Julia Louis-Dreyfus Recalls Suffering Pregnancy Loss at 28
etonline.comJulia Louis-Dreyfus is opening up about a painful moment in her life. During the most recent episode of Lemonada Media's , the 62-year-old podcast host revealed that she suffered a pregnancy loss when she was 28.Louis-Dreyfus married Brad Hall in 1987.
Two years later, came her first pregnancy.«When I was about 28, I got pregnant for the first time and I was crazy happy,» she recalled. «I got pregnant easily.
I felt very fertile, very womanly. And then, quite late in the pregnancy, my husband Brad and I discovered that this little fetus was not going to live.»Louis-Dreyfus said that the loss was not only «emotionally devastating,» but got even worse when she «developed an infection» that landed her in the hospital.Amid that «complete nightmare,» Louis-Dreyfus' mother, Judith Bowles, flew out to be with her.
In honor of Louis-Dreyfus' podcast guest, food writer Ruth Reichl, the host revealed how her mom's cooking helped to heal her during that challenging time.«After a couple of days, I finally got out of the hospital and I came home to recuperate, but I wasn't allowed to get out of bed yet.
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