‘Selling the OC”s Gio Helou’s Wife Describes ‘Emotional and Physical Pain’ as She Announces Ectopic Pregnancy with Baby No. 2
Selling the OC star Gio Helou’s wife Tiffany is opening up about a pregnancy loss.
On Sunday, Dec, 1, Tiffany shared that she experienced an ectopic pregnancy with the couple’s second baby, writing in a lengthy Instagram post, “Pregnancy loss. Two words I never imagined would be mine.”
She continued, “The emotional and physical pain of the last two weeks has been immense, and yet it came at a time when we are reminded to focus on what we are thankful for.”
The couple, who wed in 2020, are already parents to son Theodore “Teddy,” 15 months.
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“It was our first month trying to conceive baby #2 and the happy shock and surprise at those two pink lines was quickly washed away in a wave of blood tests, ultrasounds and an ER visit,” Tiffany wrote, “all confirming that it was an ectopic pregnancy that never had a chance of survival.”
“I’ve cried out to God countless times since this began, WHY? Why did our precious poppyseed-sized embryo implant in the wrong place? Why did we even get pregnant if it was going to end this way? Why did this happen to us?”
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Fortunately, Tiffany said that her focus on Teddy and Gio, 36, has helped her through the “deepest moments of grief.”
“Yet in the deepest moments of grief, I still have joy… joy in our sweet Teddy, joy in the strength of my marriage, joy in our family and friends who have been walking alongside us, and joy in God and his goodness,” she shared.
She continued, “My body failed because we live in a broken world. But God did not fail. He has a plan and a purpose for this pain.”
“Our precious poppyseed,” she wrote, referring to their second baby, “I loved you the instant those two pink lines appeared. I find comfort knowing you’re in heaven with Jesus and I cling to the confident hope that can only be found in Him.”
Gio and Tiffany first met in high school and married in August 2020. The reality TV star now works as a real estate agent who specializes in high-end properties in Newport Beach for The Oppenheim Group; Tiffany works in public relations and creative consulting for her own business, HelloHelou.
