Chrissy Teigen is opening up again about the tragic loss of her stillborn son, Jack, as his original delivery date approaches.
The 35-year-old food tycoon sat down with Ellen DeGeneres on her successful talk show and revealed that losing her baby was a ‘transformative’ experience that she ‘is still getting used to’.
During the segment, which airs Monday, Teigen also said he found a silver lining in the trauma by admitting, ‘in a way that really saved me’.
Cândido: Chrissy Teigen sat down with Ellen DeGeneres on her successful talk show and revealed that losing her baby Jack was a ‘transformative’ experience that she ‘is still accepting’
Ellen, 63, praised Chrissy for her bravery in sharing pictures of the hospital when she lost Jack. The heartbreaking black and white images captured the model and her husband, John Legend, amid the pain.
‘Looking at those pictures now, it seems like a long time ago. Also, of course, everything was a blur, ‘Chrissy revealed to Ellen. “Even though I think about it now, I’m still in therapy about it and I’m still accepting it.”
She continued: ‘I have maternity clothes and there are things I bought for my eighth month and my ninth month. So it’s difficult because he would have been born this week, so you look at these things and you have these constant reminders. ‘
Teigen had been suffering from complications during pregnancy and was placed in absolute rest, before being hospitalized for excessive bleeding from the placenta, when she was about five months old.
‘I have maternity clothes, and there are things I bought for my eighth month and my ninth month. So it’s difficult because he would have been born this week, so you look at these things and you have these constant reminders. ‘
‘It was a really transformative thing for me and in a way it really saved me, because I don’t think I would have discovered therapy and then sobriety and this way of feeling good about myself and feeling like a new person,’ Chrissy explained.
She went public with the entire loss process with her millions of followers in hopes of pulling the curtain on something that so many couples suffer in silence.
‘It was a really transformative thing for me and in a way it really saved me, because I don’t think I would have discovered therapy and then sobriety and this way of feeling good about myself and feeling like a new person,’ Chrissy explained.
In addition to being open with her followers, she has also explained the situation in the best possible way for the children Luna, four years old, and Miles, two.
Teigen took advantage of her own experiences of being ‘raised in a house that was very open about loss’ to help guide her.
‘Looking at those pictures now, it seems like a long time ago. Also, of course, everything was a blur, ‘Chrissy revealed to Ellen. “Even though I think about it now, I’m still in therapy about it and I’m still accepting it.” RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Chrissy Teigen shows her enviable figure in a sheer … Chrissy Teigen puts on a wading buffalo plaid display … Chrissy Teigen gets ready to shoot the cover of her third … Chrissy Teigen says she ‘difficult’ recovery from endometriosis … Share this article Share
“It’s been so beautiful to see my kids, the way they talk about him,” Chrissy told Ellen. ‘Are we going to the beach or something and they’ll say,’ Is Baby Jack with us now? Do you think he’s in the clouds? ‘It is so beautiful and so sweet. ‘
Last week, Teigen – who has just relaunched his website Cravings – underwent endometriosis surgery.
Chrissy had surgery to relieve pelvic pain caused by the disorder in which the lining of the uterine tissue grows incorrectly outside the uterus.
Other celebrities, including Lena Dunham, Padma Lakshmi and Julianne Hough, were open about the pain they suffered as a result of their endometriosis.
“It’s been so beautiful to see my kids, the way they talk about him,” Chrissy told Ellen. ‘Are we going to the beach or something and they’ll say,’ Is Baby Jack with us now? Do you think he’s in the clouds? ‘It is so beautiful and so sweet. ‘