TRIGGER WARNING: This article makes mention of sensitive topics including miscarriage, cancer, and child death, and may be distressing for some readers.
Carly Saunders and Tresne Middleton from season five of My Kitchen Rules have taken to their Instagram to reveal that they have recently suffered a miscarriage.
The news comes just months after their one-year-old daughter Poppy tragically died from a rare type of leukemia in February of this year.
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“Sadly, we know that miscarriage occurs in one in four pregnancies. It certainly doesn’t make living through one any easier, Tresne wrote on the couple’s joint Instagram account.
“We had started to heal, we did a variety of health scans, we were fit and well and we felt as if Poppy was guiding us towards growing our family,” so post continued.
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“So we began the (IVF) process in May and on Poppy’s 2nd Birthday we found out Carly was pregnant.”
Whilst initially “over the moon”, and feeling like it was a “good sign” to find out they were expecting on such a special day, their joy was unexpectedly cut short.
“At the 11-week scan, we failed to find the baby’s heartbeat. Watching the ultrasound machine scanning over Carly’s belly, frantically looking for a heartbeat was devastating,” Tresne continued, her words thick with emotion.
But despite struggling to find the words to account for their loss, the couple says they have found strength within each other, and from their darling daughter Poppy.
“Even though we have had this setback, we will push through and continue to rise up for our precious Poppy Grace.”
“[She] showed us immense strength no matter what hurdle was thrown her way. We are channeling her resilience in dealing with this new set of challenges and hope she watches on, proud of her mums.”
“We hope that one day, our daydream of a family will come true, that Poppy will have siblings and we will feel the unconditional love of children again.”
“If this is your story also, we hope that your dream of a family will soon come true also.”
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