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James Van Der Beekis reflecting on the extremely emotional moment when his wife experienced a pregnancy loss in 2019.
PEOPLE has an exclusive preview ofThursday’s episodeof Peggy Rometo and Kimberly Van Der Beek’s podcastBathroom Chronicles— recorded in the bathroom cabin at the Van Der Beek ranch — where James shares new details about his wife’s pregnancy loss, which came while he was competing on season 28 ofDancing with the Stars.
“It was just so much pain, and it was so unexpected because everything was right, everything was fairy tale. Everything was coming together perfectly,” James recalls. “It progressed very quickly into being worried about Kim. we were both just crying and sobbing and there was a lot of blood. Way more blood than any delivery.”
“And then Kim lied down in the shower and then wasn’t waking up. So that’s when I called 911,” he continues.
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Rometo had also come to the house to help and the Beverly Hills emergency team followed. As Kimberly kept losing consciousness, the emergency team decided to take Kimberly to the hospital.
James stayed home while Rometo went with Kimberly as he felt his kids “needed one parent home.” At the time, Kimberly and James had five kids,Gwendolyn, 4,Emilia, 6,Annabel, 9,Olivia, 12, and sonsJoshua, 10. They have since welcomed sonJeremiah, 15 months.
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“You never know why these things happen, that’s what I’ve been telling my kids. All you know is that it brings you closer together, it breaks you open, it opens your heart, it deepens your appreciation,” he added “It makes you more human.”
Although he admitted that he didn’t think he’d be dancing that night, he chose to compete for Kimberly, who pushed him to continue in the competition.
source: people.com
