Hilaria Baldwin reveals why she chose to share that she was suffering a possible miscarriage

'I want women who have gone through this to know: there is nothing wrong with you'

Sabrina Barr
Tuesday 09 April 2019 15:55 BST
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Hilaria and Alec Baldwin
Hilaria and Alec Baldwin

Hilaria Baldwin has opened up about why she shared on Instagram that she was suffering a possible miscarriage.

The author and yoga instructor has four children with her husband, Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin.

Earlier this month, Mrs Baldwin revealed in an Instagram post that she was expecting the couple's fifth child.

In the same post, she also disclosed that she was likely in the process of experiencing a miscarriage, stating in the picture's caption that she felt it was "important to show the truth".

The 35-year-old's post has garnered more than 110,000 likes over the past few days, with many people in the comment section opening up about their own experiences with miscarriages.

In a new interview with Glamour magazine, Mrs Baldwin explains why she chose to speak openly about the realities of her pregnancy.

"Having a miscarriage would hurt if I went through it in silence and it would hurt if I lose the pregnancy in front of everybody, I realised," she says.

"At least sharing my story might help me and other women dealing with a miscarriage to find support."

The fitness expert realised that she may be experiencing a miscarriage when she went for an ultrasound before the 10-week mark of her first trimester, adding that the technician performing the scan remained silent during the appointment.

"Every hopeful pregnant woman dreads this silence," Mrs Baldwin says. "And I just knew: oh no, something is wrong."

After Mrs Baldwin shared her story on Instagram, she says she wasn't surprised by the number of women who'd had similar experiences, but was taken aback by how many were willing to share similar stories.

The author adds that thousands of women and men left comments underneath her picture revealing that this was the first time they'd spoken openly about their miscarriage experiences.

"I want women who have gone through this to know: there is nothing wrong with you," Mrs Baldwin says.

"You are not alone. I know this didn't happen because I did something wrong. This is just nature."

Mrs Baldwin says that publicly sharing her story has helped her "feel heard" by others.

"Emotionally I'm still healing; physically the process is not over," she explains.

One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage, babies' charity Tommy's states.

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The majority of miscarriages occur during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

For more information about miscarriages, click here.

To contact the Tommy's PregnancyLine, call 0800 014 7800. The phone line is open Monday to Friday, from 9am until 5pm. You can also email midwife@tommys.org.

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