Kylie Kelce is opening up about an emotional loss on her being pregnant journey.
The “Not Gonna Lie” podcaster spoke to her viewers a couple of miscarriage she skilled years in the past, earlier than she and husband Jason Kelce would go on to welcome their first baby.
The story, shared on Thursday’s episode of her podcast, was particularly poignant, as October marks Being pregnant & Toddler Loss Consciousness Month.
Kylie spoke about going to appointments after getting a optimistic being pregnant take a look at, and telling her and Jason’s shut household when she was across the 12-week mark.
“We made it a point to surprise Jason’s mom and dad when we were there by pretending to take a photo and telling them that we were expecting,” Kylie mentioned as she motioned to pause and started to get emotional. Kylie’s eyes welled up as she continued to share her story and wipe away her tears.
“We surprised Jason’s mom and dad with a video. We also surprised Jason’s Aunt Judy and his grandmother, Grandma Mary,” Kylie mentioned, as her voice broke. “When we were in Cleveland, we surprised [Jason’s brother] Travis with little baby booties. Um, all of these interactions were recorded for memory purposes.”
Throughout her 12 week scan, which truly occurred when she was 13 weeks pregnant, Kylie acquired the devastating information one thing was unsuitable.
“It felt like everything went into slow motion, and they could not find the baby on the doppler, and at 13-ish weeks they should,” Kylie mentioned of her appointment.
“I don’t know if it was the doom and gloom of like, I was almost expecting it or what, but I remember being like, ’Oh, there isn’t a heartbeat. You didn’t find one, ‘cause there isn’t one,’” she mentioned, as Kylie mentioned she was attempting to not let her feelings get to a “full gasping situation” whereas she retold the story.
“They estimated that the baby had stopped developing between, I believe it was nine and 10 weeks. Essentially, I had what you would refer to as a missed miscarriage,” the highschool coach shared.
“It was a shitty day,” Kylie mentioned as she continued to take breaks whereas telling the painful story. “It was a shitty day because it was Jason’s birthday.”
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“I still remember going to the car and calling my mom, which is not a good idea when you are heaving crying in the car. But I called my mom and told her that I couldn’t tell Jason because it was his birthday, which seems very silly, because obviously I’m going to tell my husband what happened. And I did, and it was hard for both of us.”
“I emphasize the fact that this still hurts after having four children, because it does. And it’s OK,” Kylie mentioned. She and Jason have 4 daughters: Wyatt, 6, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and Finn, who was born in March.
She later added that “having had that experience then messed with my brain for every consecutive pregnancy.”
“For Wyatt, we did not share that we were pregnant until I was after 20 weeks. For consecutive pregnancies, waited until I was at least 16 weeks,” the podcaster mentioned. “I Googled almost every week what the percentage likelihood was that a baby could survive ― which sounds really dark.
“I literally did it for Finn,” Kylie mentioned, referencing her fourth daughter.
“It’s scarring and stays with you in a way that is yours only,” the mother mentioned of her expertise. “And whether you have a loss at six weeks or 13 weeks or whenever ― that loss is real.”
Miscarriage is outlined by the Mayo Clinic as “the sudden loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week,” after which the loss is outlined as a stillbirth.
It’s estimated that about 10 to twenty% of identified pregnancies finish in miscarriage. The true charge is probably going increased, as many ladies have no idea they’re pregnant after they miscarry.
Kylie joins a refrain of different well-known ladies ― like Michelle Obama, Meghan Markle and Chrissy Teigen ― who’ve all opened up and shared their fertility tales.
