Yahoo News MAFS star Beck Zemek announces heartbreaking miscarriage
Married at First Sight Australia star Rebecca 'Beck' Zemek has shared the heartbreaking news that she has suffered a miscarriage.
Beck, who featured in season 8 in 2021, announced last week that she and fiancé Ben Michell were expecting their second together. However, in a new Instagram post, she revealed the tragic news.
In her caption, the reality star wrote: "I can't get my words and thoughts together, so I'll just write them.
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"At a routine check up, I experienced a silent miscarriage in my second trimester… a term I'd heard but never really thought about after all I didn't know anyone who had gone through one, so didn't think it could be common… Little did I know statistics say 1/4 pregnancies can end this way, but when it's your reality, it's more than just a number. It's heartbreak. It's silence. It's loss.
"The next moments were surreal. The baby had stopped growing, but my body hadn't realized yet... The hardest part is that your body still carries on. Your belly still round, your hormones still remind you of pregnancy, and yet, you mentally have to come to terms that life has ended. I was caught in a limbo... no longer pregnant, but not ready to say goodbye."
She continued, explaining that: "I'm not sharing this for sympathy. I want to share this because women shouldn't feel ashamed or like they have to suffer in silence.
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"Loss is part of the journey for so many of us, and it's okay to grieve, to cry, to celebrate, and to TALK!
"If you're going through this, know that your pain is valid, your loss is real, and you are not alone. Thanks to my close circle getting me through this."
In a video accompanying the post, she admitted that she was "really struggling to see a light at the end of this tunnel" but said that the support and messages have been "incredible".
Organisations including Sands and Tommy's are able to offer help and support to anyone affected by baby loss.
Married at First Sight UK airs on E4 in the UK. Married at First Sight Australia airs on Nine Network in Australia and E4 in the UK.
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