James Van Der Beek is opening up about a heartbreaking loss in his and Kimberly Van Der Beek's family. On June 20, the Pose actor revealed his wife suffered another miscarriage [1] with what would have been their sixth child. They're parents to Olivia, 9, Joshua, 8, Annabel, 6, Emilia, 4, and 2-year-old Gwendolyn.
"After suffering a brutal, very public miscarriage last November, we were overjoyed to learn we were pregnant. This time, we kept the news to ourselves. But last weekend, once again, 17 weeks in . . . the soul we'd been excited to welcome into the world had lessons for our family that did not include joining us in a living physical body," he wrote on Instagram.
James said Kimberly was rushed to the hospital by ambulance for blood transfusions. This experience — plus current world events — compelled him to think: "We've got to take better care of each other."
"To all the families who have gone through this . . . you are not alone," he wrote.
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