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Cincinnati Bengals player Dalton Risner and his wife, Whitney Risner, announced they suffered a pregnancy loss on July 17
The NFL star and the WAG said their baby, a boy, miscarried at 16 weeks
Dalton and Whitney previously shared they were expecting in June
Dalton and Whitney Risner have suffered a pregnancy loss.
The Cincinnati Bengals player, 31, and his wife announced in a joint Instagram post on Friday, July 17, that their baby, a boy, miscarried at 16 weeks.
“💔 At 16 weeks, Dalton and I found out we lost our sweet baby boy,” Whitney wrote in the caption of their post, sharing various photographs from her pregnancy, including when the couple announced they were expecting with a beachside photoshoot.
“I wish I was writing any other post than this right now. I never imagined our journey to starting a family would begin like this,” she continued, adding: “This is our second loss in just a couple of months.”
“I don’t know exactly what the future holds, and that uncertainty is incredibly hard. But even in the midst of heartbreak and grief, I know God is still good,” Whitney then said. “More than ever, I’ve realized how important it is who you marry and choose to walk through life with. Life is hard in so many different ways. I truly can’t imagine getting through this without my rock and best friend.”
Dalton Risner (left) and Whitney Risner (right) in February 2023.
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The WAG wrote that her miscarriage “has introduced me to a depth of pain and heartbreak that I never knew existed.”
“It feels like I’ve lost so much … our precious baby boy, pieces of myself, and the future I had planned out for the past 4 months,” she continued. “To everyone who has prayed for us, checked in on us, and loved us through this journey to starting a family, thank you. We are so grateful for your kindness.”
Nodding to her presence in the public eye, and dealing with heartbreak at the same time, Whitney told her followers, “Sharing my life online means I get to celebrate the really fun moments with you guys, but it also means sharing the ones that completely break my heart.”
“If you’re walking this same painful road, I want you to know that you are not alone,” she concluded her post.
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Dalton and Whitney announced they were expecting their baby boy in June.
On Instagram, they shared clips of themselves recording messages for their future children, spliced together with videos of them holding sonogram images.
“We have prayed for this 🤍 Half of me + half of my favorite person in the whole world!!!” the couple, who tied the knot in June 2022, captioned the joint post. “Baby Risner, we can’t wait to meet you this year!!”
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