Trigger Warning: This article discusses miscarriage and baby loss, which may be upsetting to some readers.
Meghan Markle has opened up about the heartbreak of losing a child, sharing her experience of miscarriage during a recent episode of her podcast.
The Duchess of Sussex had previously written about her loss in a 2020 article for the New York Times.
She recalled how, after feeling a “sharp cramp” while changing her son Archie’s nappy, she learned she had suffered a miscarriage.
“I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second,” she wrote.
“I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right.”
She continued: “Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand. I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears.”
“Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes glazed over. I tried to imagine how we’d heal.”
In a recent interview, Meghan opened up about her loss again, discussing the experience on her Confessions of a Female Founder podcast with Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani.
