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In 2013, Skrysak, 38, lost two of her three triplets born more than 17 weeks premature — at a little over 22 weeks. The television news anchor continues to share openly about her heartbreaking loss,as she did with PEOPLE in 2015,in order to help others going through similar losses.
The surviving triplet, Peyton, now 5 ½, is thriving beyond anyone’s expectations, so Stacey and her husband, Ryan, gave up any thoughts of having another child. They also feared the possibility of what could go wrong.
The couple, which had struggled with infertility before using IVF to conceive the triplets, even gave up custody of the remaining frozen embryos they’d stored six months ago. “I never thought,” she said, “that I would be able to get through another pregnancy emotionally, mentally and physically.”
So in December, when two pink lines appeared on a pregnancy test, “it was the surprise of our lives,” Stacey says of the natural conception. “No one ever thought we’d have more children, this was the only way we’d have children if it was meant to be.”
Peyton Skrysak.Kate Spencer Photography
Now in her second trimester at 15 ½ weeks and due in August, Skrysak says she “can find joy and excitement mixed in with the bittersweet feeling many pregnant women feel after loss.”
Skrysak made the pregnancypublic Monday night during her on-air broadcastand to herthousands of fans on Facebook.
And there’s another issue Skrysak is dealing with — “As I turn 39 years old later this week, I can definitely say being pregnant at close to 40 is SO much more tiring than in my early 30’s!” she wrote on her blog.
source: people.com
