The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg (31), announced his wife's pregnancy, also revealing that they are expecting a baby girl. He posted the news to his 33 million Facebook “friends”.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan (30) had met at Harvard University and married seven years later, in 2010.
Priscilla Chan had suffered three miscarriages over two years.
Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook, “You feel so hopeful when you learn you're going to have a child. You start imagining who they'll become and dreaming of hopes for their future. You start making plans, and then they're gone. It's a lonely experience. Most people don't discuss miscarriages because you worry your problems will distance you or reflect upon you- as if you're defective or did something to cause this. So you struggle on your own.”
The couple decided to share their experience with the world to encourage and help other struggling parents.
Zuckerberg wrote, “We hope that sharing our experience will give more people the same hope we felt and will help more people feel comfortable sharing their stories as well. Our good news is that our pregnancy is now far enough along that the risk of loss is very low and we are very hopeful.”
