 Love Island star Sharon Gaffka has heartbreakingly revealed she suffered a miscarriage, in a brave Instagram post. The former reality television star, who appeared on the ITV dating series in 2021, has gone on to use her platform to raise awareness and empower women. The 27-year-old civil servant has now written a touching post revealing her pregnancy loss last year, and opened up about her 'healing process'. She began: '!! TW: pregnancy loss ‼️ You know that classic saying… 'Be kind because you don't know what someone is going through', I've been trying to find the strength to be open about something I've been healing from for the past eighteen months. 'I want to start by saying that everyone's healing process is different. The foetus I miscarried would've been celebrating their first birthday this week. 'Which hit me like a train and I have surprisingly found it incredibly tough to function as I normally would.' The former beauty pageant winner starred on Love Island in 2021 (Picture: ITV) Sharon went on: 'Miscarriage affects 1 in 4 women in the UK. While I know I'm not the only one to have experience such loss, I've struggled with finding a space where the unique emotional journey that those who don't envision motherhood in their future go through when facing such a loss, being talked about openly. 'For individuals who never intended to become parents, the grief following a miscarriage is confusing. The traditional narrative surrounding motherhood doesn't apply, making it challenging to find spaces that resonate with their feelings. 'My healing process has had to come in stages, weirdly one of the things I was the most scared about was people finding out and having strangers comment on it. 'But once those feelings passed, I've had to contend with feelings of failure. How as such an 'accomplished' woman – can I be a failure? I can only put it down to societal norms that as a wom){kind=link}
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Love Island star Sharon Gaffka has heartbreakingly revealed she suffered a miscarriage, in a brave Instagram post.
The former reality television star, who appeared on the ITV dating series in 2021, has gone on to use her platform to raise awareness and empower women.
The 27-year-old civil servant has now written a touching post revealing her pregnancy loss last year, and opened up about her ‘healing process’.
She began: ‘!! TW: pregnancy loss ‼️ You know that classic saying… “Be kind because you don’t know what someone is going through”, I’ve been trying to find the strength to be open about something I’ve been healing from for the past eighteen months.