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Celebrities who Have Opened About Suffering A Miscarriage

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There is an ongoing and existing taboo about miscarriage. It isn’t discussed often and couples that go through it often deal with it on their own. It is more common than conventionally thought. The pain would be lessened perhaps if more were open about it. Over time, several celebrities have opened up about their own personal loss. Because of their wide reach and influence, it’s great to hear them speak up. Beyonce, Courtney Cox and Bethenny Frankel are among public figures who’ve shared about their respective losses.

We’ve blogged about it often here, (and can check out our extensive coverage here) and we were happy to see our partners at Mode curate a few stories about celebs who’ve had a miscarriage. Check it out:

Check out Heartbreak and Hope: Stars Who Suffered Miscarriages

by Tend Editor at Mode

Beach Volleyball Gold Medalist Kerri Jennings wins our ‘Mom with Best Abs’ award



Tonight, we’re rooting on our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alum Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings who is defending her three back-to-back Gold medals in Olympic beach volleyball. (update: she and her teammate didn’t advance but has a chance to win bronze)

The 6’3″ powerhouse was 5-weeks pregnant during the London 2012 games.

She later gave birth to her third child, daughter Scout with fellow professional volleyball player husband, Casey Jennings. 

Walsh is married to fellow American pro beach-volleyball player Casey Jennings. Together, they also have two sons, Joseph Michael (born May 22, 2009) and Sundance Thomas (born May 19, 2010).

No doubt she wins the award for our alum with the best abs! Whoa mama!

Bump Watch: Kerry Washington has Been Sticking with a Mainly Black Style Pallete

 

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Since announcing her pregnancy at the 2016 Met Gala, Scandal star Kerry Washington has been laying low, but not as out of the spotlight as with her first pregnancy. She has made a few public appearances and in most of them, she looks to have selected to stick with a mainly black color pallete.

For example, at producer Jennifer Klein‘s 19th annual Day of Indulgence party held in the LA home of the Pearl Harbor associate producer,  Washington donned a black HATCH Chloe jumpsuit to the Los Angeles, California event held on August 14, 2016. According to the YBF, or other bump watch alums, Kristen Bell was at the even as well. So were alums Jennifer Lopez and Anna Farris, InStyle magazine reports. 

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Washington and her husband, former NFL player Jimmy Kimmel LiveNnamdi Asomugha are expecting their second child. She decided to not film her hit ABC show while pregnant and succumb to all of the crazy ways show producers attempted to hide her bump. The show will return for its 6th season in the middle of the fall season, and on election night to be precise.

“We are basically going to start out the season on election night,” how creator Shonda Rhimes has said. “Yes, it is going to play into our season, but we’re not going to spend our time playing an election.”

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She had to also get out of the house this past June 13 to collect her Actors Inspiration Award given at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation 7th annual L.A. Golf Classic Fundraiser in Burbank, California. She went with a floral light and airy Giambattista Valli bohemian dress with black and white heels from Sarah Jessica Parker‘s collection.

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The next day, she broke up the black with white and was there for her friend President Barack Obama and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama when she spoke at the White House Summit on the United State Of Women June 14, 2016 in Washington, DC.  it was the White House’s first ever summit to push for gender equality.

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Out of all her looks, I love the black ribbed flare dress she wore during a taping of  Jimmy Kimmel Live‘ on May 12, 2016. And I also adored the Brandon Maxwell cape dress she wore paired with Gianvito Rossi pumps in April at an event (see first image in above collage.)

 

photos: Starcast, Getty, Insagram, YouTube screengrab

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Zika: Olympic Volleyball Player Learned of Her Pregnancy right before Rio 



Now that Puerto Rico’s Diana Reyes  volleyball team is out of the Olympics after their failure to advance, the pregnant athlete should hopefully be heading home…at least for the sake of her unborn child, given Zika risks. 

Right before departing for Rio this Summer, Reyes got into a really bad car accident which forced her to the ER. During a follow up check up, she got the shocking news that she was two months pregnant.  

Reyes didn’t let the Zika fears stop her from pursing her Olympic Dream. 

Leading up to the Olympics started, the World Health Organization reported close to 100,000 cases of Zika and Rio had three times the number of cases than any other state in Brazil. 



Reyes said: “I learned of the pregnancy two days before travelling. I can play, there is no restriction. Our coach congratulated me and knows I can play. I’m waiting for my chance.”

Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte reports Reyes only told her team-mates once they arrived in Rio.

Reyes was not involved in Puerto Rico’s first two matches but played in the final match. 

In pregnant women, the Zika virus immediately attacks the fetus, etching away at brain development. Babies born to mothers carrying Zika are often diagnosed with microcephaly, a condition in which the baby’s skull is too small for its brain, crushing the brain and causing severe damage.

Hopefully, Reyes is heading home though the US has declared Puerto Rico’s Zika outbreak a public health emergency. She has to be careful there too. 

Oy!

Report: VH1 Reality Tv star Joseline Hernandez will give birth on New show 

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 Kourtney Kardashan trailblazed in the category of filming her birth for a reality TV show and it looks like VH1 star of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Joseline Hernandez may be cashing in on her pregnancy.

Rolling Out reports that Hernandez recently claimed that she’s headed to Miami to film a “delivery special.”

Vh1 will reportedly showcase Hernandez’s journey to becoming a mother, the site states.

The rapper is also slated to give birth to her baby on camera for fans to see, reports say.

The drama may circle around reveal of who the baby’s dad, either ex beau Stevie J or rapper Young Dro.

Interesting stuff!

h/t Rolling Out

Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli welcomes 1st child 



Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has given birth to her first child, a daughter that she and husband Adi Ezra have decided to name Liv. 

Liv  was born at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The report went on to say that baby Liv is healthy and weighed 7lbs at birth.

Congrats!

Terrence Howard and his Ex-Wife Welcomed their Second Child Together

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Boy was this a week that a bunch of celebrities welcomed new arrivals. In addition to Megan Fox and Holly Madison,  actor Terrence Howard welcomed his firth child, son Hero.

The Empire star and his ex wife,  Mira Pak are parents to 15-month old Quirin.  The couple divorced a month after Quirin was born in July.  Apparently, they reconciled after the formal separation. In the divorce papers, Pak said they had been separated since 2014.

We have no clue if they remarried.

The Hustle & Flow star shared a photo of the new arrival being cradled by his big brother.

Howard is also dad to Heaven, 18, Hunter, 20, and Aubrey, 22, from his first marriage. He also has two grandchildren.

 

Howard posted a photo of himself sleeping with Quirin when he was first born. He gave his followers some insight into the meaning of the name in the caption. 





To squelch news of the divorce, he tweeted a photo of himself with Pak, with the caption, “Can’t believe everything you read in the papers.” He then followed it up with a sweet family photo.

 

 

The Baby Name Simone is Ranked #821 in Popularity in the US, But that will Change Soon

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A lot of people are predicting that Simone will be a very popular baby name soon. Thanks to the two Simones who made history yesterday.

Last night, at the Olympics American Simone Biles won gold in the All-Around Women’s Gymnastics finals and Simone Manuel won a gold medal in the women’s 100 meter freestyle finals and became the first Black woman in history to earn an individual Olympic medal in swimming.

(Manuel also earned two silver medals with the US 4×100 Freestyle and the 4×400 Freestyle relay team earlier this week and Biles holds the most Gold Medals in World Championship in gymnastics history (10) and the most medals World medals in US History (14) and is not yet done making Olympic history.)

Before yesterday’s trailblazing moments, the name Simone was actually slowly declining in popularity in America.  It is ranked 821 in baby names according to US Census Bureau and Social Security Administration data.

      • The name is of Finnish, French, Icelandic, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish origin.
      • It was most popular in Denmark in 2001 when it made the top 200 list at number 44.
      • In 2015, of all states the name was popular in New York and Washington State.

But as a lot of people on the Internets have already said, we too anticipate its stock will be rising pretty soon! Check back with us next year when we confirm!

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Expecting Katherine Heigl Glows at a Beverly Hills Event promoting Her New Show

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Glowing! That is the word that can best describe actress Katherine Heigl who looked stunning in white while attending the The Critics’ Association’s 2016 Summer Party Tour to promote her upcoming CBS legal drama Doubt

Wednesday’s event at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California was the first time the expecting mom debuted her baby bump since announcing that she was expecting her third child, after adopting her first two girls.

During a panel session at the event, the Grey’s Anatomy alum shared that her husband of 8-years Josh Kelly is excited that they will welcome a baby boy this January.

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The couple’s daughters include now 7-year old Naleigh Mi-Eun and 4-year old Adalaid Marie Hope. 

“He’s just surrounded by women. It’s me, the two girls, my niece Madison lives with us in Utah and she’s a 14-year-old girl, and then my mom,” Heigl revealed.

And if we can focus on the outfit a bit, the dress matched perfectly with her clutch and nude stilettos.

I’m also so glad to see her shine again after getting blacklisted for speaking out on behalf of women who thought her first big screen hit Knocked Up was a bit stereotypical of pregnant women. (that’s another post for another day)

Where Was Bryce Dallas Howard Hiding her Vivacious Curves All these Years?

Actress Bryce Dallas Howard speaks onstage during American Film Institute’s 44th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute show to John Williams at Dolby Theatre on June 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Bryce Dallas Howard speaks onstage during American Film Institute’s 44th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute show to John Williams at Dolby Theatre on June 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

So…. I spent the morning stalking Bryce Dallas Howard, a Bellytich Bumpwatch alum, who currently stars in the soon-to-be released Disney movie Pete‘s Dragon. 

Pardon my stream of consciousness revelations:

What caught my eye was the vivacious leopard print wrap dress she wore to Hollywood premiere of Pete’s Dragon outside El Capitan Theatre on Monday, as reported by the Daily Mail.

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And I thought, wowza! She looks gorge and absolutely hawt! Mama Mia! What a marvelous voluptuous shape!

Then, I thought but where was she hiding those curves all these years?

I admit, I never saw many of her early movies or plays. Howard didn’t rest on her laurels as being the daughter to vet actor, producer and director Ron Howard.  She learned and honed her craft so she could have the chops to land top roles. She  graduated from performing arts camp at Stagedoor Manor, New York, she then proceeded to Tisch School of the Arts New York University and graduated with B.FA honours (2003) She has also studied at School at Steppenwolf Chicago and New York City-based The Actors Center.

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Honoree Director Ron Howard accepts award from presenter Bryce Dallas Howard onstage at the DGA Honors 2015 Gala on October 15, 2015 in New York City.

Nonetheless, I did catch all the hits she is best known for and I swear I thought she was more svelter in Jurassic World.  (I finally caught it on cable during a movie night at home with the hubby and kids.)

Then I figured it out!  She was wearing neutral jungle theme toned down colors and I just never noticed them. Hmmm… Come to think of it, when she played Victoria in the Twilight Saga, Hilly Holbrook in The Help or Gwen Stacy in Spiderman 3, I never noticed how curvaceous she was when she played those roles either.

Aaaah, blame it on creative costuming! Thanks, Hollywood. ha.

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Howard as Victoria in the Twilight Series, Hilly in The Help and Claire in Jurassic World

Well, well…then I thought to myself, if she looked amazing in that wrap dress, what other looks have I missed? That’s when I discovered all these fab outfits she wore at various Hollywood events and movie premiere.

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Nice! We’ve really got to do a better job and showcasing and highlighting these influential actors that do not fit in the size 2 mold and kill it on the screen and the red carpet.

I’ve always admired Bryce for being open and authentic about the reality of pregnancy and motherhood. I found her post-partum looks to be more realistic for women who have just given birth, uncommon to the unrealistic ideal that is pushed onto women.

Shortly, after she gave birth to her son Theo in 2007 with fellow actor husband Seth Gabel, the former stage play actress was ridiculed in gossip media for her post-partum size, then she opened up about suffering through post-partum depression and her struggles with breastfeeding which, in 2010, she said was harder than natural childbirth and led her to cry in the shower.

She welcomed a daughter Beatrice in January 2012.

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