‘Selling Sunset’ Alum Maya Vander Is ‘Taking a Break’ From Trying to Have Baby No. 3 Following Stillbirth: ‘It’s Still a Trauma’
22.07.2022 - 19:45
/ usmagazine.com
Following a second pregnancy loss and a stillborn birth, Maya Vander opened up about “taking a little break” from trying to expand her family.
“You know, going through a stillbirth at 38 weeks is very traumatic. I know in most of my Instagram posts I look always happy and everything is great — but at the end of the day it’s still a trauma that I’m dealing with every day,” the former Selling Sunset star, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, July 21, at LPM Restaurant & Bar in Miami, Florida.
Vander, who shares son Aiden, 3, and daughter Elle, 2, with husband David Miller, has found a special way to honor her baby boy that was delivered as a stillbirth late last year. “My necklace stands for Mason Miller. It’s my son. And you know, pregnancy loss at 10 weeks is also no fun,” she explained, referring to her June miscarriage. “So I want to take a break, although I cannot take a long break because I’m 40 and I still have to decide what I want to do. I still have that void that I just can’t let go, unfortunately.”
The former reality star noted that she feels very fortunate to have her family, adding, “I’m lucky with my children. I’m very thankful. But I still buried a baby and it’s still very tough for me. The hardest thing is to just say I’m done. I’m still missing that third child and I think unless you’re going through this, it’s hard for people to understand completely.”
Amid potential plans to try for another child in the future, Vander admitted that she wasn’t considering surrogacy as an option.
“Sometimes deep inside me. I’m like, ‘I wish I could just go through surrogate because emotionally can I really do it?'” she told Us. “That being said, I’m very fertile and thankfully I’m lucky in that sense that I can get