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- Meghan Markle has shared a heartbreaking essay in which she reveals that she lost her second child in July.
- The Duchess of Sussex talks about her miscarriage in an op-ed for The New York Times.
- She writes that she was holding Archie when she learned something was wrong. “I knew as I hugged my first-born that I was losing my second.”
Meghan Markle has written a heartbreaking opinion piece for him The New York Times, revealing that she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year.
“It was a July morning that began as ordinarily as any other day: making breakfast. Feeding the dogs. Taking vitamins. Finding that lost sock. Picking up the rebellious crayon that rolled under the table. Son from his crib.
“After changing his diaper, I felt a strong cramp. I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the happy tune in contrast to my feeling that something was not right.
“I knew as I hugged my firstborn that I was losing the second.”
The Duchess of Sussex shares one-year-old Archie with Prince Harry; they are currently staying in Santa Barbara after their departure from the royal firm.
The Duchess of Sussex candidly writes about her time in South Africa in the op-ed, talking about how one journalist, Tom Bradby, asked if okay meant a lot.
“I answered him honestly,” she writes, “not knowing that what I said would resonate with so many: the new moms and the older ones, and anyone who, in their own way, had been suffering in silence. people to speak their truth. But it wasn’t answering honestly that helped me the most, it was the question itself. “
She says, “Sitting on a hospital bed, watching my husband’s heart break as he tried to hold the broken pieces of mine, I realized that the only way to start to heal is to first ask,” Are you okay? ? “
Meghan goes on to talk about the heartbreaking year 2020 has been in the midst of the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and talks about the lingering pain of losing a child.
“Let’s commit to asking others:” Are you okay? “As much as we disagree, however physically estranged we may be, the truth is that we are more connected than ever because of all that we have endured individually and collectively this year,” she writes.
“We are fine?” she asks. “We will be.”
Read the full essay here.
