Jessie J reveals empowering response to being told she can’t have children
'I’m going to have children, trust me'
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Your support makes all the difference.Jessie J has spoken out about the moment she was told by a doctor she can’t have children.
The British singer was introducing her song “Four Letter Word”, which is about infertility, at a concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London.
“So four years ago, I was told that I couldn’t have children, and it’s OK,“ she is heard telling the audience in a video captured by an Instagram user.
”I’m going to have children, trust me,“ the 30-year-old continued. ”When the doctor told me, my reaction was, ‘Oh hell no'.”
The “Price Tag” singer added that she wasn’t trying to elicit sympathy, but trying to illustrate how many people are affected by infertility.
“I’m one of millions of women, and of men, that have gone through this and will go through this, and it can’t become something that defines us.”
She went on to explain how writing the song she was about to sing helped her overcome the sadness she felt when she received the news.
But she added that she also wrote it to "give [herself] joy and give other people something that they can listen to in that moment when it gets really hard.”
Many of the lyrics in “Four Letter Word” are direct references to the singer’s inability to have children e.g “I pray I get the chance to bloom. I can be a six letter word, but four letter word is you. B-A-B-Y. This just changed my life. Can't believe I, can't believe I, can't believe I don't have time.”
The singer ended her message by addressing other people who have been affected by infertility or child loss, saying: “Please know you are not alone in your pain.”
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