23 celebrities who have opened up about having miscarriages

In a 2013 interview with Oprah, Beyoncé opened up about the miscarriage she had before the birth of her first child, Blue Ivy.

"There are so many couples that go through that and it was a big part of my story," Beyoncé said.

"It's one of the reasons I did not share I was pregnant the second time because you don't know what's going to happen. And that was hard because all of my family and my friends knew and we celebrated. It was hard," she continued.

And, in a December 2019 interview with Elle magazine, the musician said that experiencing a miscarriage changed her perspective on success.

"I began to search for deeper meaning when life began to teach me lessons I didn't know I needed. Success looks different to me now," she told the publication. "I learned that all pain and loss is, in fact, a gift. Having miscarriages taught me that I had to mother myself before I could be a mother to someone else."

On Wednesday, model Chrissy Teigen shared an emotional post on Twitter about suffering pregnancy loss after being hospitalized for days.

"We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we've never felt before," Teigen wrote alongside a black-and-white photo of herself crying in a hospital bed.

Teigen was pregnant with her third child with husband John Legend.

In September, she'd shared that she was put on bed rest for two weeks. On Sunday, she was admitted to the hospital after she experienced severe bleeding.

Teigen shared that she underwent two blood transfusions and passed a blood clot. She said the bleeding was a result of a "weak placenta."

In 2019, actress and comedian Ali Wong told Health magazine that she is open to covering all topics during her comedy routines, including her miscarriage experience.

Wong, who has two daughters, said she "didn't realize miscarrying was a thing that could happen," which is why she told everyone about her third pregnancy when she was seven weeks along.

"That's why I told everybody [about the pregnancy]. I told the lady who cleans my house and when she found out I was seven weeks along, she told me I shouldn't be telling people," she told the publication. "Now I know why — it's because then you have to tell everyone the bad news."

She also pointed out that some people have had "insensitive reactions" by trying to figure out why the miscarriage happened — even though miscarriages are fairly common and typically have an unidentifiable cause.

"Like, they will ask if it's because you had sushi or you were performing too much. They want to point to some cause and don't realize how bad that makes you feel," Wong said.

In October 2019, "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly Brook announced that they are expecting their sixth child together.

In the same announcement, he also opened up about their struggles with previous miscarriages, saying there should be "zero shame around it."

On Instagram, he wrote that the word "miscarriage" should be replaced because "nobody failed to 'carry,' these things sometimes just happen" and said this experience is something people rarely talk about, even though it's OK to take time to grieve.

"We decided to put ourselves out there — not knowing what we'd find — in an effort to chip away at any senseless stigma around this experience and to encourage people who might be going through it to open themselves up to love & support from friends and family when they need it most," he continued.

In November of that year, he shared that his wife suffered a miscarriage.

On April 5, 2019, Hilaria Baldwin shared a candid post on her Instagram, writing that based on her personal experiences and input from her doctors, she believes that her current pregnancy is not viable and that she is currently experiencing the early stages of a miscarriage.

"I have always been so open with you all about my family, fitness, pregnancies ... and I don't want to keep this from you, just because it isn't as positive and shiny as the rest," she continued.

Baldwin also explained that she wants to help raise awareness about this topic, writing, "I want to be a part of the effort to normalize miscarriage and remove the stigma from it." And she added that she feels "no shame or embarrassment" about this experience.

A few days later, in an Instagram post, she shared that she had a miscarriage. "I hope this conversation continues to grow and that we stick together through both the beautiful and challenging moments in life," she wrote.

Later that year, the actress shared that she was pregnant again, writing on Instagram that "it is still very early" but she's very happy. Later, in November, she shared on Instagram that she had another miscarriage at four months.

"I'm really devastated right now...I was not expecting this when I went to my scan today. I don't know what else to say...I'm still in shock and don't have this all quite clear," she wrote.

The actress later shared she was pregnant again and gave birth in September.

On the season finale of "The Hills: New Beginnings," reality star Whitney Port opened up about the grief she experienced after having a miscarriage.

"Pregnancy news is usually really exciting news, and when I found out I was pregnant I didn't immediately feel so excited. I was really scared, actually," Port said on the show.

She said that she got nervous once all of her usual pregnancy symptoms (similar to ones she experienced for her first pregnancy) suddenly stopped.

Port said that's when she began to process what was happening — and the grief she felt was "all-consuming." She shared that it was especially difficult to keep herself together in front of her 2-year-old son, Sonny.

"It's like a death is happening inside your body, and you're also supposed to show up for your child that you have and you can't really be sad in front of them, and you're just confused if your feelings are okay [or] if they're too dramatic," she added.

While looking back at her 2018, actress Shay Mitchell wrote a heartfelt Instagram story to her followers that discussed her own miscarriage after sharing a photo of her ultrasound.

"We all have to deal with various struggles and challenges in life. And sometimes it's easier to only showcase the good times on social media, which is what leads many people to criticize it for its lack of authenticity," Mitchell wrote.

"Having so many people follow me on Instagram and read my posts is both incredibly humbling and hugely uplifting. The support and affection that so many of you show me lifts me up during even my darkest days, one of which happened last year after I miscarried and lost the child of my hopes and dreams," she added.

She said she hoped in the spirit of New Year's resolutions, she hoped people would be more "compassionate, empathetic, patient, and thoughtful with each other."

In 2019, Mitchell shared that she was pregnant — and she later gave birth to a baby girl.

In a 2018 interview with ABC News prior to the release of her memoir, "Becoming," former First Lady Michelle Obama shared that she suffered a miscarriage and that her two daughters Sasha and Malia were subsequently conceived through IVF.

"I felt lost and alone, and I felt like I failed," she said. "I didn't know how common miscarriages were, because we don't talk about them. We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we're broken."

In 2016, singer Halsey told Rolling Stone that she suffered a miscarriage while on tour. In order to avoid canceling a performance, the pop star said she wore adult diapers and took pain medication to make it through the show.

"I beat myself up for it because I think that the reason it happened is just the lifestyle I was living," she told the publication.

"I wasn't drinking. I wasn't doing drugs. I was f---ing overworked — in the hospital every couple of weeks because I was dehydrated, needing bags of IVs brought to my green room. I was anemic, I was fainting. My body just broke the f--- down," she added.

In a 1993 interview with Barbara Walters, Houston revealed that she had a miscarriage while filming "The Bodyguard."

"It was very painful, emotionally and physically," she told Walters. "I was back on the set the next day. And it's over. But I had Bobbi Kristina one year later, and I am blessed."

In a 2017 Instagram post, the former ESPN anchor revealed she experienced a miscarriage during a broadcast of "SportsCenter."

"The juxtaposition of college kids going nuts behind our set, while I was losing a baby on it, was surreal. I was scared, nobody knew I was pregnant, so I did the show while having a miscarriage. On television. My husband had to watch this unfold from more than a thousand miles away, texting me hospital options during commercial breaks," Walsh wrote.

She went on to share the story of her long fertility battle, which consisted of painful IVF treatments and miscarriages. Walsh is now a mother of twins.

Melissa Rivers, reality TV star and daughter of late comedian Joan Rivers, told Celebrity Baby Scoop that she had two miscarriages before delivering her son, Cooper.

"I had a very difficult pregnancy and I had a very hard time getting pregnant the first time and then I had a miscarriage and then another six months before I got pregnant with Cooper. Then I was on and off of bed rest for my entire pregnancy," she told the publication.

In 2012, actress Sharon Stone revealed to AARP that after three second-trimester pregnancy loses, she and her husband adopted their son Roan.

"The last time I lost the baby," she said, "I went into 36 hours of labor. While we were at the hospital, our adoption attorney called."

In a 2003 interview with Dateline NBC, famed journalist and television personality Barbara Walters stated that she had several miscarriages while working as a broadcaster in the 1960s.

"I had had several miscarriages," she said. "And when I did, they were never reported. And I would take a couple of days off then, and go back to work."

In a 2013 interview with Mocha Manual, Lela Rochon said that a miscarriage she suffered five months into a prior pregnancy affected how she felt about her body in a later pregnancy.

"I know everybody's situation is different, but I also think you never truly get over that kind of loss and you never trust your body again until you see a healthy child come. When my daughter came and she was healthy and happy, it made everything okay," she said.

Talk-show host Wendy Williams told Essence in 2015 that she gave birth to her only son after having two miscarriages.

"I fought tooth and nail to be a mother," Williams said. "I suffered several miscarriages including two at five months. That's when you have the clothes already picked out, the nursery is already painted. They ask you do you want a funeral or do you want the cremation."

In a 1993 interview with People magazine, the late entertainment maven Joan Rivers discussed how she dealt with pregnancy loss and fertility problems after having her daughter, Melissa.

"I wish I had had 10 children," Rivers said. "After Missy, I had two miscarriages and a tubular pregnancy. Not having more [kids] is my only regret in life. We were going to adopt, and then Edgar changed his mind. I worry now because there's nobody for Missy."

Singer and songwriter Lily Allen has been open about her experience with losing a child.

In a 2015 Twitter post, the artist revealed that her song "Something's Not Right" was written in memory of her stillborn son.

"Five years ago today I was admitted to hospital. Four days later I delivered a beautiful baby boy, but sadly he didn't make it. It's unlike me to discuss this sort of thing so publicly but I wrote this song in his memory," she wrote.

Legendary supermodel Brooke Shields described the events surrounding her pregnancy loss in a 2003 interview with People. She revealed that after being diagnosed with cervical dysplasia and attempting IVF, she suffered a miscarriage.

"We were crushed," she says. "Up till then, I thought simply because it was time and I wanted to have a baby, it would work out.

"Maybe I'll never know why it happened," she says. "But it made me understand the difference between wanting to have a baby and truly wanting to be a mother," she added.

In 2010, Mariah Carey spoke to Access Hollywood about the loss of her first pregnancy with former husband, Nick Cannon.

"It kind of shook us both and took us into a place that was really dark and difficult," Mariah said about the miscarriage. "When that happened… I wasn't able to even talk to anybody about it. That was not easy."

According to a 2007 interview with Marie Claire, Nicole Kidman and former husband Tom Cruise suffered two instances of pregnancy loss before adopting their two children.

"I had a miscarriage at the end of my marriage, but I had an ectopic pregnancy at the beginning of my marriage. It was incredibly traumatic for me. Sometimes you share your grief," she said.

In an interview for Dr. Berlin's "Informed Pregnancy" podcast, the"Fantastic Four" actress spoke about how she had "miscarried pretty early on" the first time she was ever pregnant.

The actress explained that she had "a blighted ovum" though she didn't know what it meant at the time. She said her doctor told her this meant she miscarried "but it hasn't left [her] body yet." Mara said it also meant her body still thought it was pregnant and that she may have to wait months to miscarry naturally.

"Everything just took so much time, so by the time it was all over, I mean, I had been pregnant for three months or something even though I wasn't really pregnant. It just dragged out forever," she added.

Mara said that since she suffered a miscarriage, she was hesitant and a bit fearful the next time she got pregnant.

"It was weird, this bittersweet sort of ... I was so excited, but also sad that we weren't as excited as we were the first time, because that was clear that it was a very different dynamic. It makes perfect sense," she added.

She and her husband, Jamie Bell, have since welcomed a daughter.

In a 2018 interview with "CBS Sunday Morning," Carrie Underwood spoke about her experience having three miscarriages throughout 2017 and 2018.

She said she had two miscarriages in 2017 and one in 2018 and she didn't want to be angry since she felt so blessed to already have a husband, child, and life that she loved.

"But the miscarriages made me get real with God and say, 'OK, I'm kind of giving up a little bit. If this isn't meant to happen, then I need to accept that and know that someday I'll understand why,'" she told People magazine earlier this year.

At the beginning of 2019, the singer and her husband, Mike Fisher, welcomed their second child.

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