She suffered the tragic stillbirth of her son Jack back in September.
And Chrissy Teigen has allowed herself to continue grieving her son in public, most recently when she received a children’s book called Mommy Says I Have A Brother.
The 35-year-old model shared a snap of her gift-wrapped copy of the children’s book to her Instagram Stories on Monday, along with a sweet handwritten note.
Chrissy Teigen, 35, allowed herself to continue grieving her son Jack on Monday when she received a children’s book called Mommy Says I Have A Brother
Chrissy’s copy of the book was laid out on a countertop and was wrapped up with a mauve bow and string with little white poofs on it.
She had her elegantly manicured hand resting on the book and revealed just the introduction of the note that was addressed to ‘Sweet Baby Jack’s Family.’
‘Thank-you for opening this book and allowing me to share a piece of my story with you,’ the note began, though the book obscured the rest of it.
It wasn’t clear if the note came from the book’s author, or someone else who thought it conveyed their own loss.
According to the publisher, Iguana Books, ‘Mommy Says I Have A Brother is designed to open up a conversation with your children about a sibling they may or may not have met, making it easier for them to ask questions and learn about a special person that is no longer here with them.’
Moving on: The book helps parents talk to their children about the loss of a sibling, and it was accompanied by a handwritten note, though it wasn’t clear if it was from the author or someone else
Family tragedy: In September, Chrissy revealed that she had lost her son Jack in an anguished series a black-and-white photos shared to Instagram
Chrissy and her husband John Legend announced that they were expecting their third child in August of 2020, but she began sharing some of her struggles with heavy bleeding in September.
She revealed that she had lost her child in an anguished series a black-and-white photos shared to Instagram.
‘We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before. We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn’t enough,’ she wrote at the time.
‘To our Jack — I’m so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn’t give you the home you needed to survive. We will always love you.’
Chrissy was seen sobbing on her hospital bed, and her husband comforted her in another heartbreaking photo as they cradled Jack’s body.
Numb: She sounded stunned in a tweet posted shortly afterward. ‘Driving home from the hospital with no baby. How can this be real,’ she wrote
Moving on: Earlier in February, Ellen DeGeneres called Chrissy ‘super brave’ for sharing the unvarnished photos from the hospital, which Chrissy said seemed ‘like so long ago’
She sounded stunned in a tweet posted shortly afterward, writing: ‘Driving home from the hospital with no baby. How can this be real.’
Earlier in February, Chrissy appeared on her friend Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show, where the subject turned to her pregnancy loss.
Ellen called her ‘super brave’ for sharing the unvarnished photos from the hospital, which Chrissy said seemed ‘like so long ago.’
Can’t escape it: ‘I have maternity clothes, and there are things that I bought for my eighth month and my ninth month. So it’s just hard because he would’ve been born this week, so you look at those things and you have these constant reminders,’ Chrissy continued
Missing him: On Saturday, February 20, Chrissy revealed she had gotten a bracelet with Jack’s name while marking what would have been his due date
‘Even thinking back to it now, I am still in therapy about it and I’m still coming to terms with it,’ the Bring The Funny judge said, via People.
‘I have maternity clothes, and there are things that I bought for my eighth month and my ninth month. So it’s just hard because he would’ve been born this week, so you look at those things and you have these constant reminders.’
On Saturday, February 20, Chrissy revealed she had gotten a bracelet with Jack’s name while marking what would have been his due date.
She also wore block-letter bracelets for her children Luna, four, and Miles, two.
Family: She also wore block-letter bracelets for her children Luna, four, and Miles, two