Brittany Noonan: “We experienced our 2nd miscarriage in just a few months”
"It’s not a club I wish I was a part of but one I have learnt is so much larger than I ever knew."
Brittany Noonan – pregnancy and postnatal fitness trainer and motherhood, wellness, mental health and fitness blogger – has taken to Instagram to share that she has had not one but two miscarriages in the past few months.
“A few of weeks ago my heart broke all over again as we experienced our 2nd miscarriage in just a few months… October is #pregnancyandinfantlossawareness month,” wrote the mum-of-three, as she shared a photo of her in the shower with her one-year-old son, Vance.
Brittany Noonan is a mum of three who suffered two miscarriages within a few months of each other.
Mum to Millie, Remi and Vance, Brittany admitted that she didn’t know she was going to share that she had suffered another miscarrage but that so many women had opened “their hearts to me for comfort and to share their own stories” that she believed she should be honest ansd share her own sad stories too.
“I’ve made beautiful connections and friendships with women who have checked in with me often and reached out to offer support constantly. It’s not a club I wish I was a part of but one I have learnt is so much larger than I ever knew. 💔”
Brittany has three children – Millie, Remi and Vance.
The female health advocate acknowlegded that every miscarriage is valid as “you want to hold in your arms that baby you dream of and that baby that you carried even if was just for a moment is important and you are allowed to grieve“.
“Even if you are already blessed with other children and even if that baby wasn’t “planned” you’re allowed to feel everything you feel. Your feelings are valid. I have struggled with this so much because I feel/felt like it was unfair to those who don’t have children, who have been through much worse, more pain, more loss to feel this so deeply and hurt so much.”
Brittany and husband David have been married since 2017.
Brittany’s heartfelt post expressed her understanding that “loss is so unique to the person experiencing it, it is not comparable to anyone else’s and it changes every day.
“Sometimes you hide, run, distract and bury it so that you don’t feel it and sometimes you feel it all, sit in it and express it. Some days you feel like there is a lesson to be learnt, other days you feel guilt, anger, hurt, confusion. None of these feelings are wrong, they are all your own human emotions.
“I just want you to know that if you are struggling through loss/miscarriage that you are not alone, your feelings are valid and your grief and pain is yours. You can feel it all on your own timeline.
“It’s been a messy, hard, emotion filled month with lots of anxiety but I am doing ok now. 🙏🏽
❤️❤️xx”
