Former Home and Away star Mark Furze’s wife Laural reveals she’s suffered a miscarriage and says ‘it’s been an incredibly sad and tough week’
Former Home and Away actor Mark Furze’s wife Laural has revealed she’s suffered a miscarriage early on into her first pregnancy.
The model shared the tragic news to Instagram on Monday, and said the painful loss has forced the couple to ‘find a new normal’.
‘We all go through hard and dark times and for Mark and I this week has been an incredibly sad and tough week,’ she wrote.
Tragic: Former Home and Away star Mark Furze’s wife Laural (pictured) revealed she’s suffered a miscarriage and said ‘it’s been an incredibly sad and tough week’ on Monday
‘Mark and I were going to make a pretty big announcement this week… we’re having a baby!I’m 10 weeks pregnant and we have been so excited daydreaming about what our little human would be like and getting ready for this new chapter,’ she added.
She continued: ‘But, this past week at my ultrasound we found out the sad news the pregnancy isn’t viable and I’ve had what’s called a missed miscarriage where my body still thinks it’s pregnant but the fetus hasn’t progressed.’
Laural said she’s currently in hospital and will be having a procedure called ‘dilation and curettage’, which involves removing tissue from the uterus.
She also explained that she wanted to discuss her miscarriage because ‘pregnancy loss isn’t talked about much’.
Heartbreaking: She shared the tragic news to Instagram on Monday, and said the painful loss has forced the couple to ‘find a new normal’
‘It’s actually really common and happens to 1 in 4 pregnancies. I guess we were the unlucky 1 in 4 this time,’ she said.
‘I have peace in knowing that it’s likely because the embryo wasn’t 100% healthy and it just wasn’t compatible with life. But still it’s been an incredibly difficult few days to try process everything. I cry a lot and have eaten ice cream everyday this week.’
‘I wanted to share this here because it doesn’t feel right just pretending this huge life event hasn’t happened to us. I want to respect it and be open about it,’ she wrote.
Recovery: Laural said she’s currently in hospital and will be having a procedure called ‘dilation and curettage’, which involves removing tissue from the uterus
She also said she ‘feels grateful to have a man like Mark by my side’ and they will ‘try again one day in the future but for now we will take things one day at a time and find our way back to a new normal.’
Mark also shared Laural’s post to his Instagram page and wrote: ‘Been riding a rough wave recently. My courageous wife Laural says it beautifully below. I love you Lollie, I’m so proud of you.’
The couple tied the knot in September 2015, with Laural having previously been crowned Miss Universe New Zealand back in 2007.
Relationship: The couple tied the knot in September 2015, with Laural having previously been crowned Miss Universe New Zealand back in 2007