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>>> AN
>>> AN OUTPOURING OF SADNESS AND SUPPORT AFTER CHRISSY
TEIGEN REVEALED SHE LOST HER
BABY.
BABY.
BABY. SHE
BABY. SHE OPENED UP ABOUT HER GRIEF,
AND SHE SHARED HOW HER FAMILY
IS GOING TO TRY TO MOVE
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. TODAY ON "ALIVE AT 5:00",
AISHA, AND I TALKED ABOUT HOW
HER OPENNESS IS BRINGING SO
MUCH ATTENTION TO SOMETHING SO
MANY WOMEN
MANY WOMEN EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. >> THEY WERE EXPECTING THEIR
THIRD BABY WHO THEY CALLED
JACK.
JACK.
JACK. THIS MORNING SHE POSTED ABOUT
THE MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS SHE
EXPERIENCED DURING HER
PREGNANCY AND WHILE SHE DIDN'T
GO INTO MUCH DETAIL, SHE SAID
JACK WAS NOT ABLE TO SURVIVE.
SHE, AND HER FAMILY ARE
EXPERIENCING THE KIND OF PAIN
YOU ONLY HEAR ABOUT SHE WROTE.
WHILE SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE
LIFE SHE HAS, SHE SAYS NOT
EVERY DAY IS FULL OF SUNSHINE,
AND SHE WROTE HER FAMILY IS
GOING TO GRIEVE AND TOGETHER
THEY'LL GET THROUGH THIS.
I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING
THIS POST WAS EXTRAORDINARILY
BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS TO BE SO
OPEN DURING A TRAUMATIC LOSS.
>> OVER THE WEEKEND, SHE DID A
REALLY LONG INSTAGRAM STORY
TALKING ABOUT THE JOURNEY AND
HOW SHE ENDED UP IN THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. SHE HAD BEEN ON BED REST FOR
SOME TIME, AND SHE SAID
COULDN'T EVER STOP BLEEDING SO
DOCTORS WERE WATCHING HER
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY. SHE WAS ASKING FOR COMPASSION
AND EVEN FOR PEOPLE IN THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY ON TWITTER
AND INSTAGRAM.
AND INSTAGRAM. NOT TO GIVE UNSOLICITED
ADVICE, OUR MEDICAL
CORRESPONDENT SAYS THERE IS NO
WAY TO KNOW HOW COMMON IT IS
TO LOSE A PREGNANCY.
THEY ESTIMATE IN THE FIRST
TRIMESTER IT'S ANYWHERE FROM
15 TO 30%, BUT IT'S SOMETHING
A LOT OF WOMEN ACTUALLY DEAL
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. >>
WITH. >> MISCARRIAGES OCCUR IN THE
FIRST TRIMESTER, WHICH IS LESS
THAN 12 WEEKS.
THAT'S MOST COMMONLY WHEN YOU
HEAR ABOUT MISCARRIAGE OR
SPONTANEOUS PREGNANCY LOSS.
WE BELIEVE CHRISSY TEIGEN WAS
ABOUT 20 WEEKS BECAUSE SHE
SAID IT WAS ABOUT HALFWAY
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. ROUGHLY 20 WEEKS OR FIVE
MONTHS OF PREGNANCY.
FORTUNATELY FOR MOST WOMEN,
YOU GET TO THIS POINT, THE
RISK OF PREGNANCY LOSS IS
ACTUALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN IT
WOULD BE IN THE FIRST
TRIMESTER.
TRIMESTER. ONE THING I THINK THAT'S COME
OUT OF THIS, AND SHE IS PART
OF IT IS THAT OPENLY TALKING
ABOUT LOSING PREGNANCY AND
MISCARRIAGE, AND I THINK THAT
HELPS THE REST OF US, BECAUSE
IF IT HAPPENS TO CELEBRITIES,
IT MAKES IT MORE REAL FOR
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. >> SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFER IN
SILENCE, OR ARE EMBARRASSED
BLAMING THEMSELVES
BLAMING THEMSELVES SOMETHING
SOMETHING
SOMETHING WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. SHE SAYS, IF YOU EXPERIENCE
PREGNANCY LOSS, IT'S IMPORTANT
TO TALK TO YOUR OB/GYN, AND
THEY CAN POINT YOU TO SUPPORT
GROUPS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO
GET YOU THROUGH THAT TOUGH
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>>
TIME. >>> WE WANT TO MENTION THERE
WERE SOME PEOPLE QUESTIONING
HER DECISION TO POST A PHOTO
OF HERSELF ALONG WITH THE
EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO HER BABY.
SOME SAYING IT SEEMED LIKE THE
WRONG MOMENT.
WRONG MOMENT. OTHERS SAW IT DIFFERENTLY.
LISA WRITES, ONE THING I CAN
SAY TO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE WHO
THINK THESE PHOTOS WERE NOT
COOL TO POST, YOU ARE
MISTAKEN.
MISTAKEN.
MISTAKEN. IT MAY HAVE HELPED HER.
IT HELPS A LOT OF WOMEN AND
COUPLES WHO GO THROUGH THIS
LOSS.
LOSS.
LOSS. I
LOSS. I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THEM AT
THIS TIME AND THINK HER POST
WILL HELP MANY.
>> THERE IS A NONPROFIT GROUP
CALLED NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO
SLEEP, AND THEY WILL
TAKE PICTURES THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. WHILE SOME PEOPLE SAY IT SEEMS
STRANGE TO HAVE PICTURES, THEY
SAY REMEMBERING YOUR BABY IS
SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
HEALING JOURNEY BECAUSE AS
CHRISSY TEIGEN WROTE IF YOU
LEAVE THE HOSPITAL WITH YOUR
ARMS EMPTY, AND IT'S SUCH A
DEEP PAIN, SHE NEVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE, THIS IS A
SUPPORT GROUP WHERE WOMEN AND
COUPLES CAN COME TOGETHER AND
BE TOGETHER, AND I THINK THE
CONVERSATION IS SO KEY.
I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED
THIS LOSS, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL
THAT MOMENT, AND I CONFIDED IN
PEOPLE THAT OTHERS SAID ME
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. AND
TOO. AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY
PEOPLE AROUND YOU ARE GOING
THROUGH IT, AND I FEEL LIKE
PERSONALLY IT'S SO HELPFUL
WHEN IT'S A MORE OPEN
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. >> AND IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
IT AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU
HAVE NO RIGHT TO JUDGE OR TO
SAY, HOW SOMEONE SHOULD GET
THROUGH IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES
THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE.
IT'S A PERSONAL CHOICE, AND AS
YOU SEE IT HELPS SO MANY
PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAID, FEELING
LIKE YOU ARE A PART OF A
COMMUNITY BECAUSE I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE ON BOTH SIDES WITH ME
EXPECTING AND WITH YOU ALREADY
BEING A MOM, YOU FEEL TOTALLY
DIFFERENT BUT KNOWING THAT
THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE YOU
CAN RELATE TO.
IT SCARES A LOT OF EXPECTING
MOMS.
MOMS.
MOMS. SHE
MOMS. SHE CAN BE 20 WEEKS AND STILL
EXPERIENCE LOSS.
EXPERIENCE LOSS. WHAT SHOULD I BE DOING OR WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER, WHAT
QUESTIONS SHOULD I BE ASKING
MY DOCTOR?
MY DOCTOR? OR HER SYMPTOMS, PEOPLE ARE ON
EDGE, BUT I THINK THE
TRANSPARENCY PUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE AT EASE, AND ALSO GREAT
ADVICE FROM DR. REDDY AS WELL.
>> THINKING ABOUT