Kara Keough Bosworth has revealed that she is expecting a baby a year after the death of her newborn son McCoy.
Bosworth, 32, reflected on the loss, life and renewal as she announced she was pregnant with her third child via an Easter Sunday Instagram, celebrating both “new life” and “sacrifice.” ”.
Kara’s photos showed her five-year-old daughter Decker crouched beside three Easter baskets – one for her, one for McCoy and one without a name – in front of a garden stake with which she said: “McCoy he is an older brother! Sprouting this spring! ‘
The daughter of the original RHOC, Jeana Keough, tragically lost her son McCoy six days after giving birth at home in April 2020.
Rebirth: Kara Keough Bosworth announced she is expecting a third child in a Bittersweet Instagram Instagram, a year after the loss of her newborn son McCoy
“For Christians, for Jews and for me, this time is a reminder of the death of their firstborn sons. Sacrifice. Suffering. Mourning. Jale.
“Why is this night different from other nights? Last Easter was the worst night of my life. We held our first son in his arms as he breathed his last. I spent time in hell watching your baby die.
“This Easter is definitely better. Despite that damn Easter night, I can’t ignore that this day is also a rebirth. Renewed hope.
“It is said that the word ‘Easter’ is derived from the goddess Eostre. Eostre, the goddess of fertility, symbolizes the birth of a new life and the dawn of spring.
“And so it is with us.” New life, the dawn of something beautiful and restorative. Literally rising from the ground.
– We miss you, Mack-a-doodle. Thank you for sending us this sacred gift. You are an older brother! Tell your grandfather I said he was right. He’ll know what I mean.
Hope: The enthusiasm of the reality star quickly turned into despair after losing her baby due to complications at birth, finally passing a few days later from “shoulder dystocia and a compressed umbilical cord”
Tragedy: The daughter of the original RHOC, Jeana Keough, lost her son McCoy six days after giving birth at home in 2020
The basket, which was his new addition, soon had a rainbow on it, alluding to the fact that the baby is “their rainbow baby” – a term for a child born into a family who has previously lost a child due to miscarriage. , stillbirth or death in childhood.
Kara shared photos of her son McCoy very vulnerable after he died of “dystocia of the shoulder and compressed umbilical cord.”
In her religious message in April, she reflected on the loss and wrote that the baby was in a “better place.”
“May his legacy shine in the form of abundant lives – lives full of laughter, compassion, energy, love and especially gratitude.
Inheritance: Since her loss, she has continued to keep her memory alive, through photographs and a “garden of life” in her yard.
“It can be said that McCoy Casey Bosworth left this world in a better place, in a better place … that it had an impact … that it was a prayer with an answer … that it was a hero. May the angels lead him.
Since her loss, she has kept her memory alive through photographs and a garden in their backyard named after McCoy Casey’s Garden of Life.
He also tattooed an “M” on his arm, with his ashes in ink. “It may remain in my arms forever in this way, in the place where he last rested,” she wrote a month after his passing.
After the loss, she and her husband joined a support group for grieving parents and, in addition, wrote an emotional essay for Good Morning America about what it means to lose a child.
Reminder: He also tattooed an “M” on his arm with his ashes in ink. “It may remain in my arms forever in this way, in the place where it last rested,” she wrote a month after her passing.
“We blame ourselves, not because we did anything to hurt our children, but because we are their mothers, and their protection is our most sacred duty,” she wrote, adding that her pain fluctuates daily.
Speaking about the support she received from her mourning group, she shared that she felt fortunate to have others who understood her pain.
“Every day, every minute, another mother joins us in this club. It is a club that no one wants to be part of, but the love and compassion in it are different from any other. The instant connection that ignites between two women when we sit together in this pain is almost spiritual. ‘
Although she announced at Easter that she and her seven-year-old husband Kyle Bosworth are waiting now, she did not reveal how far she is during the pregnancy.
Support system: After the loss, she and her husband joined a support group for grieving parents and also wrote an emotional essay for Good Morning America about what it means to lose a child.