Chrissy Teigen has revealed that her late son Jack's passing was the result of an abortion - and not a miscarriage.
The American model, 36, and husband John Legend lost their son two years ago and documented their devastation with a series of heart-wrenching snaps.
She has now explained that she made the 'difficult decision' to terminate the pregnancy at 20 weeks after accepting that both she and Jack would likely not survive a full pregnancy.
"Let's just call it what it was: It was an abortion," she said to THR. "An abortion to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance. And to be honest, I never, ever put that together until, actually, a few months ago.
"Two years ago, when I was pregnant with Jack, John and my third child, I had to make a lot of difficult and heartbreaking decisions.
"It became very clear around halfway through that he would not survive, and that I wouldn't either without any medical intervention."
She had long considered Jack's death a miscarriage and has bravely offered more details in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, which protected the right to an abortion in America.
The thrilled star announced she is expecting a 'miracle' baby with music icon John last month.
Chrissy shared two beautiful pictures of her blossoming baby bump as she described the 'joy' that has been blessed on the family after their heartache.
Speaking about her fertility and pregnancy journey so far, she penned: "The last few years have been a blur of emotions to say the least, but joy has filled our home and hearts again.
"1 billion shots later (in the leg lately, as u can see!) we have another on the way.
"Every appointment I’ve said to myself, “ok if it’s healthy today I’ll announce” but then I breathe a sigh of relief to hear a heartbeat and decide I’m just too nervous still.
"I don’t think I’ll ever walk out of an appointment with more excitement than nerves but so far, everything is perfect and beautiful and I’m feeling hopeful and amazing. Ok phew it’s been very hard keeping this in for so long!"
Chrissy has earned much praise for her openness in the past two years, sharing harrowing photos of their torment.
On September 30 2020, she report that doctors were unable to get her bleeding under control as they lost their unborn son.
"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," she wrote.
"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."
