Tammy Hembrow’s sister Emilee reveals how she is coping after tragically losing her unborn son

Model and influencer Emilee Hembrow has candidly spoken about losing her unborn son Jamal while 30 weeks pregnant earlier this year.

The 28-year-old sister of fitness sensation Tammy, shared an update on how she is coping following the tragedy while speaking on the sisters’ podcast Hanging with the Hembrows.

‘I’ve just been taking some time for myself and focusing on mind, body and soul,’ she told her siblings Tammy and Amy.

‘I’ve been taking things slow and it’s just been nice to spend some extra time with the kids,’ she added, referring to her older children- daughter Aaliyah, three, and son Gabriel, one.

Emily admitted she was trying to keep herself as busy as possible, but taking it ‘one day at a time’.

‘I’ve been throwing myself into work the last month… Skin is opening soon so I have focused on that,’ she said of the beauty salon the sisters are opening on the Gold Coast.

‘And I’ve taken to doing random things like painting and arts and crafts,’ she added.

Emilee also thanked her followers for all their message of support, admitting that talking about Jamal ‘really helped’.

The brunette has been sharing several of the artworks she has made in tribute to her son on Instagram, including a textured white painting.

‘Painted this today. Dreaming about my guardian angel. Thank you all for your kind words & beautiful messages,’ she captioned the post lost month.

She also shared a heartbreaking photo to Instagram of herself holding her stillborn baby in the hospital.

She described it as a moment she ‘will cherish for the rest of my life’.

She wrote: ‘Looking at this photo is really surreal to me. The pain comes and goes. I keep reminding myself [of] this verse, “The greater the hardship, the greater the reward. Remain patient and know that God tests only those whom he loves.” 

‘I remember the doctor asking me if I wanted to hold him on my chest once I had delivered him. Initially I said no. I couldn’t comprehend the whole situation. I was physically and emotionally numb,’ she continued.

Emilee said she didn’t think she was ‘strong enough to hold him, see him, touch him’ and then let him go.

‘I had a nurse in the room with me and she told me that she had gone through the exact thing I was going through. She said if I didn’t hold him and embrace my baby it would be the biggest regret I would have. All I can say is she was right,’ she added.

She concluded: ‘Holding baby Jamal, admiring his face [and] feeling his skin was the most precious moment that I will cherish for the rest of my life.’ 

Emilee had announced her devastating loss in an Instagram post on June 21, sharing an illustration of a weeping woman kneeling in front of a baby angel.