A mother has shared an emotional post warning women against pretending they’re pregnant as an April Fool’s joke.
Kayla Welch from Birmingham, Alabama, took to Facebook last year to share her heartbreak at learning that she had miscarried her second child.
The make-up artist pleaded with women not to turn the issue of pregnancy into a joke, writing: ‘What’s funny for a second in your eyes crushes someone else’s heart for eternity’.
Kayla Welch, from Birmingham, Alabama, took to Facebook to share her heartbreak at learning that she had miscarried her second child, pleading with women not to joke about pregnancy for April Fool’s Day
But the mother, who originally shared the post in March 2017, admitted there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and re-shared the post last week with an update.
Revealing that she was now pregnant again, Kayla explained that she later had a surgery she would not have been able to have if her previous pregnancy had continued.
And explaining that she still mourned her miscarried baby, the brave mother admitted that she better understood why it had happened.
Kayla’s original post, which received thousands of shares and comments, revealed pictures of her crying, holding up a positive pregnancy test, along with a bin full of pregnancy tests.
The emotional accompanying caption read: ‘This is why your April fools joke isn’t funny. This is why it’s not funny to lie and joke about being pregnant.
Kayla’s original post, which received thousands of shares and comments, revealed pictures of her crying, holding up a positive pregnancy test, along with a bin full of pregnancy tests
‘Please think twice before you post that April fools joke. Because what’s funny for a second in your eyes crushes someone else’s heart for eternity. #pregnancyisnotajoke’, she concluded
‘This is what it looks like to have a miscarriage. A week ago today I started spotting.
‘I convinced myself it was normal because I did it with Keegan. This time it wasn’t. I avoid laying down to go to sleep because as soon as I hit the bed I’m alone with all of my thoughts.
‘My brain has finally stopped distracting itself from the one thing breaking my heart. And all I can do is cry. My eyes are so swollen and dark it looks like more than just my heart is broken. Crying so hard that you go numb and feel nothing anymore.
Please think twice before you post that April fools joke. Because what’s funny for a second in your eyes crushes someone else’s heart for eternity…
Kayla Welch
‘Being so angry and upset at everything but not being able to explain why. Trying to be happy that your baby never knew anything other than love.
‘And missing someone so dearly that you never even met. It’s a pain no one can describe. Because how can you properly grieve someone you never got to meet?
‘Please think twice before you post that April fools joke. Because what’s funny for a second in your eyes crushes someone else’s heart for eternity. #pregnancyisnotajoke’, she concluded.
And resharing her post ahead of April Fool’s Day this week, she shared an update with her followers.
Revealing the happy news that she was pregnant again, she recalled the moment she found out about her miscarriage last year.
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She wrote: ‘One year ago today I was in a car dealership picking out my mom car I was so happy I couldn’t believe it!!! As I was waiting I went to the bathroom to see blood my happiness quickly faded, my heart shattered right there.
She added that she remembers every ‘haunting detail of that day’.
‘I remember praying over and over again begging God please don’t take my baby.’
And explaining that she later found out there may have been a reason behind her miscarriage, Kayla continued: ‘A month later I went in for a small surgery that turned into much more, I desperately needed this surgery and had I been pregnant that wouldn’t of been possible and I probably never would’ve found the time with 2 babies to make it possible again.
‘Something that crushed my soul, ripped me apart for months and put me in such a deep depression suddenly made sense.. I understood why God took my baby and I slowly started to heal.’
Resharing her post ahead of April Fool’s Day this week, she shared an update with her followers, revealing the happy news that she was pregnant again
And her raw update post quickly received over 100,000 shares, 53,000 likes and hundreds of comments from mothers sharing their own experiences
However despite the revelation, the mother admitted she still struggles with the experience and is terrified of finding blood again.
She urged others in the same situation not to stay silent, saying: ‘Please don’t stay quiet, don’t mourn alone talk to someone even if that someone is me.
‘The pain doesn’t leave but it will get better I promise’
The emotionally-charged update post quickly received over 100,000 shares, 53,000 likes and hundreds of comments from mothers sharing their own experiences.