'The darkest of days’: Chrissy Teigen, John Legend lose baby after pregnancy complications

Chrissy Teigen, John Legend

Chrissy Teigen, left, and John Legend arrive at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The couple yesterday lost their third child after Teigen suffered pregnancy complications. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP

Model Chrissy Teigen and her husband, John Legend, are the mourning the loss of their son after complications with her pregnancy.

The couple told their son, “We will always love you,” on their social media channels.

On Instagram, Teigen, 34, said, "We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before.

We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions.

It just wasn’t enough."

Teigen said she and Legend did not name their other two children, Luna, 4, and Miles, 2, “until the last possible moment after they’re born, just before we leave the hospital.”

"But we, for some reason, had started to call this little guy in my belly Jack. So he will always be Jack to us. Jack worked so hard to be a part of our little family, and he will be, forever. To our Jack - I’m so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn’t give you the home you needed to survive.

We will always love you. Thank you to everyone who has been sending us positive energy, thoughts and prayers. We feel all of your love and truly appreciate you. We are so grateful for the life we have, for our wonderful babies Luna and Miles, for all the amazing things we’ve been able to experience.

But everyday can’t be full of sunshine. On this darkest of days, we will grieve, we will cry our eyes out. But we will hug and love each other harder and get through it."

Teigen Tweeted yesterday, “Driving home from the hospital with no baby. How can this be real.”

Teigen had been put on bed rest in September and then was hospitalized because of excessive bleeding. On Sept. 29 she reported on her social media channels, “Just had a really scary morning” and revealing that she had had a “huge” blood clot.

Legend and Teigen had announced the pregnancy in August as part of his music video for “Wild.”

The couple said the pregnancy was a surprise because it was thought that Teigen could not get pregnant naturally. Luna and Miles were conceived by in vitro fertilization.

READ MORE

Chrissy Teigen offers to buy entire school-supply wish lists for teachers during pandemic.

If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.