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Giovanna Fletcher has praised Meghan Markle for speaking so frankly about her miscarriage, saying it was “admirable and surprising” to share such a “raw” experience.
The 35-year-old I’m A Celebrity winner has previously talked about how she miscarried when she was six weeks pregnant before welcoming her oldest son, Buzz, now six.
Speaking after her stint on the show in Wales, Giovanna told The Sun: ‘It’s amazing to hear that Meghan has talked about it, I’d love to interview her on the podcast.
Support: I’m A Celebrity’s Giovanna Fletcher has praised Meghan Markle for speaking frankly about her miscarriage, saying it was ‘admirable and surprising’
“I think it’s so admirable and surprising for her to share what is really raw and disturbing to go through.”
She added: ‘I had a miscarriage before Buzz and it took me years to be able to talk about it, but once you do, it’s very comforting to know that you are not alone.
Giovanna, who is also the mother of Buddy, four, and Max, two, went on to say that she believes it is important to be ‘open’ about miscarriages, as listening to others talk about it can help you find the words to ‘understand what you’re going through’ through ‘.
The Duchess of Sussex spoke about her miscarriage and described the ‘excruciating pain’ it caused her and Prince Harry in an article for the New York Times last month.
Honest: The 39-year-old Duchess of Sussex revealed she had aborted her second child in an article for the New York Times last month.
Meghan, 39, revealed how she lost her second child after experiencing a ‘sharp cramp’ while changing her son Archie’s diaper in July.
She revealed how she got sick at her home in Los Angeles before going to the hospital, describing herself with tears in her eyes, watching how the heart of her husband, Prince Harry, broke as he tried to hold the broken pieces of mine while crying for her unborn baby.
She wrote in the New York Times: ‘After changing her [Archie’s] diaper, I felt a strong cramp. I dropped to the ground with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the joyous melody in contrast to my feeling that something was not right. “
In the piece titled ‘The Losses We Share,’ he said: ‘I knew, as I hugged my firstborn, that I was losing my second.
Family: Meghan said she ‘knew, while holding my firstborn, that I was losing the second’, in the very heartfelt piece (pictured with Archie and Prince Harry in October 2019)
Meghan wrote: ‘Hours later, I was lying on a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand. I felt the moisture on her palm and kissed her knuckles, wet with our tears. Staring at the cool white walls, my eyes went glassy. I tried to imagine how we would heal. ‘
He added: “Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable pain, experienced by many but few speak of.”
It is not known how pregnant Meghan was, but most women miscarry in the first 12 weeks.
Giovanna first spoke publicly about her own miscarriage in 2017 and later revealed that she lost her first child at six weeks pregnant.
Sweet: On Saturday, I’m A Celebrity winner Giovanna was reunited with her three sons Buzz, six, Buddy, four, and Max, two, and her husband Tom when she finally returned home from camp.
Talk about your experience as part of the Heat campaign, Where’s Your Head? In 2018, the mother of three said: ‘It feels like such a lonely grief.
‘For me it happened at 6 weeks, so before we actually told anyone, then when you tell people, you are not just telling them that you were pregnant, but that you have lost a child.
‘I felt like I had failed me, I had failed Tom, I had failed the baby. It was my first contact with motherhood and I think it affected me in a very bad way. ”
Giovanna also spoke of being ‘scared’ to talk about her miscarriage at first when she first opened up about it.
Speaking at BUILD Series London in 2017, she said: “ When it comes to miscarriage I think we are all too scared to say anything. I felt like I could never say anything to my friends because people feel it’s contagious.
Couple: Giovanna first spoke publicly about her own miscarriage in 2017 and then revealed that she lost her first child at six weeks pregnant (pictured with husband Tom)
‘It is a real rubbish that happens to so many people. All you really want at that moment is a hug.
‘You feel like your body has failed you and that is your first experience as a mother.
‘I got pregnant very quickly and had this thing in my head that it was too easy. After being worried for so long that it wouldn’t be easy, it just happened.
And then I aborted shortly after that and I think a part of me felt like that would happen, because I felt like it was too easy.
Because I felt like I hadn’t earned it. If that didn’t happen, I wouldn’t have Buzz and Buzz will always be my silver lining. ‘
Giovanna, who is the author of Happy Mum, Happy Baby, also said she hoped that by talking about her miscarriage, other women would feel “less alone.”
She said OK !: ‘There are also a lot of people who suffer miscarriages and when people start talking about it, they feel less alone.’
For confidential support, please contact the Miscarriage Association on 01924 200799 or email [email protected]
Reunited: Giovanna was crowned Queen of the Castle on Friday night, beating Jordan North and Vernon Kay in the final public vote.
