Model, actress and all-round excellent human being Megan Gale has revealed that her experience of miscarriage is something sheโs brought with her into her current pregnancy.
The mother-of-one, who revealed earlier in the year that she had miscarried in her second pregnancy, says thereโs been a marked difference in her attitude this time around.
โThe pregnancy is going well,โ she told Mamamia at the recent unveiling of her wax figure for Madame Tussauds in Sydney.
โIn some ways it is different to my first [pregnancy] because of the experience of going through a miscarriage. I was very conscious to not put a lot of pressure on myself or Shaun or us or as a couple [to fall pregnant again] and let it happen organically. We very were lucky that it happened so quickly.โ
โBut there is a little bit of a difference. With my first pregnancy, I knew there were complications but I didnโt worry about it as much. With this pregnancy, I have been waiting for every scan and waiting on the edge of my seat for each one to pass,โ she said.
The 41-year-old added that she and her partner, Shaun Hampson, are trying not to be weighed down by the thought of potential risks and worst-case scenarios.
โI try not to let nerves and stress play a role in it all, but you canโt help but wonder โ what if it happens again? Shaun spoke about it as a couple and we agreed, whatever will be will be.โ
But the television personality says at this stage everything is โabsolutely flyingโ.
In her recent feature with InStyle, the Next Top Model star bravely decided to go public with her ordeal in order to challenge the stigma which continues to surround miscarriage โ something which affects one in four Australian women.
Megan told the publication that in the weeks following her six week scan something just didnโt feel right.
โI canโt put my finger on itโthere was no physical change or a sign or symptomโฆ[I wondered] if I was being overprotective and paranoid, or if something was wrong,โ she explained.
โI hopped up on the table and [my obstetrician] put the ultrasound on my tummy. He just kept moving it and not saying anything and I started to feel sick.โ
Soon the obstetrician confirmed her fears, sheโd lost the baby.
Despite their heartbreak, Megan admits itโs only strengthened her relationship with partner Shaun, who sheโs been with since 2011 following her split from Andy Lee in 2010.
โWeโve been through a lot together but itโs just strengthened us as a couple. I think those things can really make you or break you and itโs absolutely made us,โ she admitted.
Megan is currently expecting her second baby with her AFL partner.
Taking to Instagram to confirm the exciting news, the brunette posted a picture of an oven with a literal bread bun toasting away.
Meganโs friends were quick to share their congratulations, with Zoe Foster Blake leading the way.
โMUCH GLEE!!! Congratulations, Mrs and Mrs Bakerโs Delight. What happy news x,โ the author, who is also expecting her second child, wrote on Meganโs pregnancy announcement.
โAbhhhh!!!!!!!! Congrats angel,โ Rachael Finch added.
The couple are already the proud parents to two-year-old son River.