As families gathered around the table on Thanksgiving to share laughter and cherished memories, Beverley Mitchell, beloved for her role on 7th Heaven, chose a different path to reflect. Instead of focusing on the joyous occasion, she turned to her blog to reveal a deeply personal and emotional chapter in her life. In a candid post on her "Growing Up Hollywood" blog, Beverley shared the heart-wrenching news of a miscarriage she experienced earlier this year after discovering she was expecting twins with her husband, Michael Cameron.
A Moment of Joy Turned into Heartbreak
Beverley, now 37, began her blog post recounting the overwhelming joy she and Michael felt when they discovered they were expecting twins. "A few months back, Michael and I were thrilled. We had just found out we were pregnant," she wrote. "Though we were surprised, we were excited. It didn’t take long before we began to prepare for a life filled with more little people in it. And much to our surprise, we came to find out it was twins! After our initial shock, came acceptance and excitement. We were ready to welcome these new little lives into our family."
The Crushing Reality of Loss
But just weeks later, the dream of expanding their family came crashing down. "A few weeks later, our new dream of our growing family came crashing down; we had a miscarriage," Beverley wrote. "This was a shock. Honestly, my first instinct was to say I was fine, and to be honest, I was trying to be. I thought I had to be, for my family, for myself. I had to jump on a plane and go to work, being surrounded by babies and kids while I was still miscarrying. It was a surreal and challenging experience."
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Finding Strength in Vulnerability
Beverley, who tied the knot with Michael in 2008, already has two children: daughter Kenzie, born in 2013, and son Hutton, born in 2015. In her blog post, she shared a poignant reflection: "I remember something one of my best friends told me during my first pregnancy—if the pregnancy is viable, it will stick. If the baby (babies) are not viable, they won’t. Though this makes perfect sense and was something I even said when I shared the news of our pregnancy with our closest friends, it challenged me. Because though it made sense in my head, my heart couldn’t make sense of it."
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Breaking the Silence Around Miscarriage
Beverley continued, "I never really considered that I would miscarry, given that I had already had two healthy pregnancies. This was my misconception. You see, I didn’t know much about miscarriages, and I didn’t know many people who had miscarried—or so I thought. It wasn’t until I started sharing our loss that I found out many people I knew shared the same scars. I was now part of a group, the unspoken and hidden group who mourn their losses in the shadows. This was the hardest part, suffering in silence."
"Every time I shared what we were going through, I made people uncomfortable. No one ever knows what to say, and to be honest, there is nothing to say. Most people who are sharing their story aren’t looking for anything, just the opportunity to share their story. It is with sharing it that the healing begins, the acceptance that it happened. It is when you ignore it or pretend that it never happened that you cause more pain. Dismissing it almost makes it worse."
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A Path Forward with Gratitude
Despite the heartache, Beverley remains hopeful for the future and expresses immense gratitude for her family. "We still have dreams of growing our family," she states. "But now more than ever, I look at Kenzie, Hutton, and Michael, and just feel full. If we are blessed with more children, they will fill us with more love, but for now, I look at my family and I am GRATEFUL, BLESSED, and THANKFUL."
If you'd like to read Beverley's full post, you can visit her blog here.
