Missi Pyle is recounting her emotional journey to becoming a mom.
TheJust My Luckstar said that she decided to visit an adoption center in her early 40s after previously suffering three miscarriages.
Pyle revealed that soon after she submitted a profile with the agency, she became pregnant for the fourth time with a man she had just started dating. As her profile with the adoption agency was already live, Pyle said that she had a difficult decision to make.
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That Friday, Pyle said she went to the doctor and then took her dog Ellie out on a hike to calm her nerves.
“I’m coming back from this hike, we didn’t have any cell service. I get to the car and I see a voicemail from a blocked number,” she shared, going on to play the voicemail she received that day.
“I almost crashed the car,” she said of her excitement. “I’m shaking.”
Minutes later, Pyle received a call from her doctor, who shared that her current pregnancy would not be viable.
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As for the moment Pyle met her daughter, the star says she was a “f—ing mess, just sobbing.”
Now, Pyle is reminding other women that there are “a million ways” to have a child, as there are “so many kids out there.”
“Adopting this kid is f—ing fantastic,” she said, adding that she’ll “probably adopt an older kid” in the future.
“Don’t lose hope,” she shared. “If you’ve just had a miscarriage and you’re in that dead zone, it f—g sucks, but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.”
source: people.com
