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

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  My name is Edna Bonhomme.

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  I'm a critic, historian of science and journalist based in Berlin.

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  I'm the author of Infertility Stung Me, Black Motherhood and Me, published in 2022.

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  Whether we love it or hate it, sex is an integral part of our lives.

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  And for many people like myself,

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  how we navigate sex is closely tied to whether or not we can or want to reproduce.

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  And yet very little is understood about why some people are infertile,

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  how pregnancy experiences vary widely across ethnic and racial minorities,

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  or why some societies continue to restrict birthing people's bodily atonement.

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  The reason I wanted to write this story is that I hadn't seen myself reflected in what I was reading about,

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  and I wanted to gain further insight, especially as a historian of science,

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