{"id":232062,"date":"2020-10-03T15:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T20:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=232062"},"modified":"2020-10-02T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T04:24:12","slug":"actress-kate-beckinsale-loss-20-weeks-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/actress-kate-beckinsale-loss-20-weeks-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress Kate Beckinsale opens up about past loss of preborn baby at 20 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

In response to the tragic news<\/a> of the loss of model Chrissy Teigen and musician husband John Legend’s son due to pregnancy complications, actress Kate Beckinsale opened up about her own loss and offered sympathy to the grieving couple in an emotional Instagram message.<\/p>\n

“I’ve noticed people criticizing @chrissyteigen for sharing deeply intimate photos of the loss of her baby,” wrote Beckinsale. “As if there’s some protocol during soul-scouring calamity that, if not observed, emboldens people who do not know her or her family to say how she should be handling the unimaginable.”<\/p>\n

Beckinsale then went on to share her own tragic tale of pregnancy loss and expressed the deep emotional wounds it caused her.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n
\n
View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a> <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve noticed people criticizing @chrissyteigen for sharing deeply intimate photos of the loss of her baby. As if there\u2019s some protocol during soul-scouring calamity that, if not observed, emboldens people who do not know her or her family to say how she should be handling the unimaginable. Years ago, I lost a baby at 20 weeks. I had managed to keep my pregnancy quiet and I absolutely collapsed inside and no one would have known. There is grief, shame and shock so often that come with an experience like this, plus the heartbreak of your body continuing, after the loss, to act as if it had a child to nurture. Your milk comes in, with no one to feed. It can be the loneliest, most soul destroying period of time, particularly if you are not in the position of having an emotionally connected, supportive partner like Chrissy has. I think it\u2019s an honour to be allowed into another persons grief, especially with a subject like this which so often puts a woman into that hall of mirrors state of life continuing as if the world hasn\u2019t, for you ,come to a bloody and terrible halt. Sending so much love to the Legend family, but also so much to the women and couples who have kept it quiet and suffered. I know there are so many. Thank you @chrissyteigen for making sure it is abundantly clear how devastating this is, and how life changing it can be without support. Let\u2019s let the grieving decide what\u2019s right for them. Send support or keep quiet . This is a really hard time to bear .Blessings and hugs to all x<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by Kate Beckinsale<\/a> (@katebeckinsale) on