Meghan McCainis speaking out about one of the “darkest times” in her life.
On a new episode of PEOPLE’s podcastMe Becoming Mom, the formerViewco-host, 37, opens up about the trauma of having a miscarriage, sharing that she was “overwhelmed” and “heartbroken” from the experience.
“I had blood work done at my doctor. And I actually found out the day after,” she says of hermiscarriagein 2019. “I had a disastrous appearance onSeth Meyersand I didn’t understand it. I didn’t even really understand what HCG levels are or were. And she told me that it should be doubling and it’s not and they aren’t as high as they need to be at this point in time and I just was so confused.”
McCain, who now is mom to 15-month-old daughterLiberty Sagewith husband Ben Domenech, says she initially thought of miscarriages as “bleeding profusely in the middle of a room or something” which was “very different” than her experience.
“And then having to go through a thing so publicly, there was a disaster in my career and then this disaster in my body. It was one of the darkest times in my life,” she tells host Zoë Ruderman, Head of Digital at PEOPLE. “It’s like every sense in my body was overwhelmed and then I was heartbroken.”
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At the time, McCain recalls that her friends, as well as her hair and makeup person, were aware of her miscarriage.
McCain first publicly revealed in aNew York Timesop-ed in July 2019 that she had been pregnant with a daughter but subsequentlysuffered a miscarriage. She called the loss a “horrendous experience” at the time, adding that she “would not wish it upon anyone.”
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source: people.com
