Married At First Sight star Beck Zemek reveals miscarriage heartbreak during second trimester
Perth influencer Beck Zemek has revealed that she lost her second baby during a silent miscarriage in the middle of her pregnancy.
The former Married At First Sight star took to social media to inform her 99,000 Instagram followers of the heartbreaking news.
The lifestyle content creator said that during a routine check-up she experienced a silent miscarriage in her second trimester, the period between weeks 13 and 28 of pregnancy.
Zemek would have given birth to her second baby girl.
Zemek didn’t think pregnancy loss in the second trimester was that common but according to The Miscarriage Association, about one in four pregnancies end in this way.
“The baby had stopped growing, but my body hadn’t realised yet,” she said in a lengthy Instagram post.
“Walking out of that (doctor) room was one of the hardest things for me. I entered full of hope and left with a grief I could never anticipate feeling.
“It felt unfair, cruel and so lonely. People don’t talk enough about second-trimester loss, and I didn’t know where to begin.
“How do you mourn someone you never got to meet but already loved so deeply?”
The former Celebrity Apprentice star said she was sharing her family tragedy to let other women know it was okay to speak out.
“It’s a grief like no other, but what I’ve come to realise is that the love I felt for that tiny life is real, no matter how brief it was,” she said.
“I’m not sharing this for sympathy. I want to share this because women shouldn’t feel ashamed or like they have to suffer in silence.
“Loss is part of the journey for so many of us, and it’s okay to grieve, to cry, to celebrate, and to TALK!”
Fellow influencers flooded Zemek’s post with kind messages of support.
Reality TV star and author Alisha Aitken-Radburn said: “I am so sorry Beck. Sending you so much love.”
Former MAFS star Bronte Schofield added: “Oh babe I’m so sorry.”
Former My Kitchen Rules contestant Hannah Campbell said: “Sending you so much love and support, I’m here if you need me my heart is broken for you xxxx.”
Model Minee Marx commented: “I’m so sorry Beck this breaks my heart I’m sending love and prayers!!”
The devastating announcement came after she surprised her friends with the news of falling pregnant a second time at her engagement party.
There was also a heart shaped cake that revealed the baby’s gender.
Zemek’s fiance Ben Michell proposed on a beach at sunset in March 2023.
The couple are the parents to two-year-old daughter Immy.
