She revealed earlier this week that she ‘almost lost my life’ miscarrying what would have been her sixth child.
And on Wednesday evening, Kimberly Van Der Beek, the wife of former Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek, shared more details of what had happened.
‘My biggest thing is my blood pressure,’ she explained in a video posted to Instagram Stories. ‘A lot of blood transfusion action this weekend, so I’m just taking it super easy trying to restore and build my blood.’
Health crisis: Kimberly Van Der Beek, the wife of former Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek, revealed she needed ‘lot of blood transfusion’ after miscarrying a baby boy last weekend
Kimberly, 37, was rushed to the emergency room in Los Angeles last weekend and, she previously revealed via social media, ‘In 48 hours we lost our baby, boy, by the way, and I almost lost my life.’
In her Wednesday update, she thanked everyone for their love and support and said that she is ‘healing’ although slowly.
‘I am healing. I am definitely healing……. I just get very lightheaded very easily so I can’t really get up and walk around for more than a couple minutes right now,’ Kimberly said.
Personal tragedy: Kimberly, 37, had explained earlier this week on Instagram Stories how ‘In 48 hours we lost our baby, boy, by the way, and I almost lost my life’
Recovery: ‘I am healing,’ she shared Wednesday. ‘I just get very lightheaded very easily so I can’t really get up and walk around for more than a couple minutes.’ Pictured in September
Her husband James Van Der Beek emotionally revealed on Monday’s episode of Dancing With The Stars that Kimberly had miscarried their baby.
Later in the show, he was eliminated from the ABC dance competition, just failing by one week to make it to the season 28 finale.
He and dance pro partner Emma Slater lost out to former Fifth Harmony singer Ally Brooke.
James and Kimberly married in 2010 and are parents to Olivia, nine, Joshua, seven, Annabel, five, Emilia, three, and Gwendolyn, one.
Sad: James shared news of the miscarriage on Monday’s episode of DWTS, saying: ‘The little soul that we had expected to welcome in our family took a shortcut to whatever lies beyond’
Lost: Later in the show, the actor, 42, was eliminated from the ABC dance competition, just failing by one week to make it to the season 28 finale. Pictured with pro partner Emma Slater
In a pre-taped segment on Monday’s episode of DWTS, the actor spoke about how he and Kimberly lost their baby over the weekend.
‘The little soul that we had expected to welcome in our family took a shortcut to whatever lies beyond,’ he explained on camera.
‘You never know why these things happen. That’s what I’ve been telling my kids. All you know is that it brings you closer together.’
He went on: ‘I really didn’t think I would be dancing tonight, but Kimberly from her hospital bed said to me, ‘I am not done watching you dance.”
The couple’s sixth child had been due in April and while James shared that his wife has previously suffered three miscarriages, they were at a much earlier stage at around 10 weeks gestation.
‘We’ve been through this before, but never this late in the pregnancy, and never accompanied by such a scary, horrific threat to @vanderkimberly and her well-being,’ he said. ‘Grateful that she’s now recovering, but we’ve only just begun unpacking the layers of this one.’
Devoted: Kimberly and James married in 2010 and share five children: Olivia, nine, Joshua, seven, Annabel, five, Emilia, three, and Gwendolyn, one