Mark Zuckerberg & Wife Expecting First Baby, Opens Up on 3 Previous Miscarriages
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Facebook and his wife Priscilla
Chan were recently listed as the youngest couple in a list of the 10
richest couples in the world. But the couple who got married in 2012
have experienced their fair share of grief on the way to becoming
parents. Mark Zuckerberg shared the photo above announcing that they are
now expecting after several prior miscarriages. He called their
infertility journey, "a lonely experience", writing;
"You feel so hopeful when you learn you're going to have a child. You start imagining who they'll become and dreaming of hopes for their future. You start making plans, and then they're gone. It's a lonely experience. Most people don't discuss miscarriages because you worry your problems will distance you or reflect upon you -- as if you're defective or did something to cause this. So you struggle on your own."
In today's open and connected world, discussing these issues doesn't
distance us; it brings us together. It creates understanding and
tolerance, and it gives us hope.
When we started talking to our
friends, we realized how frequently this happened -- that many people we
knew had similar issues and that nearly all had healthy children after
all.
We hope that sharing our experience will give more people
the same hope we felt and will help more people feel comfortable sharing
their stories as well.
Our good news is that our pregnancy is now far enough along that the risk of loss is very low and we are very hopeful.
Cilla and our child are both healthy, I'm extremely excited to meet her
and our dog Beast has no idea what's coming. In our ultrasound, she
even gave me a thumbs up "like" with her hand, so I'm already convinced
she takes after me.
We're looking forward to welcoming her into the world and sharing more soon when she's ready to come out and meet everyone!
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