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Finding Strength After Heartbreak
At the time of her inexplicable heartbreak, Natalie Joy decides to share her heart with her audience. A few days only after the husband, Nick Viall, The Bachelorette, shared the upsetting news about their third miscarriage in the past year, Natalie is giving a very open and emotional update on her healing progress.
The 26-year-old mother, River Rose (1.5 years), and shared with Nick took to her Instagram Stories on August 17 to let her fans know of her gratitude for the support they have been receiving. “After sharing that we experienced our 3rd miscarriage, I really received so much love and support from a lot of people. Thanks to all the kind people who reached out,” she said.
She explained through tears that the past week has been a hard time for her, since she has been focusing on her emotional and physical well-being. Her highest priority was to “get well physically after my second D&C, rely on my people emotionally, and keep on hugging my little rivvy girl, my miracle, without stopping.”
Searching for Answers and Leaning on Hope
Her present situation is such that she has decided to go on with life, find out the causes of the situations, and still keep away from any further pain. “I’m working very closely with great doctors that I trust and I love,” she said, showing her eagerness to figure out the reason for their repeated losses. “Can’t wait to find out what the problem is so that we don’t go through this grief a 4th time. Love y’all.”
Just three days after Nick made the announcement on his podcast, The Viall Files, her message of heart speaks volumes. Their fan base is used to them being this brutally honest as they have always been very open in sharing the emotional highs and heartbreaking lows of their journey to parenthood.
A Painful Announcement and the Scary Road Ahead
Nick Viall had to do it all by himself, his voice heavy, on the August 14 episode of his podcast. “As you can see, Natalie is not here,” the 44-year-old stated before going on to say the hard thing. “It’s pretty f–king awful not to have a way to say it.” He was telling that his wife “certainly was at home, not doing much and has already started the recovery process, both physically and emotionally.”
Initially, the doctors had given them a positive scenario in which they were informed that miscarriages could take place. However, in an interview, Nick Bevins stated that the losses had turned their journey into “a bit of a scary time.” He also mentioned that while it was one or two happening, that was quite normal. On the other hand, “it is far less normal to have two or three back-to-back,” he said.
They are now at the stage of medical testing that is quite scary and he really sad in his explanation of the process. “Now we are going through the very scary process of taking tests and learning more about us,” he revealed. “It’s like the strange thing where you want the doctors to discover something, but you also do not want them to find something.”
A Father’s Heartbreak and a Mother’s Unique Grief
Nick also shared that he and Natalie are differently and intricately doing their grieving. He accepted that there could be no other way but that a mother’s bond with the unborn child is so deep, hence, a new life is a singularly joyful occasion for her.
“The bond and the connection that I really think is very much unique to mothers is the immediate one,” he said. In the next example, the father, talking from his point of view, tells us about the hard and resolved side of his own grief when he reluctantly had to assume the role of the family leader. “For the dads, in the situation you find yourself in, you are working on this balance that wraps around grieving yourself, but at the same time just managing life and the family.”
He did so by recalling a deep and touching moment when he acknowledged that the feeling of being utterly alienated following such a catastrophe is very intense for the one that carried the pregnancy. “For those who have actually been through it, it’s a tragedy, that makes you feel utterly alone,” he said. “This is what Natalie is current experiencing.”
