Kiwi broadcaster Hayley Holt is celebrating the first birthday of her son Raven. Photo / Instagram
She has been open about her journey with pregnancies, having sadly suffered a miscarriage and a stillbirth in the past four years.
In April 2020, Holt lost her little boy Frankie Tai, who was stillborn when she was six months through her pregnancy. The news was shared by her TVNZ Breakfast co-hosts and a collective sense of mourning was felt by Kiwis for the presenter.
“I felt like, after losing Frankie, our first son, in talking to people - and all of the people who came forward and wanted to let me know their story - I found out so many people had gone through stillbirth, miscarriages, any sort of loss around a baby. And nobody talks about it,” Holt told the One Day You’ll Thank Me podcast.
As what would have been her son’s first birthday neared, Holt, pregnant for a second time, miscarried at 10 weeks. But unlike the loss of her first baby, this grief was private, shared only with those closest to the couple.
Nearly four years on from the toughest time in her life, Holt said she cannot believe where is now.
“I wasn’t sure we’d ever get our happy family, but now we’ve been blessed once again,” Holt told Woman’s Day.
“We’ve got our happy family and more, I can’t wait to meet our new little boy.”
