From the archive: ‘Infertility stung me’: Black motherhood and me

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: I assumed I would be part of the first generation to have full agency over my reproduction – but I was wrong By Edna Bonhomme. Read by Nerissa Bradley. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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1:35.0	My name is Edna Bonom. I'm a critic, historian of science and journalists based in Berlin.
1:42.5	I'm the author of Infertility Stung Me, Black Motherhood, and Me, published in 2022.
1:47.3	Whether we love it or hate it, sex is an integral part of our lives.
1:53.2	And for many people like myself, how we navigate sex is closely tied to whether or not we can or want to reproduce. And yet very little is understood about why some people are infertile,
1:59.5	how pregnancy experiences vary widely across ethnic and racial
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