- Mary Fitzgerald said on Instagram that she recently suffered a septic miscarriage.
- The "Selling Sunset" star said she and Romain Bonnet have been trying to get pregnant for a year.
"Selling Sunset" star Mary Fitzgerald has opened up about suffering from a miscarriage after a year of trying to get pregnant in an emotional Instagram video.
In a clip shared on Friday, the reality star, 41, told her 2.1 million followers that she wanted to be transparent about her fertility journey after announcing that she and her husband Romain Bonnet started trying to conceive last year. Fitzgerald, who is vice-president of the Oppenheim Group, said she wanted to say why she'd been silent about her journey to pregnancy in recent weeks.
"I promised everybody a while back, probably about a year ago, that I would take you along with my fertility journey," she said. In May 2022, Fitzgerald shared clips of her injecting herself prior to having an egg retrieval procedure and thanked her followers for their support.
"I know I've been very silent about," Fitzgerald said, tearing up in her most recent video. "It's taken me a couple weeks to actually say everything going on but, I suck at this, so we did get pregnant."
"Unfortunately, that didn't work out," she added. On top of suffering from a miscarriage, Fitzgerald explained that she suffered a septic miscarriage, which required her to be hospitalized for surgery. As Insider previously reported, a septic miscarriage happens when harmful bacteria infect the uterus.
Anyone suffering from a septic miscarriage would have symptoms such as a very high fever and abdominal pain. It would be necessary for a doctor to remove all pregnancy tissue as quickly as possible, and take antibiotics until the infection subsides.
"The reason why I'm speaking out now is because I do realize how common this is and how many people go through this, and it is not easy," she said. "I needed a minute because there are so many eyes on me and everyone judges, and everything and it has been rough to say the least but there's still hope."
"I wanted to just share my journey because I'm going to continue to share it because we're going to keep trying and I'm going to leave it at that. I'm going to continue to share it and we're going to have very good news very soon," Fitzgerald added.
Bonnet, 29, and several members of the "Selling Sunset" cast expressed their support in the comments section of the video, which has amassed more than 37,000 likes as of Saturday.
"It's just the beginning of our journey my princess and i promise I will always be here to support you in every step of the way," Bonnet wrote.
Brett Oppenheim responded: "We will always be here to support you and Romain, through anything. Love you."
Amanza Smith, who joined the "Selling Sunset" cast in season two, also shared words of support for her costar. "Most beautiful human inside and out. Love you both so much and will continue to hold you up through all your pain. Yes you will have good news very soon," Smith commented.