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Céline Dion Is An ‘Open Book’ With Fertility Struggle

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Speaking out about her struggle to conceive a second child came naturally to Céline Dion. “I’ve always been an open book,” she noted recently to Good Morning America.

Vowing to take “one step at a time” the 41-year-old songstress stays positive by focusing on the good and remembering that she’s not alone.

“It’s something very beautiful when you want to conceive and when you want to be parents again, when you want to be blessed again,” she notes. “And for me to share this is about also bonding with other women that are going through the same thing.”

Calling pregnancy “priceless,” Céline says that she and husband René Angélil are undeterred by the setbacks they’ve experienced.

“You know what? We had a miscarriage. We tried three more times. It did not work … We are trying again for the fifth try. It’s aboard right now. All aboard.”

Noting that their son René-Charles, 9, was conceived with the help of a fertility specialist — after six years of trying — Céline says she “can’t thank [the doctor] enough, to have this beautiful child.”

Making René-Charles a big brother has provided motivation for the couple, who married in 1994. She adds,

“It would be extraordinary to try and make this love of the family grow more. But I have — I have — to try.”

Click below to read about Céline’s “biggest joy.”
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Why I Had to Let Go of Guilt

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Growing up as one of four sisters while attending an all-girls school, Julia Louis-Dreyfus always envisioned her future family with daughters. So the actress was more than a bit surprised when life gave her two boys!

“I just assumed I’d have girls,” she reveals in the March issue of Redbook. “It didn’t even occur to me that I might have a boy, let alone two.”

Now the mother of Henry, 17, and Charles, 12, Julia is attempting to strike a balance between her family and her career, from her successful run on Seinfeld to her current role on The New Adventures of Old Christine. Although she has been managing the two for years, she is quick to point out that the juggling act never gets easier.

“When I was doing Seinfeld and my oldest son was a babe, I had a nursery set up at work,” she recalls. “I would nurse him, then run out onto the set, and I always felt like, ‘Who am I, here?’”

In order to take full advantage of her time — and brain! — the actress is careful to not let feelings of guilt as a working mother slip into her day. “Guilt is a bitch,” she confesses.

“It’s so useless as an emotion, for me anyway. It clouds things. I’m not saying people shouldn’t feel guilty, but for me, it makes certain decision-making more difficult.”

That isn’t to say she is completely void of all sense of the word, however, noting that the tugs at her heartstrings are the reason she has, for the most part, steered clear of feature films.

“Network television is a full-time job, but it’s manageable,” Julia explains, adding that her kids also benefit from her decision to work. “It’s good for my kids to see me have artistic desires, work hard, and have success.”

Click below to read about a time Julia was made to feel guilty — and how she dealt with it.
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