Ellie Spina
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Content warning: This article discusses pregnancy loss and features imagery that may be difficult for some readers.
Rachel Shea DiBease has opened up about pregnancy loss in an emotional post to Instagram.
On Friday, the model and influencer shared an Instagram Reel documenting the joy of learning about her recent pregnancy with husband, Jeremiah, and the heartbreak when she learned there was no heartbeat. In the video DiBease wears a black smocked dress, gently rubbing her belly, with on-screen text stating, "'Til we see you again."
Through a series of clips, DiBease shared a glimpse into her pregnancy journey that was sadly cut short — from the joy of discovering her pregnancy and sharing the news with friends and family, to the revelation of her pregnancy loss.
"This is the most vulnerable thing I’ve ever shared," DiBease confessed. "The past few months have been both the happiest and the darkest of our entire lives. We found out we were expecting in February and it was the absolute best news, it had been my dream to be a mother."
"I started documenting and taking these little clips excited to one day share the news with all of you, not knowing that our journey would end so soon," DiBease continued. "At our scans, we found out that there was no heartbeat, and my pregnancy had stopped progressing."
DiBease explained her decision to share her story was not a call for sympathy but a gesture to honour her brief pregnancy because "every baby and pregnancy deserves to be celebrated."
"We’ve had some time to process and grieve this loss and in that time I’ve gotten to know the losses of so many women around me and learned just how common this is. While these things don’t rid us of the pain entirely, it helped us to know that we are not alone," she reflected.
The New York City-based model emphasized the importance of authenticity in her role as a content creator, saying, "As a content creator so much of what I share is a highlight reel but it’s always been important to me to be transparent and share the real stuff, too."
In the comments, DiBease's post was quickly met with supportive messages and condolences from fans.
DiBease's mother chimed in, writing, "I wasn't sure if you were going to share this but I'm glad that you did because it is a common occurrence and maybe you will be bringing comfort to those who have gone through what you have. I'm so proud of the strong woman you've become."
"Last year I lost my first baby at nine weeks and it was utterly devastating," a follower shared. "I am now in a hospital bed waiting to have my first child, a son. Things do get better! I wish you all the luck."
"I found out I was pregnant in January with my husband and by February we lost the pregnancy. Every day is a hard day but one day we'll meet again. Just came across your page right now. But still, sending love from a woman to another woman. A mom to a mom," someone penned.
"Thank you so much for your vulnerability," another commenter added.
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Anne Hathaway says she experienced pregnancy loss before welcoming children with husband Adam Shulman.
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Hathaway, 41, was asked about her second pregnancy announcement during a new interview with Vanity Fair, which was published on Monday, March 25. The actress elaborated on the section in the 2019 Instagram post that addressed women who are struggling with infertility.
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\"For everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies,\" Hathaway wrote at the time. \"Sending you extra love.”
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Hathaway offered more insight into her past struggles on Monday, saying, \"Given the pain I felt while trying to get pregnant, it would've felt disingenuous to post something all the way happy when I know the story is much more nuanced than that for everyone.\"
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In the Vanity Fair profile, Hathaway revealed she experienced a miscarriage in 2015 while starring in Grounded, a one-woman, off-Broadway play. Hathaway played an F16 fighter pilot whose career stalls after an unexpected pregnancy.
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\"The first time it didn't work out for me. I was doing a play and I had to give birth onstage every night,\" she said about keeping the pregnancy loss a secret from the public. \"It was too much to keep it in when I was onstage pretending everything was fine.\"
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Hathaway later told her friends about the situation, adding, \"I had to keep it real otherwise. So when it did go well for me, having been on the other side of it — where you have to have the grace to be happy for someone — I wanted to let my sisters know, 'You don't have to always be graceful. I see you and I'm with you.'\"
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She concluded: \"It's really hard to want something so much and to wonder if you're doing something wrong.\"
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Hathaway, who shares sons Jonathan, 8, and Jack, 4, with Shulman, 42, previously discussed the complications she faced on the road to motherhood.
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\"There's this tendency to portray getting pregnant, having kids, in one light, as if it's all positive. But I know from my own experience it's so much more complicated than that,\" she explained during an interview with WSJ. Magazine in March 2022. \"And when you find out that your pain is shared by others you just think, 'I just feel that's helpful information to have, so I'm not isolated in my pain.' I mean, what is there to be ashamed of? This is grief, and that's a part of life.\"
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At the time, Hathaway noted that she wouldn't rule out expanding her family further in the future. She also recalled not feeling \"fully landed and fully here\" until the arrival of her kids.
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\"It's not like I was lacking integrity, but it made me want to be completely, on every level, true to my word,\" she detailed. \"And that meant stopping any nonsense that I had going on inside myself. And it's little breaks that you give yourself sometimes when you know that you're not being your best self.\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/D_2fSBNPYPTJrMwUeHKKnQ--~B/aD0zNjA7dz02NDA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/us_magazine_896/e848f9c879311af60a105e0bd1268e60","duration":"PT1M34S","contentUrl":"https://video.media.yql.yahoo.com/v1/video/sapi/hlsstreams/8a7986fc-ef88-3ebd-874a-fb202b3d9198.m3u8?site=style®ion=CA&lang=en-CA&devtype=desktop&src=sapi","embedUrl":"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anne-hathaway-reveals-she-had-154731647.html?format=embed","identifier":"8a7986fc-ef88-3ebd-874a-fb202b3d9198"}
