Selling Sunset’s Maya Vander marks a year since heartbreaking stillbirth
‘She would have been one and taken her first steps’: Sale of Sunset’s Maya Vander marks one year since the heartbreaking stillbirth of her son Mason when she was 38 weeks pregnant
Selling Sunset’s Maya Vander marked one year since she lost her son to a stillbirth in an emotional post Friday.
The 40-year-old TV star and real estate agent took to her Instagram Story to say she is still wondering why it happened to her “perfect baby” after the autopsy report came to no conclusion.
Maya suffered the heartbreaking stillbirth of her son Mason when she was 38 weeks pregnant in December 2021, followed by a miscarriage six months later.
Tough: The sale of Sunset’s Maya Vander marked one year since she lost her son to a stillbirth in an emotional post Friday
Before conceiving her Two children, Aiden, four, and Elle, three, with businessman husband David Miller, Maya also suffered two other devastating miscarriages.
In her post to mark one year, she said she wasn’t sure how she would feel the day before explaining that her death was “basically bad luck” due to a compressed placental cord.
She wrote: ‘Exactly one year ago today marked one year since I lost my son Mason at 38 weeks (9 months) and had a vaginal stillbirth. I wasn’t sure what this day will be like. He would have turned one year old and possibly taking the first step from him.
Family: Maya endured the heartbreaking stillbirth of her son Mason when she was 38 weeks pregnant in December 2021, followed by a miscarriage six months later (pictured with her two children, Aiden, four, and Elle, three , and her businessman husband, David Miller)
‘I still have questions about why? He was a perfect baby and the autopsy report came out without any conclusion.
Dr. Kliman from Yale University looked at my placenta and was pretty sure the cord was compressed. Basically bad luck.
She continued: ‘I decided to just spend the day with the kids and be thankful for them. At the end of the day, sitting in bed and crying won’t bring you back.
Tough: The 40-year-old TV star and real estate agent took to her Instagram story to say she’s still wondering why it happened to her ‘perfect baby’, after the autopsy report came back inconclusive
“As we approach the Christmas season, which was gray and gloomy last year, I am hopeful that I can enjoy it again. Life goes on… and you learn to deal with grief in different ways…’
She signed off saying: ‘I want to give credit and share the following organizations that really helped me navigate through this dark and traumatic period. @aalivahinaction @pushpregnancy @shineforstillbirth Thank you so much!!
Maya, who last year announced she was leaving Selling Sunset after five series to focus on her family, confirmed that she had suffered a miscarriage when she was 10 weeks pregnant in June, just six months after her heartbreaking stillbirth.
Sadness: Realtor described the stillbirth of third child Mason as “the hardest day of my life” in a post about the news
She wrote on Instagram: ‘Had a crazy week. Miscarriage after 10 weeks… after my stillbirth. But my children and my husband are absolutely my blessing and I am so lucky to be their mother!
They bring joy and happiness to my life!! Hug and love the people you care about. Don’t take things for granted!
Maya was open about suffering two back-to-back miscarriages before becoming pregnant with her eldest child during her time on Selling Sunset.
The real estate agent described the stillbirth of the third child, Mason, as “the hardest day of my life.”
She wrote on Instagram: ‘Yesterday was the hardest day of my life. I had a stillbirth at 38 weeks. I always heard about it but I never imagined that it would be part of the statistics.
‘Instead of giving birth to a baby, I’m going home with a box of memories… I don’t wish this on anyone.
‘What was a regular weekly checkup turned into a nightmare that I never imagined would happen to me.
“Since I share my pregnancies on the show, I knew I would have to post about it and avoid the ‘when is your due date’ question.” You will always be in our hearts, baby Mason.
Tragic: She wrote on Instagram: ‘Yesterday was the hardest day of my life. I had a stillbirth at 38 weeks. I always heard about it, but I never imagined that it would be part of the statistics’ (pictured while pregnant)