Oprah at Home with Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade & Their New Baby, Part 2

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4.6 • 33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Oprah Winfrey sits down with actress, activist and New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Union and NBA superstar Dwyane Wade at their home in Los Angeles for a conversation about their unique path to parenthood. In an exclusive interview, the power couple introduces their beautiful new daughter, Kaavia James, to Oprah and the world. Gabrielle and Dwyane candidly discuss their struggles with infertility, the stigmas that surround the use of a surrogate and the backlash they’ve received on social media. Gabrielle shares what she’s learned about motherhood from her stepsons and the hurdles the couple has faced raising young African American men in today’s society. Dwyane also opens up about his decision to take paternity leave from the NBA. (Part 2 of 2)

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.6	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.1	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.1	now.
0:24.7	Welcome to part two of our conversation.
0:27.6	You made big news with your decision to take paternity leave from the Miami Heat.
0:34.3	That was like big news. And as we were saying just before we started this, a lot of people
0:39.2	thought, yeah, you have a baby, but don't take off from the games, but you made that decision
0:47.1	why?
0:48.1	Yeah. So that is a mentality, right?
0:49.8	Yes.
0:50.8	For professional athletes.
0:51.8	You have a baby.
0:52.8	You didn't have the baby.
0:53.8	You get right back to playing a sport for me and for my wife and our family.
0:57.4	My journey was just totally different.
0:59.6	And as we explain, even having a surrogate carry out baby, I wasn't there to be able to
1:05.1	be like, hey, baby, daddy's here.
1:07.1	Yeah.
1:08.1	You know, to have these conversations, you can hear me, right?
1:09.1	So we can sing to her.
1:10.6	So we can re-tour.
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