e-f*ck-you kakhulu emlandweni waseMelika.

Ngemuva kokuvuselelwa, u-Dunham uthe waqala ukucinga amaqembu asekela umphakathi ku-inthanethi abesifazane abangakwazi ukukhulelwa ngokwemvelo. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho athola khona i-IVF.

Ekuqaleni, lo mlingisi oneminyaka engu-34 uvumile ukuthi wayengazi nokuthi i-IVF iyindlela ayengayikhetha, uma kubhekwa isizinda sakhe sempilo. "Kuvele ukuthi ngemuva kwakho konke ebengikudlule - ukunqamuka kokuya esikhathini kwamakhemikhali, ukuhlinzwa kweshumi nambili, ukunganakwa kokuluthwa yizidakamizwa - i-ovary yami eyodwa ebisasele ibisakhipha amaqanda," kubhala yena endabeni yakhe. "Uma siwavunile ngempumelelo, angavundiswa ngesidoda sabanikeli bese sithwalwa ngomunye umuntu."

Ngeshwa, nokho, uDunham uthe ekugcineni wafunda ukuthi amaqanda akhe awakwazi ukuvundiswa. Endabeni yakhe, ukhumbula amazwi aqondile kadokotela wakhe lapho enikeza lezi zindaba: "'Asikwazanga ukuvundisa noma yiliphi lalawa maqanda. Njengoba wazi, saba nayisithupha. Abahlanu abazange bawathathe. Leyo eyayenza ibonakala inezinkinga ze-chromosomal. futhi ekugcineni ... 'Wahamba ngemuva lapho ngangizama ukusibona ngeso lengqondo - igumbi elimnyama, isitsha esikhanyayo, isidoda sihlangana namaqanda ami anothuli ngendlela enamandla kangangokuba zaze zaphela. Kwakunzima ukuqonda ukuthi ayisekho. "

UDunham ungomunye wabesifazane ababalelwa ezigidini eziyisithupha e-U.S. Ababhekene nenkinga yokungazali, ngokusho kwe-U.S Office on Women's Health. Ngenxa yobuchwepheshe bokusiza bokuzala (i-ART) njenge-IVF, laba besifazane banethuba lokuba nengane yokuzalwa, kepha izinga lokuphumelela lincike ezicini ezithile. Uma ubheka izinto ezifana nobudala, ukuxilongwa kokungazali, inani lemibungu elidlulisiwe, umlando wokuzalwa kwangaphambilini, nokukhulelwa kwezisu, kugcina sekukhona phakathi kwamathuba amaphesenti ayi-10 kuya kwengama-40 okuletha ingane enempilo ngemuva kokwelashwa kwe-IVF, ngokusho kumbiko wango-2017 ovela kuzikhungo Zokulawulwa Kwezifo (CDC). Lokho akubandakanyi inani lemijikelezo ye-IVF engathatha ukuthi umuntu akhulelwe empeleni, ingasaphathwa eyezindleko eziphakeme zokwelashwa kokuzala. (Okuhlobene: Yini u-Ob-Gyns Afisa Abesifazane Babekwazi Ngokuzala Kwabo)

Ukubhekana nokungazali kunzima ezingeni lomzwelo, futhi. Ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi okuhlangenwe nakho okuxakayo kungaholela emizweni yehlazo, umuzwa wecala, nokuzethemba okuncane - into uDunham azibonela yona mathupha. Kuyena Umagazini kaHarper Endabeni yakhe, uthe uyazibuza ukuthi ngabe isipiliyoni sakhe se-IVF esingaphumelelanga sisho ukuthi "uthola lokho okwakumfanele." (UChrissy Teigen no-Anna Victoria nabo bebegxile ezinkingeni ezingokomzwelo ze-IVF, futhi.)

"Ngakhumbula ukusabela kowayengumngani wami, eminyakeni eminingi eyedlule, lapho ngangimtshela ukuthi kwesinye isikhathi ngangikhathazeka ukuthi i-endometriosis yami iyisiqalekiso esisho ukungitshela ukuthi angifanele ingane," kuqhubeka uDunham. "Wacishe wakhafula. 'Akekho ofanelwe yingane.'

Ngokusobala uDunham ufunde okuningi kulo lonke lolu phiko. Kepha esinye sezifundo zakhe ezinkulu, wabelana ngaso endabeni yakhe, kubandakanyeka ukuyeka ukulawula. "Kuningi ongakulungisa empilweni - ungabuqeda ubudlelwano, usanguluke, uzimisele, uxolise," kubhala yena. "Kodwa awukwazi ukuphoqa indawo yonke ukuthi ikunikeze umntwana umzimba wakho obukutshele sonke lesi sikhathi ukuthi bekungeke kwenzeke." (Kuhlobene: Yini uMolly Sims Afuna Abesifazane Bayazi Ngesinqumo Sokuqandisa Amaqanda Abo)

Njengoba lokhu kube nzima kangako, uDunham wabelana ngendaba yakhe manje ngokubambisana nezigidi zamanye "amaqhawe e-IVF" abhekane nezikhathi ezinhle nezimbi zesipiliyoni. "Ngibhalele lesi siqeshana ngabesifazane abaningi abahlulekile yisayensi yezokwelapha kanye nebhayoloji yabo, abaphinde bahluleka wukungakwazi komphakathi ukubacabangela enye indima," kubhala uDunham eposini le-Instagram. "Ngabhala futhi lokhu kubantu abachitha ubuhlungu babo. Futhi lokhu ngabhalela abantu abangabazi ku-intanethi - abanye babo engangixhumana nabo, iningi labo engingazange - abangibonise, ngokuphindaphindiwe, ukuthi ngikude yedwa."

Ephetha umbhalo wakhe we-Instagram, uDunham uthe unethemba lokuthi indatshana yakhe "iqala izingxoxo ezimbalwa, ibuze imibuzo eminingi kunempendulo yayo, futhi isikhumbuza ukuthi kunezindlela eziningi kakhulu zokuba ngumama, nezindlela eziningi zokuba ngowesifazane."

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