Chrissy Teigenis honoring her son Jack, one year after losing him.
On Tuesday, Teigen shared a tribute to “the son we almost had” on Instagram, alongside a photo of herself crying in a hospital bed as husbandJohn Legendheld her.
“A year ago you gave me the greatest pain I could ever imagine to show me I could survive anything, even if I didn’t want to,” shewrote in the caption. “I didn’t get to take care of you but you came and went to get me to love myself and take care of myself because our bodies are precious and life is a miracle. they told me it would get easier but yeah, that hasn’t started yet. mom and dad love you forever.”
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The tribute, posted on National Sons Day, comes almost one year after Teigen and Legend announced on Sept. 30, 2020, that theysuffered the loss of their pregnancywith Jack. Teigen, whosuffers from endometriosis, was previouslyput on bed restand eventuallyhospitalized due to excessive bleeding.
The couple, who tied the knot in September 2013, also share daughter Luna Simone, 5, and son Miles Theodore, 3, both of whom they conceived via IVF. (Teigen also honored Miles on National Sons Day with asweet carousel of snapshotshours earlier on Tuesday.)
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“On this darkest of days, we will grieve, we will cry our eyes out. But we will hug andlove each other harder and get through it,” she wrote in September, announcing their loss.
TheCravingscookbook author said in December that shewould “never” be pregnant again. “Coming to terms withnot being able to carry againis still really difficult for me because I feel so healthy. I’m like, why?” she said in March. “But then I think about it as my uterus is just not cooperating with me — and it’s not a failure.”
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Earlier this month, Teigen got candid abouthow her body has changedsince her last pregnancy, saying that she felt her body “paused in time.”
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