Shawn Johnson Reflects on "Bittersweet" Anniversary of Her Miscarriage

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Shawn Johnson-East is opening up about her 2017 gestation loss.

The Olympic gymnast, who shares girl Drew Hazel, 2, and lad Jett James, 15 months, with hubby Andrew East, marked the day of her miscarriage successful a moving Instagram post, wherever she shared however the time has brought her some heartbreak and joy

"October 19th… ever hits a small hard for maine successful specified a bittersweet way," Shawn, 30, wrote alongside a photograph of her and Andrew from the YouTube video sharing the quality of their gestation loss. "It was the time I miscarried our archetypal babe successful 2017 but past a small implicit a twelvemonth aboriginal I was told it was the owed day of Drew Hazel."

She continued, "I ever aftermath up a small bittersweet and a small somber connected 10/19 but God works successful specified beauteous ways. I'll conscionable you successful eden immoderate time saccharine angel."

Her heartfelt station has been liked by much than 67,000 people. Singer Natalie Hemby commented, writing, "Awww friend… yes you will.. yes. You. Will."

Shawn and Andrew archetypal spoke astir the miscarriage successful an affectional October 2017 YouTube video, with the Dancing with the Stars alum sharing their gestation nonaccomplishment occurred not agelong aft uncovering retired she was pregnant.

"We consciousness similar a batch of radical spell done this truthful we wanted to stock it, "Shawn said while sitting successful her husband's lap. "The past 48 hours person been immoderate of the happiest, scariest, and saddest times of my life," she continued. "My hubby Andrew and I recovered retired that we were unexpectedly pregnant, lone to find retired hours aboriginal immoderate tragic news. I person been crying much than I ever have, but americium inactive optimistic for what is next."

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The Mirrorball winner spoke astir her miscarriage to E! News successful 2021, sharing what it felt similar to find retired she was large again a small implicit a twelvemonth later.

"It was perfectly terrifying," the Olympic golden medalist said. "The first time, erstwhile I recovered retired I was pregnant, it was, like, the top time of my life. The 2nd clip I recovered retired I was pregnant, I was truthful acrophobic that I couldn't observe it due to the fact that it wouldn't past that it astir stripped each the joyousness retired of it for maine for a while."

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