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Ashley Spivey, an alum of the “Bachelor” franchise, has shared the heartbreaking news of a stillbirth after having suffered a miscarriage last year. In a series of stories posted to her Instagram account, Spivey said her preborn son, CJ, had died in utero very late in her pregnancy.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want anyone to worry too much so I just wanted to give some insight into the worst day of our life,” she wrote. “This morning the dr appt [sic] was great \u2014 we could hear his heartbeat \u2014 it was very strong. The doctor asked if CJ was moving around a lot but I said he had kinda slowed down in the past week.” Spivey said CJ usually kicked a lot, and that it was a bonding moment she had loved sharing with her little boy. Her doctor assured her it was probably nothing, but sent her to the hospital just to be safe.<\/p>\n

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Photo shared on Ashley Spivey’s Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n

Sadly, CJ didn’t make it. “Once I got [to the hospital] they were having trouble finding the heartbeat so they did two ultrasounds with two different doctors,” she continued. “[B]ut the result was the same. CJ died sometime between my dr [sic] visit and hospital visit. I’ve received an epidural and pitocin in hopes that I will be able to deliver him relatively quickly. I am very sad and very scared but more than anything I am just completely heartbroken. I feel like a failure. I am going to try to get some sleep and tomorrow I will get to meet my sweet CJ. I’m so sad that I couldn’t protect him.”<\/p>\n

She added that she didn’t know what she would do without the support of her husband, Steve Hunsberger.<\/p>\n

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Later, Spivey updated that CJ was delivered on Thanksgiving Day. “Like his namesake, my dad, he was taken too early from us, his death a result of the cord being wrapped around his neck,” she said. “He was absolutely beautiful with my eyes and dark hair and Steve’s nose and lips.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo shared on Ashley Spivey’s Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n

“This is not the type of post that I could ever imagine sharing but I want CJ to be as real to y\u2019all as he was to me and Steve,” she wrote on Instagram<\/a>. “I am in complete shock that I am at home and my baby is no longer with us. I cannot describe the pain of growing someone inside of you, feeling them die, and then having to push them out of your body. In labor, I knew I had to get him out but there was a part of me that wanted to keep him inside of me forever. The past 3 days have been unimaginably cruel and sad.”<\/p>\n

She added that she had never imagined something like this would happen, and says how happy she would have been had he survived. “Looking into sweet CJ\u2019s face destroyed me – how will I not be able to see him grow up?” she continued. “I will never be able to fill this void. The hole in my heart will be impossible to repair.”<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Spivey said the staff at the hospital honored her loss compassionately.<\/p>\n

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Photo shared on Ashley Spivey’s Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n

“Every nurse was so kind and wanted to take pictures of CJ with us,” she said. [T]hey told us it was important and I agree. I know these pictures might be hard to look at but this is the only time I will ever be able to share him. He may no longer be with us but I am proud of him. I am proud of him for fighting. I wish I could have kept him safe.”<\/p>\n

Spivey previously discussed her struggles with infertility earlier this year in an emotional message on Instagram<\/a>. “I\u2019m approaching the year anniversary of my miscarriage and I feel even farther away from mom goals than I did back then,” she said, adding, “It seems like a cruel joke to make the nanny who loves kids more than anything, infertile, but also I also feel insanely rude complaining about this when people have much bigger problems than this right now.”<\/p>\n

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 8 women<\/a> struggle to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term. Additionally, one in 100 pregnancies<\/a> end in stillbirth, while one in 10 babies<\/a> are born prematurely. Many people suffer these losses silently, but the bravery of people like Spivey in sharing their stories helps to end the stigma of pregnancy loss, a little at a time.<\/p>\n

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