Meghan McCain Opens Up About Her Miscarriage So Others "Will Feel Less Alone"

Brie Schwartz
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From Oprah Magazine

  • Co-host of The View, Meghan McCain shared in a New York Times op-ed published on July 19 that she suffered a miscarriage, losing her baby girl.

  • She later wrote in an Instagram post that she described the "horrendous experience," that she "would not wish upon anyone" so that her story may help others feel seen.

Though The View co-host Meghan McCain doesn't often hold back, she expressed an even more vulnerable candor in a recent New York Times op-ed in which she discusses the heartache of suffering a miscarriage.

The 34-year-old, whose father, Senator John McCain, past away last summer after a battle with brain cancer, describes the new type of "horrendous experience" she endured when she learned she lost her baby girl.

She said she believed it was her fault, writing, "I blamed myself. Perhaps it was wrong of me to choose to be a professional woman, working in a high-pressure, high-visibility, high-stress field, still bearing the burden of the recent loss of my father and facing on top of that the arrows that come with public life.”

“I blamed my age," she added. "I blamed my personality. I blamed everything and anything a person could think of, and what followed was a deep opening of shame.”

McCain, who is married to conservative pundit Ben Domenech, continues, "I loved my baby, and I always will. To the end of my days I will remember this child—and whatever children come will not obscure that. I have love for my child. I have love for all the women who, like me, were briefly in the sisterhood of motherhood, hoping, praying and nursing joy within us, until the day the joy was over.”

She takes some comfort in knowing that her beloved father is taking care of the daughter she never got to meet.

“When my father passed, I took refuge in the hope that someday we would be united in the hereafter,” she wrote. “There is my father—and he is holding his granddaughter in his hands.”

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“It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” ~ Rocky Balboa 🥊🥊🥊🥊 Thank you for so many beautiful and kind responses to my New York Times @nytimes op-ed about my recent miscarriage. Ben and I are the luckiest, most incredibly blessed people in the world surrounded by love and support. My hope is by continuing to share grief and loss, and addressing these taboo subjects head on it will help people who have experienced the same to feel less alone. None of us are alone in this. I was petrified to share my story publicly but I never, ever let fear dictate my life choices. I will always take the leap, I will always roll the dice. 🎲 And to this man who loves my wild heart, has never tried to change a single thing about me, and continues to be the greatest source of strength, love and faith a woman could ever ask for ~ I thank God for sending you to me every day, Ben. #rideordie

A post shared by Meghan McCain (@meghanmccain) on Jul 20, 2019 at 7:16pm PDT

In an Instagram post she shared on July 21, she admitted that she was "petrified" to share her story. Thanking fans for their support, she wrote, "Don’t ever feel bad for us. My hope is by continuing to share grief and loss, and addressing these taboo subjects head on it will help people who have experienced the same to feel less alone. None of us are alone in this.”