Meghan Markle reveals huge health battle in first episode of her Confessions of a Female Founder podcast: Its so scary
Meghan Markle has opened up about her “scary” experience with postpartum preeclampsia in the first episode of her new podcast “Confessions of a Female Founder.”The Duchess of Sussex, 43, made the candid health revelation during a conversation with her friend and Bumble dating app founder Whitney Wolfe Herd.During the first 50-minute episode, released Tuesday, Markle detailed the health struggle she endured during her pregnancy.The “Suits” alum, who shares son Prince Archie and daughter Princess Lilibet with husband Prince Harry, said dealing with the health condition was “so scary” while having to navigate public responsibilities.“We both had very similar experiences though we didn’t know each other at the time with postpartum, and we both had preeclampsia.Postpartum preeclampsia,” Markle revealed.
“It’s so rare and so scary.”The duo, who have been friends for years, discussed the serious condition that’s responsible for over 70,000 maternal deaths and 500,000 fetal deaths around the world each year.“And you’re still trying to juggle all of these things, and the world doesn’t know what’s happening quietly,” the former actress said.“And in the quiet, you’re still trying to show up for people mostly for your children but those things are huge medical scares.”“I mean life or death, truly,” the dating app founder chimed in.
Wolfe Herd also talked about the moment the Sussexes introduced baby Archie to the world in a photocall at Windsor Castle in May 2019 — just two days after his birth.“I’ll never forget the image of you after you delivered Archie, and the whole world was waiting for his debut,” Wolfe Heard said.“I was either just becoming or about to become a new mom, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, how is this woman doing this? How is this woman putting on heels and going and debuting a child in this beautiful outfit in front of the entire world?’ I could barely face a doorbell delivery for takeout food i...