Los Angeles March 7 (IANS) "The Vampire Diaries" actress Claire Holt has said she has suffered a miscarriage.
The 29-year-old was expecting a baby with her fiance Andrew Joblon but lost her child last month.
Taking to Instagram on Monday to share her story Holt urged others who go through a similar loss not to stay silent and told fans that speaking out was helping her to heal her pain reports mirror.co.uk.
"I took this photo 10 days ago as I waited for surgery after my sweet little baby lost its heartbeat. I sent it to my fiance in the waiting room to show him that I was okay. I wasn t " she wrote sharing a photograph of herself in hospital clothes and showing a thumbs up.
"I ve never felt more broken in my life. I debated sharing this so soon and I m still frightened about making such a private struggle public but I m doing it anyway because it s important.
"After my D & C (Dilation and curettage) I spent hours on the internet searching for women who had been through it. I was desperate to find someone anyone who could relate to what I was feeling " she wrote.
"Someone to tell me that the depression and hopelessness were normal. That it wasn t my fault. That I wasn t broken forever " she continued.
"I found a community of women who shared my exact experience. Who were open and vulnerable about miscarriage something that isn t often or openly discussed.
"It breaks my heart to think that losing a baby feels like something we have to keep to ourselves. Why is it any different than the death of a loved one? How is it any less meaningful?"
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