The Duchess of Sussex spoke openly about a deeply personal part of her life during an episode of her new podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder.
After hearing Meghan Markle share rare comments about a painful chapter in her past, many people went online to express their support and sympathy.
One social media user wrote:
“Be kind to everyone. You never truly know what someone is going through.”
Another added:
“Stay strong, Meghan.”
Someone else commented:
“It’s very brave of you to talk about this, Meghan. Thank you.”
A fourth person wrote:
“Meghan is incredibly strong. Thank you for speaking out.”
Another commenter said:
“This really touched me. It made me cry. Thank you, Meghan.”
Meghan previously opened up about this difficult experience in a 2020 essay for The New York Times, where she revealed that she had lost her second child after feeling a sharp cramp while changing her son Archie’s diaper in July of that year.
She later recalled feeling unwell at their home in Los Angeles before being taken to the hospital.
The Duchess revisited the subject during a conversation on her podcast with Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, who has also experienced pregnancy loss.
Meghan said:
“I’ve spoken before about the miscarriage we went through, and I think in a parallel way, you have to learn how to detach from something you had so much hope and promise for. At some point, you have to find a way to be okay with letting go of something you had planned to love for a very long time.”
Saujani responded emotionally, saying that Meghan’s words felt deeply personal and insightful, almost as if she were reading from her own diary.
Prince Harry also wrote about the miscarriage in his memoir Spare. He described how he and Meghan both cried and how powerless he felt as they left the hospital with their unborn child.
He wrote about taking the small remains to a private place known only to them. There, beneath a banyan tree, while Meghan wept, he dug a small hole with his hands and gently laid the remains in the ground.
Meghan’s latest comments come after the first episode of her podcast, where she also revealed that she experienced a serious medical scare after giving birth.
In that earlier episode, Meghan and her guest, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, discussed their similar experiences with postpartum preeclampsia.
According to Mayo Clinic, postpartum preeclampsia is a rare condition that can happen after childbirth and involves high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine. It requires quick medical treatment because, if left untreated, it can lead to seizures and other serious complications.