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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, a remarkably personal revelation from a high-profile British royal.
Prince Harry’s wife and former actress wrote about the experience in detail in an opinion piece published in the New York Times on Wednesday, saying it took place one morning when she was caring for Archie, the couple’s son.
“I knew as I grabbed my firstborn that I was losing the second,” Meghan wrote, describing how she felt a severe cramp after lifting Archie from his crib and fell to the floor with him in her arms, humming a lullaby to keep calm both of you.
Meghan described how she and her husband were crying as she lay in a hospital bed hours later.
“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable pain, experienced by many but few talk about,” he wrote.
“Yet despite the astonishing common ground in this pain, conversation remains taboo, riddled with (unwarranted) shame and perpetuating a cycle of lonely grief,” he wrote.
About one in five women may miscarry in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, according to Britain’s professional body of obstetricians and gynecologists, which says the topic is poorly researched and parental care is under-resourced .
Meghan and Harry have consistently used their profile to highlight mental health issues, and several British charities active in the fields of miscarriage research and support said their article would help people going through pain and grief.
“Sharing their stories by mothers like Meghan is a vital step toward ending stigma and shame,” said Sophie King, a midwife for Tommy’s, which funds the research and runs a helpline for future parents and those affected by the lost.
“Your honesty and outspokenness today sends a powerful message to anyone losing a baby: This may feel incredibly lonely, but you are not alone,” King said.
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