Meghan Markle; Beyonce; Hilarie Burton.Photo:Desiree Navarro/WireImage; Mason Poole/Parkwood Media/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Desiree Navarro/WireImage; Mason Poole/Parkwood Media/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Pregnancy loss has long been a topic that isn’t frequently discussed due to the grief that surrounds it, but going through it alone can make the experience even more difficult. That’s why some celebrities have opened about their own miscarriages and pregnancy loss, in order to help other women feel less isolated.Celebrities such asBeyoncé,Meghan Markle,Hilarie Burton,Julia Louis-Dreyfusand many more have shared their heartbreaking experiences going through miscarriages in an effort to end the stigma surrounding discussions of pregnancy loss.Read on for their stories below.
Pregnancy loss has long been a topic that isn’t frequently discussed due to the grief that surrounds it, but going through it alone can make the experience even more difficult. That’s why some celebrities have opened about their own miscarriages and pregnancy loss, in order to help other women feel less isolated.
Celebrities such asBeyoncé,Meghan Markle,Hilarie Burton,Julia Louis-Dreyfusand many more have shared their heartbreaking experiences going through miscarriages in an effort to end the stigma surrounding discussions of pregnancy loss.
Read on for their stories below.
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Megan Fox at the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue launch.Gotham/FilmMagic
Gotham/FilmMagic
Megan Foxopened up about pregnancy loss in her poetry book titled,Pretty Boys Are Poisonous.
“I will pay any price,” Fox wrote. “Tell me please / what is the ransom / for her soul?”
In May 2022, Fox’s fiancéMachine Gun Kelly, real name Colson Baker, dedicated his Billboard Music Awards performance of his song “Twin Flame” to Fox, sharing,“And this is for our unborn child.”
02of 48Kristen DouteKristen Doute.Joe Scarnici/FilmMagicVanderpump Rulesalum Kristen Doute revealed she and boyfriend Luke experienced a miscarriage at six weeks.“I only feel comfortable talking about this because I know so many friends of mine have gone through this,” she said, during an episode of her podcast,Sex, Love, and What Else Matters with Kristen Doute.“I know so many women have been through this. And it’s really f—— terrifying because you always think, ‘What’s wrong, what did I do wrong? Could I have done something different?'““And my doctor and my friends told me, inside and out, up and down, there’s no cause. They don’t know why,” Doute shared.
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Kristen Doute.Joe Scarnici/FilmMagic
Joe Scarnici/FilmMagic
Vanderpump Rulesalum Kristen Doute revealed she and boyfriend Luke experienced a miscarriage at six weeks.
“I only feel comfortable talking about this because I know so many friends of mine have gone through this,” she said, during an episode of her podcast,Sex, Love, and What Else Matters with Kristen Doute.
“I know so many women have been through this. And it’s really f—— terrifying because you always think, ‘What’s wrong, what did I do wrong? Could I have done something different?'”
“And my doctor and my friends told me, inside and out, up and down, there’s no cause. They don’t know why,” Doute shared.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Rosa Woods - Pool/Getty Images
In a moving account written forThe New York Timesin November, Meghan, who welcomed son Archie withPrince Harryin May 2019,revealed that she suffered a miscarriagein July 2020.
She recounted that she and Harry shared tears later as they comforted each other in a hospital bed — and wrote that she shared her story so other women might know they don’t have to go through the heartbreaking, but common, experience alone.
“In the pain of our loss, my husband and I discovered that in a room of 100 women, 10 to 20 of them will have suffered from miscarriage,” she wrote. “Yet despite the staggering commonality of this pain, the conversation remains taboo, riddled with (unwarranted) shame, and perpetuating a cycle of solitary mourning… I realized that the only way to begin to heal is to first ask, “Are you OK?”
The pair went on to welcome their second child together, daughterLilibet “Lili” Diana, on June 4, 2021.
04of 48Julia Louis-DreyfusJulia Louis-Dreyfus.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for NRDCJulia Louis-Dreyfususually keeps her personal life under lock and key. However, theSeinfeldalum opened up about herjourney to motherhoodwhile on herWiser Than Mepodcast back in 2023.During the episode, the actress told guestRuth Reichlabout having gotten pregnant and then losing her child in theearlier years of her marriageto Brad Hall.“When I was about 28, I got pregnant for the first time, and I was crazy happy,” she recalled. “I got pregnant easily. I felt very fertile, very womanly. And then, quite late in the pregnancy, my husband Brad and I discovered that this little fetus was not going to live.“Not only was the loss “emotionally devasting,” said Louis-Dreyfus, but it turned into a “complete nightmare” after she developed an infection that caused her to be hospitalized and unable to go home until “a couple of days later.““I finally got out of the hospital, and I came home to recuperate, but I wasn’t allowed to get out of bed yet. I was, as they say, bedridden,” she detailed.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for NRDC
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for NRDC
Julia Louis-Dreyfususually keeps her personal life under lock and key. However, theSeinfeldalum opened up about herjourney to motherhoodwhile on herWiser Than Mepodcast back in 2023.
During the episode, the actress told guestRuth Reichlabout having gotten pregnant and then losing her child in theearlier years of her marriageto Brad Hall.
“When I was about 28, I got pregnant for the first time, and I was crazy happy,” she recalled. “I got pregnant easily. I felt very fertile, very womanly. And then, quite late in the pregnancy, my husband Brad and I discovered that this little fetus was not going to live.”
Not only was the loss “emotionally devasting,” said Louis-Dreyfus, but it turned into a “complete nightmare” after she developed an infection that caused her to be hospitalized and unable to go home until “a couple of days later.”
“I finally got out of the hospital, and I came home to recuperate, but I wasn’t allowed to get out of bed yet. I was, as they say, bedridden,” she detailed.
05of 48Sanya Richards-RossSanya Richards-Ross.Rich Polk/Bravo via GettyPrior to welcoming her second son with husband Aaron Ross, former Olympic athlete Sanya Richard-Ross miscarried.“It was very traumatic,“she told PEOPLE. “I was in New York and had a really bad miscarriage. I had to go to the hospital. I had to have a blood transfusion. It was very, very, very scary.““You already opened your heart to becoming a mom, so it was awful,” she added. “Even just talking about it… it really was a difficult time.”
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Sanya Richards-Ross.Rich Polk/Bravo via Getty
Rich Polk/Bravo via Getty
Prior to welcoming her second son with husband Aaron Ross, former Olympic athlete Sanya Richard-Ross miscarried.
“It was very traumatic,“she told PEOPLE. “I was in New York and had a really bad miscarriage. I had to go to the hospital. I had to have a blood transfusion. It was very, very, very scary.”
“You already opened your heart to becoming a mom, so it was awful,” she added. “Even just talking about it… it really was a difficult time.”
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Aron Accurso and Ms. Rachel a.k.a. Rachel Griffin-Accurso at Room To Grow’s 25th Anniversary Gala on October 25, 2023 in New York City.John Nacion/Variety/Getty
John Nacion/Variety/Getty
On Sept. 9, Accurso shared a Reel on herInstagram, sitting at her piano and singing a song.
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Trina McGee.Paul Archuleta/Getty
Paul Archuleta/Getty
She said that she experienced a “lot of depression after” finding out the sad news. “You know, It’s just kind of hard to get out of bed,’ she said.
“There’s so many things that come when you really want a family, and you want your family to be complete,” McGee continued. “It was very hard to face the fact that it’s not going to happen at this point in the junction.”
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Savannah Guthrie.Zach Pagano/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
TheTodayco-host opened upabout a past miscarriagein the April 2022 cover story forGood Housekeeping,revealing she also went through two rounds of in vitro fertilization, after she and her husband, Michael Feldman, welcomed their daughter,Vale.
“I stopped even letting myself hope or believe I could [get pregnant], because the years were getting on,” she told the outlet. “It wasn’t that I thought it was impossible; I just thought it wasn’t likely.”
Guthrie later welcomed their second child together, sonCharles “Charley” Max, in 2016 via IVF.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton with daughter George and son Augustus.Jeffrey Dean Morgan/Instagram
TheOne Tree Hillalumna, who shares two children, a son named Gus and daughter named George, with her husband,Jeffrey Dean Morgan, opened up to PEOPLE about what she and her husband went through as they tried to grow their family.
After welcoming Gus in March 2010, the couple — who wed in October 2019 after a decade together — decided to try for another child together.
After a year-and-a-half-long struggle to get pregnant a second time, Burton and Morgan were heartbroken after the actress suffered a miscarriage and “took on so much guilt,” she told PEOPLE.
“But there’s this thing that happens to your body after a miscarriage,” she continued. “Every single ache and every single pain, all of a sudden you’re scared it’s a death. It’s got to be the worst-case scenario. And I didn’t realize I had that, but every time I would have a cramp, I was scared it was something serious.”
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend.chrissy teigen/insagram
One month after announcing their surprise pregnancy news,Chrissy Teigenand John Legendmourned the loss of their sonin September 2020.
“We never decide on our babies' names until the last possible moment after they’re born, just before we leave the hospital,” she continued. “But we, for some reason, had started to call this little guy in my belly Jack. So he will always be Jack to us. Jack worked so hard to be a part of our little family, and he will be, forever.”
“I had asked my mom and John to take pictures, no matter how uncomfortable it was,” Teigen wrote. “I explained to a very hesitant John that I needed them, and that I did NOT want to have to ever ask. That he just had to do it.”
“It didn’t make sense to him at the time. But I knew I needed to know of this moment forever, the same way I needed to remember us kissing at the end of the aisle, the same way I needed to remember our tears of joy after [sonMiles Theodore, and daughterLuna Simone],” she said, adding that she knew others might derive comfort from seeing someone else in a similar situation. “I absolutely knew I needed to share this story.”
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Beyonce on the cover of Elle.Melina Matsoukas
“🙏🏾 I began to search for deeper meaning when life began to teach me lessons I didn’t know I needed. Success looks different to me now. I learned that all pain and loss is in fact a gift,” the singer explained. “Having miscarriages taught me that I had to mother myself before I could be a mother to someone else. Then I had Blue, and the quest for my purpose became so much deeper. I died and was reborn in my relationship, and the quest for self became even stronger.”
“It’s difficult for me to go backwards,” she continued. “Being ‘number one’ was no longer my priority. My true win is creating art and a legacy that will live far beyond me. That’s fulfilling.”
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Emily DiDonato/TikTok
Victoria’s Secret modelEmily DiDonatotearfully shared her story in a TikTok videoback in August.
She continued, “I am so deeply and profoundly sad,” admitting that she “felt so cocky” and “confident” going into the appointment that she “wasn’t even listening” to her doctor as she scanned.
“Something that freaks me out about the whole thing is that life started here and it also ended here, and I’m still carrying that life,” she shared.
DiDonato added that she didn’t anticipate herself beginning to question, “Will I ever want to get pregnant again?” as someone she always dreamed of having three children.
13of 48Debbie MatenopoulosDebbie Matenopoulos.Mike Coppola/Getty/SiriusXMOn the Feb. 15, 2022, episode of theAllison Interviewspodcast, the formerViewco-host revealed thatshe secretly suffered nine miscarriages while working on Hallmark’sHome & Familyshow.“I was pregnant for, like, five years straight and no one knew except my stylist that I was pregnant. I would lose them, always. The first three were really hard, and then after that I got to a point where I was like, ‘Is this a joke? Really?!'” she recalled.“My heart was broken so many times that I got to a point where I said, ‘Okay, this is what the universe and what God wants, and this is just how it is supposed to be,'” added Matenopoulos, who welcomed her daughter, Alexandra, in October 2014.“So I just stopped trying. I stopped trying because I just felt so defeated, and God, I love babies. When I look at little babies my ovaries hurt,” she shared.The Ikaria Beauty founder said she would still “love to be able to give my daughter a sister, maybe even [through] adoption.“That is not out of the question, but going through that again,” she added. “I have a soft spot for anyone else who’s ever had a miscarriage.”
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Debbie Matenopoulos.Mike Coppola/Getty/SiriusXM
On the Feb. 15, 2022, episode of theAllison Interviewspodcast, the formerViewco-host revealed thatshe secretly suffered nine miscarriages while working on Hallmark’sHome & Familyshow.
“I was pregnant for, like, five years straight and no one knew except my stylist that I was pregnant. I would lose them, always. The first three were really hard, and then after that I got to a point where I was like, ‘Is this a joke? Really?!'” she recalled.
“My heart was broken so many times that I got to a point where I said, ‘Okay, this is what the universe and what God wants, and this is just how it is supposed to be,'” added Matenopoulos, who welcomed her daughter, Alexandra, in October 2014.
“So I just stopped trying. I stopped trying because I just felt so defeated, and God, I love babies. When I look at little babies my ovaries hurt,” she shared.
The Ikaria Beauty founder said she would still “love to be able to give my daughter a sister, maybe even [through] adoption.
“That is not out of the question, but going through that again,” she added. “I have a soft spot for anyone else who’s ever had a miscarriage.”
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Jill (Duggar) Dillard.Jill Dillard/Instagram
TheCounting Onalum shared an emotional video on YouTube and Instagram in October 2021, revealing that she and husband Derick Dillard hadsuffered a miscarriagesoon after learning they were pregnant with their third child.
In the video, the couple await the results of a pregnancy test, and after seeing that it’s positive, they eagerly share the news with their sons Israel David and Samuel Scott.
“We were all thrilled! It was fun to see so much joy in the boys’ faces as we shared the news with them.”
15of 48Whitney PortWhitney Port.Whitney Port/YouTubeIn early 2021, Port opened up in a heartbreaking Instagram post about experiencing a second loss.“Timmy and I weren’t sure if we still wanted to put this out there. I wasn’t sure I wanted to relive the pain. However, this time around, I felt differently about the situation,” Port wrote. “Last time, I don’t think I was ready to have another child, and I had different feelings about the miscarriage. This time, I really connected. I was actually excited and enjoying the pregnancy. I envisioned it all.““I’m sad but I’m ok and we will try again,” Port — mom to 4-year-old Sonny — continued. “I also have so much sadness in my heart for anyone that has to go through this or has gone through this. I know though that our community will share, band together and support- cause you always do.“She miscarried again in November 2021, sharing the sad news immediately with her podcast listeners.“I was feeling all these feelings that I didn’t really know where to put them, and I didn’t know who to tell them to. I didn’t feel like I wanted to dump them onto [my husband] Timmy and didn’t feel a need for a therapy session,” she later shared on PEOPLE’sMe Becoming Mompodcast. “I didn’t want to burden it with my mom or sisters or whatever.““I just had clarity about how I felt, and I wanted to share that. I thought that it’s such a moment where it’s so raw for people, I really wanted to catch that because I felt like so much of what we see out there is produced,” she continued. “So I just recorded it on my phone, just pacing around my room. I just feel like the more I share, the easier it is for me to release.”
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Whitney Port.Whitney Port/YouTube
In early 2021, Port opened up in a heartbreaking Instagram post about experiencing a second loss.
“Timmy and I weren’t sure if we still wanted to put this out there. I wasn’t sure I wanted to relive the pain. However, this time around, I felt differently about the situation,” Port wrote. “Last time, I don’t think I was ready to have another child, and I had different feelings about the miscarriage. This time, I really connected. I was actually excited and enjoying the pregnancy. I envisioned it all.”
“I’m sad but I’m ok and we will try again,” Port — mom to 4-year-old Sonny — continued. “I also have so much sadness in my heart for anyone that has to go through this or has gone through this. I know though that our community will share, band together and support- cause you always do.”
She miscarried again in November 2021, sharing the sad news immediately with her podcast listeners.
“I was feeling all these feelings that I didn’t really know where to put them, and I didn’t know who to tell them to. I didn’t feel like I wanted to dump them onto [my husband] Timmy and didn’t feel a need for a therapy session,” she later shared on PEOPLE’sMe Becoming Mompodcast. “I didn’t want to burden it with my mom or sisters or whatever.”
“I just had clarity about how I felt, and I wanted to share that. I thought that it’s such a moment where it’s so raw for people, I really wanted to catch that because I felt like so much of what we see out there is produced,” she continued. “So I just recorded it on my phone, just pacing around my room. I just feel like the more I share, the easier it is for me to release.”
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Jeannie Mai.Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
The Realcohost announcedher pregnancy newsin September 2021, revealing that it came after she had suffered a miscarriage.
“I wondered if I was being punished. I wondered if I’d jinxed myself or cursed myself. My entire life, I never wanted children. When I say never, I’m talking a hard-stop never,” she shared, adding, “Falling in love with Jeezy made me see life differently for myself. Our love is honest, pure and safe … something I hadn’t felt as a child.”
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Nabela Noor and Seth Martin.Kinna Shaffer
In June 2021, the self-love advocate and author opened up about experiencing a miscarriage after finding out she was expecting for the first time with husband Seth Martin. The pair had been trying to conceive for more than six years.
In an emotional video, the Bangladeshi-American activist explained, “There was a short, short, short window of time where I got to live this little fairytale where I was pregnant,” adding, “It was the best week of my life.”
In September 2021, Noor revealed the happy news that the pair was expecting once again.
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Tori (left) and Zack Roloff with son Jackson, and daughter Lilah.Monique Serra Photography
TheLittle People, Big Worldstar revealed in March 2021 that she and husband Zack had suffered a miscarriage. The pair already have a son, Jackson, and daughter, Lilah.
In November 2021, they announced happier news that they are expecting once again.
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Amanda Knox.Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images
“I did feel incredibly disappointed that that was the story of my first-ever pregnancy. I thought, like, I knew exactly what I want to do with my first pregnancy, and to have it not come to fruition, not through choice, felt like a betrayal,” said Knox.
In August 2021, Knox announced on her podcast thatthe pair is expectingonce again. Their first daughter, Eureka,arrived in October.
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Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch.Monica Schipper/Getty Images
The “Breathe” singer opened up aboutexperiencing her first miscarriage, amid a particularly turbulent month and year. “Just when we were rounding third and heading home (A baseball metaphor?! I know.) 2020 was like, ‘nah, I ain’t done yet,'” Brachwrote on Instagram, on Dec. 26 of that year.
“December decided to really finish us off with a bang! No, literally. Abombwent off in downtown Nashville yesterday. And to further twist a dagger in my heart, I experienced my first miscarriage (ugh! Motherf—–!).”
She added that she’s grateful to have been able to lean on her husband,Patrick Carney, as well as her sister.
“These people, my precious family, my husband, sister and kids have been the MVP’s. I couldn’t imagine spending a year isolated with anyone else,” Branch, who welcomed son Rhys James with Carney in 2018 and is also mom to teen daughter Owen from her previous marriage, added. “Happy Christmas, everyone xx.”
In February 2022,the couple welcomeda little girl named Willie.
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Ali Fedotowsky-Manno.Ali Fedotowsky/instagram
“I am 1 in 4. I don’t really know what to say here,” Fedotowsky-Manno wrote in a lengthy, emotional caption.
The mother of two later thanked fans and followers for their support on her Instagram story.
“Thank you for all your love and support on my last post,” she said. “It was a difficult few weeks for sure.”
“I shared at one point a few weeks ago that I was going through something but I wasn’t ready to share it with all of you, I needed some time to grieve the loss,” she said. “But… I just wanted to share because I know it’s going to help people. And that’s why I’m doing it.”
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Christina Perri.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
She explained that she and husband Paul Costabile — who are also parents to Carmella — were planning to share their pregnancy news that next week, “so I feel like it’s also important to share this news too,” she wrote.
“I am so sad but not ashamed. … To all the mothers who have been here and who will be here, I see you and I love you.”
Perri later revealed that she and Costabile were expecting again in 2020. Sadly, after months of complications, shesuffered a pregnancy losslater that year.
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Becca Tobin.Joe Scarnici/Getty
During a July 2020 episode ofLadyGang’sofficial podcast, the formerGleestar discussed all things fertility, after having suffered throughmultiple miscarriagesand gone through in vitro fertilization to freeze her embryos.
Noting that they never had a problem conceiving and it was just an issue with the quality of her eggs, Tobin revealed that her OB-GYN suggested she see a fertility specialist after her second miscarriage.
The journey led them to Daneshmand — whom Tobin drives from Los Angeles to San Diego to see — and the couple now have frozen embryos ready to go for when they do plan to welcome children.
“There’s no better feeling. I didn’t realize the weight that would be lifted the moment that I found out that I didn’t have to hurry up and keep trying and hopefully get something healthy,” Tobin shared.
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Brock Davies and Scheana Shay.Scheana Shay/Instagram
In June 2020, Scheana Shay shared the sad news about her miscarriage on an episode of herScheananiganspodcast. TheVanderpump Rulesstar revealed that she and boyfriendBrock Daviesfirst learned of her “miracle” pregnancy “a few weeks ago” and were surprised, considering doctors previously told her “it would be close to impossible to get pregnant on [her] own.”
“I didn’t think that I could get pregnant on my own. My AMH levels, for those of you who know what they are, were 0.28. That’s basically your fertility levels, and that tells you your egg count. I have very low ovarian reserve,” explained Shay, who previouslyopened up about freezing her eggs.
“I wanted to put this out because a miracle did happen, and I got pregnant for the first time in my life,” the star said of the reason she’s sharing her story. “And although this one isn’t working out, and we don’t know yet what’s exactly gonna happen, I know that I was able to get pregnant on my own, and that alone is a miracle. And I know that this is something that’s common, that so many women go through.”
The couple went on to welcome their first child together, daughterSummer Moon Honey, in April 2021.
25of 48Alanis MorissetteAlanis Morissette.When the “You Oughta Know” singer appeared on Dax Shepard’s podcast,Armchair Expert, she revealed that she “had a bunch of miscarriages” between having her three children, sonsWinter MercyandEver Imreand daughterOnyx Solace.Morissette shared that she relied on “trust” during the time she was trying to expand her family.“We were chasing and just showing up and then surprises and then devastations and all of it,” she said. “But, I mean, I do trust. I have this trust pilot light thing that keeps cooking along — even when there’s a torrential downpour, it’s still flickering — of hope and faith and vision for something to work out, whatever it is.“She first touched on the topic ina June 2019 interview withSELF, saying, “I always wanted to have three kids, and then, I’ve had some challenges and some miscarriages, so I just didn’t think it was possible.“The singer talked about how she “felt so much grief and fear” while trying to expand her family, explaining, “I learned so much about my body and biochemistry and immunity and gynecology through the process. It was a torturous learning and loss-filled and persevering process.”
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Alanis Morissette.
When the “You Oughta Know” singer appeared on Dax Shepard’s podcast,Armchair Expert, she revealed that she “had a bunch of miscarriages” between having her three children, sonsWinter MercyandEver Imreand daughterOnyx Solace.
Morissette shared that she relied on “trust” during the time she was trying to expand her family.
“We were chasing and just showing up and then surprises and then devastations and all of it,” she said. “But, I mean, I do trust. I have this trust pilot light thing that keeps cooking along — even when there’s a torrential downpour, it’s still flickering — of hope and faith and vision for something to work out, whatever it is.”
She first touched on the topic ina June 2019 interview withSELF, saying, “I always wanted to have three kids, and then, I’ve had some challenges and some miscarriages, so I just didn’t think it was possible.”
The singer talked about how she “felt so much grief and fear” while trying to expand her family, explaining, “I learned so much about my body and biochemistry and immunity and gynecology through the process. It was a torturous learning and loss-filled and persevering process.”
26of 48Carrie UnderwoodCarrie Underwood and Mike Fisher.Mike Fisher InstagramThe country star and wife of Mike Fisher said she hadthree miscarriages in two years, during an interview withCBS Sunday Morning.“We got pregnant early 2017 and didn’t work out,” she said. Then, after having a second miscarriage in 2017 and a third in 2018, the star explained, “At that point, it was just kind of like, ‘Okay, like, what’s the deal? What is all of this?'“She opened up toWomen’s Healthabout the ordeal, sharing, “For my body to not be doing something it was ‘supposed to do’ was a tough pill to swallow. It reminded me I’m not in control of everything.“Speaking candidly about the miscarriages felt like a “weight lifted off my shoulders,” she added, and showed her that “It’s not a dirty secret. It’s something many women go through.“After giving birth to sonIsaiah Michaelin 2015, Underwood welcomed sonJacob Bryanin January 2019.
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Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher.Mike Fisher Instagram
The country star and wife of Mike Fisher said she hadthree miscarriages in two years, during an interview withCBS Sunday Morning.
“We got pregnant early 2017 and didn’t work out,” she said. Then, after having a second miscarriage in 2017 and a third in 2018, the star explained, “At that point, it was just kind of like, ‘Okay, like, what’s the deal? What is all of this?'”
She opened up toWomen’s Healthabout the ordeal, sharing, “For my body to not be doing something it was ‘supposed to do’ was a tough pill to swallow. It reminded me I’m not in control of everything.”
Speaking candidly about the miscarriages felt like a “weight lifted off my shoulders,” she added, and showed her that “It’s not a dirty secret. It’s something many women go through.”
After giving birth to sonIsaiah Michaelin 2015, Underwood welcomed sonJacob Bryanin January 2019.
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Paula Faris and daughter Caroline Grace Krueger attends ‘Little Women’ film premiere.Gregory Pace/Shutterstock
During a guest appearance onThe View, the television journalist opened up about whyshe used her third miscarriage as a teachable momentfor her tween daughter.
“I’m 44. I’ve always wanted four kids — maybe because I am the youngest of four. But that was my third miscarriage,” Faris began.
After having “three healthy pregnancies,” Faris “knew what was going on” this time around with the loss, which happened over the Fourth of July weekend in 2019, while the family was on vacation in Maryland.
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Hilaria Baldwin.Hilaria Baldwin/Instagram
In November 2019, the mother of four shared on Instagram that she hadsuffered a second miscarriage shortly after her 20-week scan.
“We are so lucky with our 4 healthy babies — and we will never lose sight of this. I told Carmen and took this so I could send it to Alec. I guess this is a good way to share it with you too,” she continued in the caption, referencing her husband Alec Baldwin and their other children, sonsRomeo Alejandro David,Leonardo Ángel CharlesandRafael Thomas.
The couple had announcedHilaria’s latest pregnancyin September 2019, which came five months after herfirst miscarriage announcement.
“There was no heartbeat today at my scan…so it’s over…“she captioned the post, featuring a photo with her family. “but I have some pretty strong and amazing heartbeats right here.”
In September 2020, the pair welcomed another son, Edward “Edu” Pao Lucas, and a few months later,welcomed daughter Lucíavia surrogate in March 2021.
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Kimberly Van Der Beek and daughter Emilia.James Van Der Beek/Instagram
“You never know why these things happen — that’s what I’ve been telling my kids. All you know is that it brings you closer together; it breaks you open; it opens up your heart; it deepens your appreciation,” added Van Der Beek, who shares five children with Kimberly:Gwendolyn,Emilia,Annabel Leah,OliviaandJoshua. “It makes you more human.”
The couple have been through losses before, as the actor explained on Instagram back in October 2018, when hewent public with her pregnancy.
“We decided to put ourselves out there — not knowing what we’d find — in an effort to chip away at any senseless stigma around this experience and to encourage people who might be going through it to open themselves up to love & supportfrom friends and family when they need it most,” he added.
The pair suffered another miscarriage in the summer of 2020. Just before Thanksgiving 2021, they surprised fans with some big news:the arrival of their second son, Jeremiah.
30of 48Lauren SorrentinoMike and Lauren Sorrentino (right).Mike Sorrentino/InstagramDuringGood Morning America’sStrahan Sara & Keke, the Sorrentinosrevealedthat the night Mike wasreleased from federal prison, Lauren had gotten pregnant.“The night he came home, we actually conceived,” Lauren said. “And then at about six-and-a-half, seven weeks, I miscarried.“Calling the miscarriage “heart-wrenching,” Lauren also recalled the gratitude she felt for her pregnancy.“When I found out we were pregnant, I felt like this is why we went through all these challenges for years, and that this was our time, and it was our blessing,” she said. “It was hard. It was really difficult.“As for why she opened up, Lauren said, “I didn’t want to hold this in. I wanted to share it for other people going through it and just be honest, so I can kind of heal through the process.“The pair ultimatelywelcomed son Romeo Reignin May 2021 and followed up with two more babies: Mia, born in 2022 and Luna born in 2023.
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Mike and Lauren Sorrentino (right).Mike Sorrentino/Instagram
DuringGood Morning America’sStrahan Sara & Keke, the Sorrentinosrevealedthat the night Mike wasreleased from federal prison, Lauren had gotten pregnant.
“The night he came home, we actually conceived,” Lauren said. “And then at about six-and-a-half, seven weeks, I miscarried.”
Calling the miscarriage “heart-wrenching,” Lauren also recalled the gratitude she felt for her pregnancy.
“When I found out we were pregnant, I felt like this is why we went through all these challenges for years, and that this was our time, and it was our blessing,” she said. “It was hard. It was really difficult.”
As for why she opened up, Lauren said, “I didn’t want to hold this in. I wanted to share it for other people going through it and just be honest, so I can kind of heal through the process.”
The pair ultimatelywelcomed son Romeo Reignin May 2021 and followed up with two more babies: Mia, born in 2022 and Luna born in 2023.
31of 48Gabrielle RuizGabrielle Ruiz.Rich Fury/Getty ImagesTheCrazy Ex-Girlfriendactressshared her storyon Instagram to let others know that they aren’t alone.“This morning at 3:20am, I had a miscarriage. When our OB-GYN gave us the news, I went through all the emotions; shocked, numb, confused, practical, overwhelmed, scared, sad, sarcastic, relieved, frustrated, even the thought, ‘Oh, this couldn’t be happening to US,'“Ruiz wrote on Nov. 1, 2019. “That very same day was also Oct 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day on social media. The stories you all shared gave me strength, understanding and the feeling that I truly wasn’t alone and that this all wasn’t in any way my fault.““So, I feel it is my duty to continue the transparency in sharing the secret story-telling of miscarriages,” Ruiz continued. “Because no one really talks about it as much as we should. I now have the opportunity to tell you that you, my dear, are not alone.”
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Gabrielle Ruiz.Rich Fury/Getty Images
TheCrazy Ex-Girlfriendactressshared her storyon Instagram to let others know that they aren’t alone.
“This morning at 3:20am, I had a miscarriage. When our OB-GYN gave us the news, I went through all the emotions; shocked, numb, confused, practical, overwhelmed, scared, sad, sarcastic, relieved, frustrated, even the thought, ‘Oh, this couldn’t be happening to US,'“Ruiz wrote on Nov. 1, 2019. “That very same day was also Oct 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day on social media. The stories you all shared gave me strength, understanding and the feeling that I truly wasn’t alone and that this all wasn’t in any way my fault.”
“So, I feel it is my duty to continue the transparency in sharing the secret story-telling of miscarriages,” Ruiz continued. “Because no one really talks about it as much as we should. I now have the opportunity to tell you that you, my dear, are not alone.”
32of 48Shawn Johnson EastShawn Johnson East (left) and Andrew East.Shawn Johnson/InstagramThe former Olympic gymnast spoke aboutlosing her first pregnancyon a November 2019 episode of Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner’sHot Marriage. Cool Parentspodcast.“I felt so sad andguilty that I had done something wrongto lose this child,” the mother-to-be said.The athlete and her husband,Andrew East, previously revealed in October 2017that Johnson had a miscarriageshortly after the couple learned they were expecting.Johnson went as far as blaming her childhood and teenage years, when she was actively competing in gymnastics, as a possible cause for her loss.“That was always my fear — that I had put my body through so much and done so many extreme diets and delayed puberty and all of these things, that it would cause me to have trouble getting pregnant,” she said.However, “I had had testing done and blood work done and [doctors] said everything was good, which was a good reassurance. But again, at that time ofmiscarriage, I couldn’t help but thinkI did enough damage to my body at a young age that it was almost, like, payback.“The couple shared that the support they received from those around them, as well as their personal faith, helped them heal.“No matter what you go through, you will always come out of it,” said Johnson. “And I think if you believe in Him and have faith in Him, you’ll come out stronger than you were before.“On Oct. 29, 2019,the couple welcomeda healthy daughter named Drew Hazel, and in July 2021, theywelcomed son Jett James.
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Shawn Johnson East (left) and Andrew East.Shawn Johnson/Instagram
The former Olympic gymnast spoke aboutlosing her first pregnancyon a November 2019 episode of Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner’sHot Marriage. Cool Parentspodcast.
“I felt so sad andguilty that I had done something wrongto lose this child,” the mother-to-be said.
The athlete and her husband,Andrew East, previously revealed in October 2017that Johnson had a miscarriageshortly after the couple learned they were expecting.
Johnson went as far as blaming her childhood and teenage years, when she was actively competing in gymnastics, as a possible cause for her loss.
“That was always my fear — that I had put my body through so much and done so many extreme diets and delayed puberty and all of these things, that it would cause me to have trouble getting pregnant,” she said.
However, “I had had testing done and blood work done and [doctors] said everything was good, which was a good reassurance. But again, at that time ofmiscarriage, I couldn’t help but thinkI did enough damage to my body at a young age that it was almost, like, payback.”
The couple shared that the support they received from those around them, as well as their personal faith, helped them heal.
“No matter what you go through, you will always come out of it,” said Johnson. “And I think if you believe in Him and have faith in Him, you’ll come out stronger than you were before.”
On Oct. 29, 2019,the couple welcomeda healthy daughter named Drew Hazel, and in July 2021, theywelcomed son Jett James.
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Meghan McCain.Lou Rocco/ABC
“I’ve always been agnostic about having kids,” McCain said. “I don’t feel naturally maternal. I don’t feel this natural draw to motherhood. And I think my response and how sad I felt afterward surprised me.”
McCain, who is married toBen Domenech, revealed in July 2019 that she had been pregnant with a daughter but subsequently,had a miscarriage. She called the loss a “horrendous experience” and added that she “would not wish it upon anyone.”
In March 2020,she announcedshe was expecting again, and later that year, she welcomed a daughter, whom she named Liberty.
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Mireya Villareal.Mireya villareal/Instagram
The Texas-based CBS News reporterwrote an essayaboutsuffering multiple miscarriageswhile on the road covering stories. Her first occurred while covering theCalifornia wildfiresin 2017.
After the miscarriage, Villarreal detailed how angry she felt and the point at which she knew she needed to get help to work through her feelings.
“Through therapy, I’ve realized that grieving the loss of this child was important, no matter what stage of the pregnancy I was in,” she wrote. “But forgiving myself is just as important and something I’m still working on.”
The reporter is now a mom to a young son and plans to continue to try to have more children. She’s since had two more miscarriages but doesn’t plan on giving up her dreams to expand her family.
“Someone recently told me, ‘Why can’t you just be happy? Some women never get to have kids. Can’t you be happy with what you have? Isn’t it enough?'” she wrote. “Here’s the thing: No, it’s not enough. And it’s okay to say that. It’s okay to want more for whatever reasons you may have.”
She added: “I want to have more of that joy in my life. And I would go through a hundred more miscarriages if it meant having another child like my three-year-old.”
35of 48Renee MorrisonRenee and Matthew Morrison (right).Renee Morrison/Instagram. Inset: Vera Anderson/WireImageRenee Morrison shared that sheexperienced a pregnancy lossafter she and her husband Matthew conceived their second child.“I found out [I was pregnant] at four weeks and began the cycle of miscarriage on my sixth week, and that’s a whole conversation that I would love to have but the point of today is to tell you how meditation helped guide me through this journey and this experience,” Renee said on Instagram.Meditation has helped Renee “rise above those conditioned thoughts” and “surrender to them and see if you want to accept that as your authentic thought,” she explained.“That’s what I’m here to help us accomplish through sharing my story, my vulnerability, and just to say that I see you. I see you and I feel you, and we are Members Only,” Renee offered, imploring others who have gone through similar experiences “to step back from the fear we are putting ourselves in and the disconnection and the shame.““I don’t want people to feel sorry for me. I don’t feel sorry for myself, and to go through these experiences and to get pregnant and to be alive … to be alive is an accomplishment,” she added.She and Morrisonwelcomed another child, daughter Phoenix Monroe, in June 2021.
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Renee and Matthew Morrison (right).Renee Morrison/Instagram. Inset: Vera Anderson/WireImage
Renee Morrison shared that sheexperienced a pregnancy lossafter she and her husband Matthew conceived their second child.
“I found out [I was pregnant] at four weeks and began the cycle of miscarriage on my sixth week, and that’s a whole conversation that I would love to have but the point of today is to tell you how meditation helped guide me through this journey and this experience,” Renee said on Instagram.
Meditation has helped Renee “rise above those conditioned thoughts” and “surrender to them and see if you want to accept that as your authentic thought,” she explained.
“That’s what I’m here to help us accomplish through sharing my story, my vulnerability, and just to say that I see you. I see you and I feel you, and we are Members Only,” Renee offered, imploring others who have gone through similar experiences “to step back from the fear we are putting ourselves in and the disconnection and the shame.”
“I don’t want people to feel sorry for me. I don’t feel sorry for myself, and to go through these experiences and to get pregnant and to be alive … to be alive is an accomplishment,” she added.
She and Morrisonwelcomed another child, daughter Phoenix Monroe, in June 2021.
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Shay Mitchell.Shay Mitchell/ Youtube
“The first time that I was pregnant last year, Matte and I hadn’t been planning. [But] it happened and we were really excited about it,” the actress said of herself and partner Babel, whom she began dating about three years ago.
The then-pregnant actress continued, “So of course I’m super happy, but I still feel for the one that I lost.”
“I know other women and other friends of mine who’ve gone through a way harder journey,” Mitchell shared. “It’s just really tough because you feel broken, as a woman, and that’s not a great feeling.”
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Kate Mara arrives at the Animal Equality’s Inspiring Global Action Gala 2018.Splash News
“She couldn’t see the embryo, but she could see the pregnancy sac,” the actress said of the ultrasound technician at her first sonogram appointment. “My doctor at the time said, ‘Maybe you are off with your timing.’ I was like, ‘I am so good with timing.'”
“I think the next day we went back in and [the doctor] said I clearly had a blighted ovum, which I didn’t know what that was at the time. I’ve learned what that is. So she said, ‘Basically, you’ve miscarried, but it just hasn’t left your body yet.'”
38of 48Hope SoloHope Solo.GettyThe former U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team goalkeeper detailed her story in theJuly 2019 issue ofElle.She explained that while running for president of the United States Soccer Federation (USFF), shemiscarriedand later learned that she was pregnant with twins.“The doctor said I was hours from dying,” she told Elle. “They ended up having to remove my fallopian tube.“After that experience, Solo did not give up on having children and began the process of in vitro fertilization. In April 2020,she welcomed boy-girl twins.
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Hope Solo.Getty
The former U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team goalkeeper detailed her story in theJuly 2019 issue ofElle.She explained that while running for president of the United States Soccer Federation (USFF), shemiscarriedand later learned that she was pregnant with twins.
“The doctor said I was hours from dying,” she told Elle. “They ended up having to remove my fallopian tube.”
After that experience, Solo did not give up on having children and began the process of in vitro fertilization. In April 2020,she welcomed boy-girl twins.
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Dylan Dreyer.Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
During April 2019’s National Infertility Awareness Week,Today’s Dreyer shared that she hadexperienced a miscarriagewhile pregnant with her and husband Brian Fichera’s second child.
Her loss was confirmed after a visit to the doctor, which made things extra hard returning to work, where she had to mask what was going on.
“I’m devastated, and I have to go to work on theTodayshow and be happy and smiling and pretend like nothing’s wrong,” she said, adding that she did eventually tell her co-workers what had happened.
After revealing that she had her son Calvin after only trying to conceive one or two times, Dreyer admitted that the difficulties involving her second attempt at having another child, in addition to learning she had a low egg count, surprised her — she “didn’t know secondary infertility was a thing.”
TheTodayweather correspondent went on to say that she was starting the IVF process.
“God has a plan,” Dreyer said. “And I pray every night, ‘Just let me stay out of your way — you do what is best for us, and we’ll figure that out.'”
40of 48PinkPink.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesIn aninterview withUSA Today, the singer decoded the lyrics to her song “Happy” and revealed that she wrote, “Since I was 17, I’ve always hated my body / and it feels like my body’s hated me,” about amiscarriage she had as a teenager.“The reason I said [that] is because I’ve always had this very tomboy, very strong gymnast body, but actually at 17 I had a miscarriage,” Pink told the outlet. “And I was going to have that child.““But when that happens to a woman or a young girl, you feel like your body hates you and like your body is broken, and it’s not doing what it’s supposed to do,” she continued.Pink has had a number of miscarriages since and said she writes these songs as a way to deal with the “painful” experiences.“I think it’s important to talk about what you’re ashamed of, who you really are and the painful s—. I’ve always written that way.“With husband Carey Hart, the singer is mom to daughter Willow and son Jameson.
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Pink.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
In aninterview withUSA Today, the singer decoded the lyrics to her song “Happy” and revealed that she wrote, “Since I was 17, I’ve always hated my body / and it feels like my body’s hated me,” about amiscarriage she had as a teenager.
“The reason I said [that] is because I’ve always had this very tomboy, very strong gymnast body, but actually at 17 I had a miscarriage,” Pink told the outlet. “And I was going to have that child.”
“But when that happens to a woman or a young girl, you feel like your body hates you and like your body is broken, and it’s not doing what it’s supposed to do,” she continued.
Pink has had a number of miscarriages since and said she writes these songs as a way to deal with the “painful” experiences.
“I think it’s important to talk about what you’re ashamed of, who you really are and the painful s—. I’ve always written that way.”
With husband Carey Hart, the singer is mom to daughter Willow and son Jameson.
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Lauren Kitt (right) and Nick Carter.David Livingston/Getty
“God give us peace during this time. I really was looking forward to meeting her after 3 months. I’m heartbroken,” her husbandNick tweeted on Sept. 10, 2018.
Cartershared an ultrasound photoon March 8, 2019 — “what would have been her due date” — in honor of International Women’s Day, praising her fellow women for being “badass.”
The pair went on to welcome their third child together,daughter Pearl, in April 2021.
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Lauren Duggar.TLC
In PEOPLE’s exclusive look atCounting On, Lauren and Josiah Duggar revealed that theysuffered a miscarriagein October 2018.
Fortunately in August 2019, less than one year later, Lauren shared on Instagram that she was expecting again, and in November 2019, the Duggars welcomed their daughter, Bella Milagro.
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Jade Roper Tolbert and her daughter.
In November 2020, the Tolberts welcomed their third child together, a son namedReed Harrison.
44of 48Morgan GoodwinMorgan (right) and Marquise Goodwin.Morgan Goodwin/InstagramThe professional hurdler shared with PEOPLE that she and her husband Marquise Goodwin, a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, havelost three babies, but they’re still determined to become parents.“I am not giving up on creating my family. This is my purpose,” said Morgan. “I feel as though one of my life’s purposes is to build a family of Goodwin kids running around. I’m not going out without a fight.“The couplelost their twin boysin November 2018, at 19 weeks and four days gestation. Nearly a year earlier, theylost their premature sonat 19 weeks. The two also experienced a pregnancy loss after Morgan miscarried following “a slip-up” in college.“I’m going to fight until I get what I want. I believe that,” Morgan added. “I believe that God is going to bless us.“In February 2020, the pair welcomed their first child together: daughter Marae.
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Morgan (right) and Marquise Goodwin.Morgan Goodwin/Instagram
The professional hurdler shared with PEOPLE that she and her husband Marquise Goodwin, a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, havelost three babies, but they’re still determined to become parents.
“I am not giving up on creating my family. This is my purpose,” said Morgan. “I feel as though one of my life’s purposes is to build a family of Goodwin kids running around. I’m not going out without a fight.”
The couplelost their twin boysin November 2018, at 19 weeks and four days gestation. Nearly a year earlier, theylost their premature sonat 19 weeks. The two also experienced a pregnancy loss after Morgan miscarried following “a slip-up” in college.
“I’m going to fight until I get what I want. I believe that,” Morgan added. “I believe that God is going to bless us.”
In February 2020, the pair welcomed their first child together: daughter Marae.
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Andrew Joblon and Claire Holt.Claire Holt/Instagram
In an interview withMinimagazine, the actress talked about themiscarriage she hadbefore getting pregnant for a second time.
“Our journey certainly hasn’t been an easy one,” the then-pregnant Holt told the outlet. She explained that, after the loss, “I felt broken and ashamed. Because I experienced such intense grief, I found it very difficult to process things and move on.”
“The miscarriage was themost difficult thing I had ever faced, but it brought my husband and I so much closer and we have really grown as a result of it,” Holt said. “We are also so much more grateful for the little boy we are about to welcome into our lives.”
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Beverly Mitchell and her husband Michael Cameron.Jennifer Graylock/Getty Images
In an emotionalThanksgiving Day 2018 blog post. the actress shared that she had learned she was pregnant with twins, but a few weeks later, “our new dream of our growing family came crashing down;we had a miscarriage.”
“My heart could not make sense of it,” she wrote. “I never really considered that I would miscarry being that I had already had two healthy pregnancies. This was my misconception, you see, I didn’t know much about miscarriages and I didn’t know many people who had miscarried, or so I thought.”
She pointed out, “Most people who are sharing their story, we aren’t looking for anything, just the opportunity to share their story. It is with sharing it that the healing begins, the acceptance that it happened. It is when you ignore it or pretend that it never happened that you cause more pain. Dismissing it almost makes it worse.”
“We still have dreams of growing our family but now more than ever, I lookat Kenzie, Hutton and Michael and just feel full,” Mitchell continued. “If we are blessed with more children they will fill us with more love, but for now, I look at my family and I am GRATEFUL, BLESSED and THANKFUL.”
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Jana Kramer.John Shearer/Getty Images
The country singer — who has daughter Jolie and son Jace with ex-husband Mike Caussin — got candid abouthow she’s coped with experiencing multiple miscarriagesin anemotional Instagram postfrom February 2019.
“A year ago today, I got the news that I had yet again another miscarriage,” Kramer, who has had a total of five losses, began. “It was after an IVF cycle. The embryo was aboy and it was the last embryowe had.”
“I was devastated. I felt like I failed as a [woman], and as a wife. IVF wasn’t an option again because it’s too expensive so I felt defeated,” she continued.
48of 48Teddi MellencampTeddi Mellencamp and husband Edwin Arroyave attend Premiere of Paramount Network’s “American Woman”.Presley Ann/GettyDuring a social media Q&A with fans in November 2018, theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar said that although she would like to have more children, it likely won’t happen.“Are you going to have another cute adorable happy sweet child?” a fan asked.“I would love to more than anything. Most likely no though,” Mellencamp wrote on her Instagram Story. “I had multiple miscarriages before Cruz and the IVF process was very hard for me and I am not sure I can go through it again.“However, the star added that she feels “very blessed with the kiddos” she shares with husband Edwin Arroyave.In addition to their son Cruz, the couple are parents to daughter Slate, while Arroyave is also a father to daughter Isabella from a previous relationship.In the fall of 2019, however, Mellencamp was surprised to learn she and Arroyavewere expecting again— this time, naturally.They welcomed a daughterin February 2020.
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Teddi Mellencamp and husband Edwin Arroyave attend Premiere of Paramount Network’s “American Woman”.Presley Ann/Getty
During a social media Q&A with fans in November 2018, theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar said that although she would like to have more children, it likely won’t happen.
“Are you going to have another cute adorable happy sweet child?” a fan asked.
“I would love to more than anything. Most likely no though,” Mellencamp wrote on her Instagram Story. “I had multiple miscarriages before Cruz and the IVF process was very hard for me and I am not sure I can go through it again.”
However, the star added that she feels “very blessed with the kiddos” she shares with husband Edwin Arroyave.
In addition to their son Cruz, the couple are parents to daughter Slate, while Arroyave is also a father to daughter Isabella from a previous relationship.
In the fall of 2019, however, Mellencamp was surprised to learn she and Arroyavewere expecting again— this time, naturally.They welcomed a daughterin February 2020.
source: people.com