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Whitney Port has opened up about a deeply personal experience, The Hills star revealing she suffered a miscarriage.
In an Instagram post, the 34-year-old articulated the heartbreaking and complicated experience of losing a pregnancy that affects many women; in Australia, one in four women under 35 will have a miscarriage.
“This is really hard for me to write,” Port began.
“Two weeks ago, I had a miscarriage. The amount of various emotions I felt in the past couple weeks have been extreme … from shock to sadness to relief, which then led to guilt for feeling that relief. My identity has been shaken in regards to who as a mom and human being.”
The Hills: New Beginnings star said she wanted to open about her experience to help other women who are struggling with the grief of miscarriage.
“I’m currently in the process of learning to accept that my feelings are valid no matter what they are. Whether or not people feel the same way as me or not. They are my personal emotions that are the result from my own journey.”
In a moving video, Port is shown telling husband Tim Rosenman, with whom she shares a two-year-old son, about her complicated feelings about the miscarriage.
“I felt like this timing was really terrible to be pregnant so there was some part of me when we were in limbo that was like, ‘If this wasn’t going to happen, I think I’m okay with it.’ And I didn’t want to tell you and I remember being in the car on the way to the hospital and saying it to myself in my head and being like, ‘Can I even say this to Timmy? Is he going to be so hurt and think I’m such a terrible person for even thinking this?’”
Port also discusses her miscarriage on an episode of her podcast, With Whit.
