Meghan Markle opens up over weight gain while pregnant with Archie and Lilibet
Meghan performed royal duties during her first pregnancy with son Archie
Meghan Markle has revealed how much weight she gained while she was pregnant with her son Prince Archie and daughter Princess Lilibet.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, welcomed Archie in May 2019 with her husband Prince Harry. Then, the couple had their daughter Lilibet in June 2021.
On her most recent, and final, episode of her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder, Meghan opened up about her pregnancies and her struggle during her first with Archie.
Meghan Markle, pictured in 2019, said she gained 65 pounds during her pregnancies (Credit: Photo by Tim Rooke/Shutterstock)
Meghan Markle reveals weight gain while pregnant
In the final episode of her podcast, which aired on May 27, Meghan spoke with the founder of the shapewear clothing company Spanx, Sara Blakely.
During the discussion, Meghan opened up about the weight she gained during her pregnancies with Archie, now six, and Lilibet, now three.
I’m always clinging very closely to my husband, like ‘Please don’t let me fall.’
The duchess said: “A friend just said to me the other day, they were like, ‘I just saw this picture I’d forgotten about when you were so pregnant with Archie.’
“I gained 65 pounds with both pregnancies.”
During her pregnancy with Archie in 2019, Meghan said she wore “five-inch pointy toed stilettos” to events. At this time, she and Harry were working royals and would step out for many royal engagements.
Meghan and Harry introducing their son Archie in May 2019, a couple of days after his birth (Credit: Photo by Domic Lipinski/PA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Meghan’s struggle during pregnancy with Archie
Meghan continued: “They’re like, ‘You have the most enormous bump, and your tiny little ankles are bracing themselves in these high heels.’ But all of my weight was in the front.
“How on Earth am I not just tipping, face-planting. I’m always clinging very closely to my husband, like ‘Please don’t let me fall.’”
Months after welcoming Archie on May 6, 2019, Meghan and Harry announced their decision to step back from royal duties.
Meghan said she held Harry for support during her pregnancy (Credit: Photo by Tim Rooke/Shutterstock)
In early 2020, they officially stepped down from duties and moved to the US. They now live in Montecito, California.
This year, Meghan has launched various projects including her Netflix cooking and lifestyle show With Love, Meghan and her podcast in which she has conversations with female founders.
Meghan has also launched her As Ever business. She released a string of products in April including jam, crepe mix and honey.
Meghan on suffering pre-eclampsia after pregnancy
Meghan’s podcast has seen her open up about some personal areas in her life. In April, the duchess opened up about suffering from postpartum pre-eclampsia after pregnancy.
It’s a potentially life-threatening condition that affects some women after childbirth.
Meghan was speaking with Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd. She said: “We both had very similar experiences, though we didn’t know each other at the time, with postpartum, and we both had pre-eclampsia. Postpartum preeclampsia.
“It’s so rare and so scary. And you’re still trying to juggle all of these things, and the world doesn’t know what’s happening quietly. In the quiet, you’re still trying to show up for people, mostly for your children, but those things are huge medical scare.”
News
For Four Years, I Restored My Family’s Life With My Money. But When They Came To My City And Still Refused To See Me, I Found The Crack That Couldn’t Be Repaired.k
# I Stopped Setting the Table for People Who Never Came My name is Sophia Taylor, and for most of my life, I mistook being useful for being loved. That is not the kind of truth a person admits easily….
The Waitress Took His Cruel Bet In Silence. But When She Returned In Red, The Man Who Mocked Her Learned She Already Owned Half His World.k
# The Waitress in Red Alex Carrington believed every room changed when he entered it. That was the first thing Elena Marlowe noticed about him. Not his tailored navy suit, though it fit him like it had been stitched onto…
The Little Girl Never Opened The Takeout Box. But When He Followed Her Into The Dark, He Found Out Why She Had Been Lying Every Night.k
The man thought he was giving away dinner. Just one white takeout box. Just one warm meal handed to one hungry little girl standing outside a restaurant, watching strangers eat through the glass as if she had forgotten what it…
The Wheelchair Hid What The Little Girl Was Too Scared To Say. But When The Water Hit Her Legs, Her Father Finally Saw The Truth.k
The first thing Daniel Reeves heard when he stepped out of the car was his daughter screaming. Not loudly. Not dramatically. Just one broken little sound, caught between fear and shame, the kind of sound a child makes when…
The Doghouse Kept The Children’s Screams Hidden. But When Their Father Found One Tiny Shoe Inside, His Wife’s Deadliest Secret Came Out.k
The first thing Daniel Whitmore noticed when he stepped through the golden gates was the silence. Not peace. Not the soft, expensive quiet that usually floated around the estate like perfume. This silence was different. It had weight. It…
The Little Girl Had Only Eleven Cents And A Promise. But When A Hotdog Vendor Fed Her Anyway, The Whole City Discovered Who She Really Was.k
The little girl had only three coins, and she counted them like they were all that stood between her and disappearing forever. Two nickels. One penny. Eleven cents. They rested in the center of her dirty palm, small and…
End of content
No more pages to load
