This post deals with miscarriage and might be triggering for some readers.
Parenting blogger and author Hilaria Baldwin had a miscarriage on Monday and needed a D and C (dilation and curettage – a procedure to remove tissue from inside a uterus) on Tuesday.
By Wednesday, her abdomen showed no sign of her second-trimester pregnancy.
Baldwin, 35, and a mother of four, posted two photos of her experience to her Instagram stories.
“I was so proud of my belly… I shared this photo from Monday in my stories, talking about how much my belly was growing,” she wrote.
The photo showed a pregnant abdomen, and the Wednesday photo showed a marked change. Baldwin explained, “My bump was taken away so swiftly in a day…Tuesday.
“And I miss it…but the body knows and its elasticity doesn’t lie.”
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I know she gets a lot of criticism for 'oversharing', people saying that she should keep it private etc, but I like seeing her talking about what's happening to her. It's such a hard, personal, painful thing to go through, and no-one talks about it, so you feel so alone. The more people talk about it publicly, the easier it gets for all of us who have been through or will go through it.
I agree, oversharing or not she's going through a hard time. I'm sure everyone can agree and send sympathy.
You've come to the right place, then: Hilaria will share everything (so long as she can find a flattering angle). Destigmatising miscarriage, one selfie at a time!
Call me old-fashioned, I'm just not sure that a miscarriage should play out over instagram.
I wouldn't bet on it...