Meghan McCain Opens Up Even More About Her Miscarriage
As we reported this summer, Meghan McCain revealed that she suffered a miscarriage — nearly a year after her dad, John McCain, passed away.
Now she’s opening up even more about the unfortunate circumstances and how it impacted her life.
“I opened up the summer of last year burying my dad and then I ended it last summer having a miscarriage,” Meghan said on Good Morning America. “It felt like this very strange circle of life experience that just included a lot of death and a lot of tragedy.”
“I always describe it as the inverse of losing my dad because my dad was like the ending of a beautiful, long-lived life and I grieve that,” she said. “And the way I grieved having a miscarriage and grieved my daughter was what could have been, and grieving that part, so it just hit me a lot harder than I thought it would.”
Nearly four months later, The View cohost says she wants to shed light on women who’ve suffered through similar ordeals.
“Nobody likes the word miscarriage,” she explained. “I think there’s a lot of shame attached to it, and a lot of sadness, and there’s a lot of societal stigma about it, but I’d rather talk about it than not talk about it.”
“Oftentimes, as people turn into [The View], they probably think that, you know, we’re leading these like, perfect lives and everything’s wonderful and there’s actually a lot of intensity in any human’s life,” she said. “I just thought after I had my miscarriage that I should talk about it because everything I go through, I just want people to feel less alone because I felt very, very alone during the entire experience and afterward I just felt like I have this huge platform. Why not use it to help other women feel less alone?”
Smart words of wisdom, Meghan. Thank you for opening up.