Anne Hathaway Opens Up About Her Miscarriage Experience Prior to Welcoming Sons
In her 2019 Instagram post, the actress gave a heartfelt shoutout to those struggling to get pregnant by expressing “please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies.”
Reflecting on that moment, Hathaway explained that she wanted to be honest with her followers about her journey.
“Given the pain I felt while trying to get pregnant,” The Devil Wears Prada alum shared with Vanity Fair, “it would’ve felt disingenuous to post something all the way happy when I know the story is much more nuanced than that for everyone.”
Realizing the commonality of miscarriages, Hathaway aimed to reassure anyone who has faced a similar situation that they are not alone.
“I thought, Where is this information?” she continued. “Why are we feeling so unnecessarily isolated? That’s where we take on damage. So I decided that I was going to talk about it. The thing that broke my heart, blew my mind, and gave me hope was that for three years after, almost daily, a woman came up to me in tears and I would just hold her, because she was carrying this [pain] around and suddenly it wasn’t all hers anymore.”