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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, revealed in an article for the New York Times that she suffered a miscarriage.
“It was a morning in July that started as ordinary as any other day: making breakfast. Feeding the dogs. Taking vitamins. Finding that missing sock. Picking up the unruly crayon that rolled under the table. ponytail before picking up my son from his crib, “she wrote.
“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 melody in contrast to my feeling that something was not right.
“I knew as I hugged my first-born that I was losing my second.”
She wrote about lying in a hospital bed and holding Prince Harry’s hand as she recalled her trip to South Africa.
“I felt the wetness on his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both of their tears. Looking at the cold white walls, my eyes went glassy. I tried to imagine how we would heal,” he said.
“I remembered a time last year when Harry and I were finishing a long tour of South Africa. I was exhausted. I was breastfeeding our young son and trying to keep a brave face in the eyes of the public.”
Meghan and Prince Harry tied the knot in May 2018 and are parents to Archie, who was born in May 2019.
It is famous that they left the royal family in January 2020 and have been living in California during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the article, Meghan wrote about how ITV reporter Tom Bradby asked her if she was okay, and she “answered him honestly, not knowing that what I said would resonate with so many: new moms and seniors, and whoever had, in his own way, been suffering in silence. “
“My impromptu response seemed to give people permission to speak their truth. But it wasn’t answering honestly that helped me the most, it was the question itself.”
“Thanks for asking,” I said. “Not many people have asked me if I’m okay.”
He spoke of the devastation of 2020 for many, including through the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
The Duchess also wrote about how “losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable pain, experienced by many but few speak of.”
“In the grief of our loss, my husband and I discovered that in a room of 100 women, 10 to 20 of them would have suffered a miscarriage. Yet despite the staggering commonality of this grief, the conversation continues being taboo, riddled with (unwarranted) shame and perpetuating a cycle of lonely mourning. “
“Some have courageously shared their stories; They have opened the door, knowing that when one person tells the truth, he gives us all license to do the same.
“We have learned that when people ask how we are doing, and when they really listen to the answer, with open hearts and minds, the burden of pain often becomes lighter, for all of us pain, together we take the first steps towards healing. “