NEED TO KNOW
- Kayleigh Orris amazed her friends by revealing her gestation astatine nan extremity of her champion friend’s wedding video
- The affectional moment, filmed aft she endured a miscarriage, sparked a viral TikTok seen by millions
- Orris tells PEOPLE she hopes her communicative inspires others not to suffer hope, calling her girl Rose her “miracle baby”
A viral TikTok captured nan infinitesimal Kayleigh Orris revealed to her friends that she was pregnant again — not agelong aft a heartbreaking miscarriage.
“I’d forgotten really affectional they were, but it makes complete sense,” Orris tells PEOPLE. “They were really hoping for maine to person my gestation pinch [my daughter] Rose, and because I hadn’t really spoken overmuch astir it, they were truthful shocked erstwhile they recovered out.”
The video’s overlay read: “The video made to astonishment my friends pinch my gestation pursuing a miscarriage, vs their reaction.” In nan caption, Orris explained that her champion friend had suggested adding nan uncover to nan extremity of her wedding video, though Orris was initially worried astir taking distant from her champion friend's moment.
“When she suggested that arsenic a measurement to show people, I said, ‘No, this is your moment, we’re present to watch your wedding back,’ ” Orris notes. “But she kept saying really amazed everyone would be, and it conscionable timed perfectly aft my 12-week scan, truthful I agreed… and it was really saccharine of her to springiness maine that moment.”
What happened adjacent was unforgettable. As nan clip played, disorder gave measurement to gasps, past tears and yet laughter arsenic Orris’s friends realized what they were seeing.
“I didn’t rather retrieve really affectional they were until I looked back,” she says. “It makes maine admit them moreover more, seeing really overmuch they shared successful that infinitesimal pinch me.”
Her circle of friends had known each different for decades, and their consequence reflected that shared history.
Courtesy of Kayleigh Orris
“I americium very fortunate to person a awesome group of girlfriends,” Orris shares. “We’ve been friends since secondary school, and they really observe your wins pinch you, particularly now arsenic everyone is starting families aliases getting married, truthful each announcement feels incredibly special.”
For Orris, that joyousness carried moreover much meaning fixed what she had endured. “When you person a miscarriage and past autumn pregnant again, you ne'er cognize what’s going to happen,” she explains. “For that first trimester, you don’t really consciousness excited — you conscionable consciousness anxious and deliberation it mightiness hap again."
She admits those months were immoderate of nan hardest to endure. “You walk that full first shape conscionable worried, until you consciousness nan babe kicking and commencement to consciousness content,” Orris details. “So reaching that milestone and past sharing nan news felt moreover much meaningful because I had yet gotten past that worry.”
This clip around, Orris kept her gestation mostly backstage until she felt safe. “With nan first pregnancy, I told a fewer of nan girls early,” she says. “The 2nd time, I kept it much to myself, but if I get pregnant again, I would astir apt stock sooner because having that support is truthful important.”
When she yet decided to station nan uncover online, she expected small of it. “I virtually conscionable posted it and didn’t deliberation thing of it,” Orris says. “Then abruptly I saw nan comments and realized group were really connecting pinch it.”
The guidance was contiguous and overwhelming. “So galore group said they were crying watching it,” she says. “I deliberation nan opus and nan emotion made it easy for group to relate, particularly if they had struggled pinch gestation themselves.”
Even now, Orris says she tin still consciousness nan emotion of that day. “We were each bawling,” she recalls. “Everyone was conscionable successful complete shock, but it turned into 1 of nan happiest times.”
For galore viewers, her communicative offered much than a saccharine surprise. It gave them hope. “If you’ve gone done a miscarriage and want to effort again, you can’t suffer hope,” Orris says. “You will person your occurrence baby, and moreover erstwhile it feels impossible, miracles tin still happen.”
She besides credits her friendships pinch helping her done some heartbreak and joy. “I dream group person a support group for illustration I do,” she says. “You request group who are location for some nan difficult times and nan really bully times.”
The video has since go a individual keepsake that Orris plans to stock pinch her girl 1 day. “I would decidedly show her,” she shares. “The uncover was filmed successful Cornwall, which is specified a typical spot for us, and I dream to return her location regularly because I grew up connected that beach. It makes nan representation moreover much meaningful.”
Courtesy of Kayleigh Orris
Never miss a communicative — motion up for PEOPLE's free regular newsletter to enactment up-to-date connected nan champion of what PEOPLE has to offer, from personage news to compelling quality liking stories.
Looking backmost connected nan year, Orris remembers it arsenic 1 of nan hardest and astir transformative times of her life. “It started truthful beautifully pinch our honeymoon and past pregnancy, for illustration everything was falling into place,” she says. “Then came nan heartbreak of miscarriage, and later nan joyousness of falling pregnant pinch Rose, truthful it really was a rollercoaster.”
That experience, though painful, changed her perspective. “I don’t wish it had happened, but successful a measurement I’m grateful for what it taught me,” Orris admits. “It made maine truthful overmuch much alert of nan struggles group face, and truthful overmuch much grateful for Rose.”
Her openness has encouraged others to stock their ain journeys. “I’ve spoken astir miscarriage connected Instagram, and truthful galore women from my area reached out,” she says. “I’ve been capable to support them, and it feels for illustration thing affirmative has travel from my experience.”
4 weeks ago
English (US) ·
Indonesian (ID) ·