Amanda Knox.Photo: VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty
Amanda Knoxis opening up about her recent miscarriage.
When they had a subsequent ultrasound appointment that didn’t find a heartbeat at the stage they were supposed to be able to hear it, Knox says she “knew something was wrong.” Doctors set another appointment for a week later, hoping for a different outcome.
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“For all intents and purposes, I was pregnant with something that just was not growing,” adds Knox. “They were like, ‘Well, your body will probably figure it out sooner or later. It could take weeks, and if you wait, it becomes a more invasive procedure,a D&C is more invasivethan a pill-based miscarriage, so they recommended that I induce it.”
Knox get emotional in the podcast episode as she recounts filling her prescriptions for the procedure, the pharmacist explaining the next steps, also talking through tears as she remembered sharing the news with her mom and mother-in-law.
“I did feel incredibly disappointed that that was the story of my first-ever pregnancy. … I thought, like, I knew exactly what I want to do with my first pregnancy, and to have it not come to fruition not through choice felt like a betrayal,” says Knox.
Adding what then went through her mind: " ‘Why? Do I have bad eggs and I just never knew? Am I actually too old? Did something happen to me while I was over in Italy?’ If it’s not easy and you don’t know why, then anything could be the problem. It’s frustrating how little information you have at any point in the process."
Speaking out onNBC Nightly News with Lester Holtin October 2019, Knoxadmitted it can be hard to knowwhat people think of her after her highly publicized murder case.
source: people.com
