Vogue Australiaさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Vogue AustraliaInstagram)「“Being pregnant during a pandemic felt strangely optimistic. While there was great heartache and devastation happening in the world around us as well as the uncertainty of preparing to give birth amid exhausted hospitals and unpredictable lockdown restrictions, our bubble felt warm,” writes @vogueaustralia’s senior beauty and health editor, @remyrippon. “If 2020 was the year everyone wished to be over, my husband and I reframed it as the year our family would grow after years of losses.” “Following two previous miscarriages, the notion that this new pregnancy – identical twins! – may finally result in healthy babies began to feel real. The 20-week anatomy scan returned a comforting ‘normal’ and ‘healthy’ in an email from our obstetrician, and I allowed the cautious cloud that loomed over my third pregnancy to lift: I made parental leave arrangements and diarised Zoom birthing classes.” “The air was crisp on the July morning a dull ache in my left side prompted an emergency ultrasound. I was soon diagnosed with Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. Our case was acute, but the outlook of saving one or both twins with a scheduled surgery the following day, was optimistic.” “I was already wide-awake staring at the ceiling when, in the early hours that morning, my waters broke under the intense pressure of the accumulating fluid. With that, the surgery and all possible options to save the lives of our daughters were swept away. It seemed almost cruel that as I lay in the delivery room at the hospital waiting to be induced, I could still feel the belly kicks that had previously brought so much reassurance.” In the bio link, Rippon shares the all-consuming grief that comes with pregnancy loss, as #MeghanMarkle joins the list of brave women speaking out about the realities of this heartbreak publicly. But, like Markle, Rippon was full of the conviction to bring something that affects so many out of the shadows. 📷 illustration by @guadypleskacz」11月26日 19時25分