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Rebel Wilson recently opened up about her struggles with fertility.
Speaking on the topic for the first time, Wilson briefly shared that she received some "bad news" about her fertility on Monday.
"I got some bad news today and didn’t have anyone to share it with... but I guess I gotta tell someone. To all the women out there struggling with fertility, I feel ya," the 41-year-old actress wrote on Instagram.
"The universe works in mysterious ways and sometimes it all doesn’t make sense... but I hope there’s light about to shine through all the dark clouds."
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She then shared an update after she received an influx of messages from her almost 10 million followers.
"***UPDATE*** just wanted to say I woke up this morning and read through everyone’s kind messages and stories about their journeys and I can’t tell you how much that meant to me and has made me feel a lot better today," Wilson said.
"Social media for the win here in terms of creating connection when I was in a very lonely place. So thank you everyone."
As infertility isn't spoken about nearly enough (despite affecting one in six Australian couples) it can be lonely and isolating to go through it. So hearing other peoples' stories can make the world of a difference.
Many celebrities, like Wilson, have been open about their own struggles with fertility. Here are 10 other high profile women sharing their experience.
Chrissy Teigen
Just last month, Chrissy Teigen spoke about her struggle with fertility.
"You guys know (or now you do) that John and I went through IVF to get pregnant with Luna and Miles," she wrote on Instagram. "What you might not know is how isolating fertility issues can be."
In 2018, Teigen opened her experience with in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).
"Ours didn’t work the first time, and it was devastating," she told The Cut. "You realise that a lot of it is luck, and you can’t blame things on yourself. It’s so easy to try to figure out what you might have done 'wrong' and do the opposite the next time."
"The first round I did IVF, when it didn’t work, I remember thinking, 'Oh, I was on my feet too much, and that’s why.' You just look for anything to blame, especially yourself," she continued.
"I think hearing stories is just really important. You realise there’s no right way to do it, or right way to react. I don’t know. There’s no right way to do IVF. You just have to keep hoping that it will happen."
Nicole Kidman
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