'I lost two babies in one year and struggled with the grief'
16.10.2022 - 13:23
/ ok.co.uk
Monique Sveinsson, 48, shared her story of grief with OK! after she experienced a traumatic stillbirth and a miscarriage in the space of just 12 months. Here she tells her story of family and survival... 'The theatre was always a massive part of my life.
For years I worked as a stage manager on big shows like A Chorus Line and High School Musical. I loved the glamour, the greasepaint and the backstage fun. The hours were long and during touring everyone socialised together.That was how I met my husband Ágúst, originally from Iceland, when he was working as a drummer on High School Musical in 2009.
We were both around 35 when we met and we quickly fell in love and planned a family together. My passion for theatre life started to wane when we had our first daughter, Isabelle, in July 2011. I went back to work when she was one, but it got harder when I became pregnant again in July 2013.
By then I was working on War Horse six days a week, working 80 hours, and we relied on babysitters and my parents to look after Isabelle. My second pregnancy felt different – the baby didn’t squirm around as much. Movements were a rarity and I often went to the doctors to get her heartbeat checked.
I instinctively felt something was wrong.Then, at 30 weeks, the day before my husband’s 40th birthday, my worst fears were realised. I caught sight of myself in a mirror on stage and my belly had dropped. We were about to go to Iceland and were staying at my mum’s in Essex.That night, I said to Ágúst, “Something’s wrong.” We kept prodding my belly, trying to make the baby move.The next morning I went to the hospital to make sure everything was OK, telling Ágúst not to come with me.
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