Bachelor in Paradise star Jade Roper is marking a somber anniversary.
“Two years since my D&C. Two years without you sweet Beau,” the reality TV star wrote via Instagram on Saturday, September 6, referring to a dilation and curettage, a procedure in which the cervix is dilated in order to remove tissue from inside the uterus. (The procedure is commonly used for abortions and to treat missed or incomplete miscarriages.)
“Grief is quieter now, but it’s still here, woven into who I am,” Roper continued. “Remembering the baby I never got to hold, yet still hold in my heart.”
Roper included several photos in the post, including a picture of her cradling her then-pregnant stomach and a snapshot of an ultrasound. Roper also shared a picture of herself in a hospital, a small, blue, heart-shaped cake with the name “Beau” written in icing, and a photo of her hands on her stomach as she appeared to be laying in bed.
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In August 2023, Roper announced she was expecting her fourth child with husband Tanner Tolbert when she experienced a pregnancy loss.
“I’ve been struggling what to write here as I’ve been navigating a miscarriage,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “It felt like all my dreams were coming true to welcome another baby into our lives, to love and to complete our family. While our hearts are completely broken and we have been dealing with the deep and complex grief of the loss, we have been blessed to be touched by his soul or his short amount of time. I am forever changed.”
She continued, I’m currently experiencing what is called a missed miscarriage, so while his heart has stopped and he has stopped growing (for some time now), my body hasn’t released the pregnancy yet. I am hoping to do this naturally and am trusting in timing and in my body under the care of my provider.”
Roper went on to write that she had been carrying the pregnancy “with so much pride and cherish every moment still left with part of him,” adding that “it has also been equally as challenging and devastating.”
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“So while I hold my belly here, our sweet baby’s body is resting in my womb as his soul soars,” she concluded. “We love you with every piece of our hearts, baby Beau.”
An estimated one in four pregnancies will end in a miscarriage, according to the World Health Organization, though researchers believe the number of pregnancy losses is actually higher, as many people can miscarry without ever knowing or realizing they were pregnant.
Despite prevailing stigma associated with miscarriage and pregnancy loss, doctors often do not know why a pregnancy loss occurs. According to the Mayo Clinic, most miscarriages are the result of an embryonic or fetal chromosomal abnormality.
