Actress Tiffany Haddish opens up on heartbreak of eight miscarriages amid endometriosis diagnosis
Warning: This article contains discussion of baby loss which some readers may find distressing.
Tiffany Haddish has opened up on heartbreak she's had to endure after going through eight miscarriages amid her endometriosis diagnosis.
The 44-year-old stand-up comedian has an upcoming memoir, titled I Curse You With Joy, set to release next month (7 May) where she bravely discusses her various health battles.
Haddish candidly spoke to People about her reproductive health struggles and the toll it's taken on her mental health.
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She told the outlet: "My body be playing tricks on me.
"I'm pretty sure the devil is real, because the first day of my period, no matter what, the devil goes into overdrive. I feel like my life gets turned upside down."
Elsewhere in the interview, Haddish spoke about her endometriosis symptoms and revealed at times it felt like she was 'dying'.
After visiting her doctor last November, Haddish was prescribed medication because she 'kept passing out' from the pain.
She continued: "I don't talk about it, but people just think I'm sleep everywhere, but I'm passing out because I'll be in so much pain.
"The pain is crazy. It feels like somebody is kicking me in my back."
The Girls Trip actor also revealed that she was once told she had a 'dent' in her uterus and, only as of recent, found out this wasn't actually the case.
"It turns out it's not a dent they saw on the ultrasound. It was endo that was hanging down. It looked like a dent but it was just extra layers," she explained.
Her most painful experience during her health struggles, which is also a possible side effect of endometriosis, was miscarrying.
Haddish, whose most recent miscarriage was just last year, revealed she's had eight miscarriages in total.
She said her miscarriages have been 'devastating', continuing: "Every time I find out I'm pregnant, I’m like, 'Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t do nothing.
"Even if I don’t really want [the baby], I still try to give it a chance.
"It's like, I won't know why there's so much blood. And then I go to the doctor and they're like, 'Oh, you're miscarrying right now'. And I just D&C (dilation and curettage, a procedure to remove pregnancy tissue)."
The actor, who has previously been linked to rapper Common, is now celibate but is currently dating 'multiple guys'.
Chatting about possibly being a mother one day, Haddish said: "There is a part of me that wants to.
"I’ve got all this love, I should give it to somebody who can grow with it."
If you need support and advice following a pregnancy loss, you can contact the Tommy’s team at [email protected]. You can also call them for free on 0800 014 7800, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
If you have been affected by the contents of this article, please find more information and support via Endometriosis UK on their website, or call 0808 808 2227.
Topics: Celebrity, Pregnancy, Health, Mental Health, Endometriosis
Rhiannon Ingle