'It was a nightmare': Sunny Hostin shares her journey of first pregnancy on 'The View' podcast

Sunny Hostin said, 'I started losing faith, and I didn't think that was anything that would ever happen to me'
PUBLISHED FEB 1, 2024
Sunny Hostin got emotional while talking about a pivotal moment in her life on 'The View: Behind the Table' (ABC)
Sunny Hostin got emotional while talking about a pivotal moment in her life on 'The View: Behind the Table' (ABC)

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Co-host Sunny Hostin joined executive producer Brian Teta on the January 30 episode of the podcast, 'The View: Behind the Table,' where she opened up about the ordeal that she had to go through while being pregnant with her son Gabriel.

According to The US Sun, 55-year-old Hostin shares two children, Gabriel, 21, and Paloma, 17, with her husband, Emmanuel, 52. She took a walk down memory lane during the episode when Teata read a listener's question about the most pivotal moment in her life.

The troubling first pregnancy

Hostin had to undergo a lot to get pregnant with her first child.

"I wanted to be a mother more than anything, and we had to go through several series of IVF (invitro-fertilization), and I had to have several surgeries. I had like 26 fibroids removed," she recalled.

"It was just a nightmare, and I started losing faith, and I didn't think that was anything that would ever happen to me. Now I'm getting emotional," she said while trying to hold back tears. "And I finally got pregnant with Gabriel."

Everything was not resolved even after pregnancy, which went through some unfortunate complications.

"At the third-month mark, after we'd told everyone, I get a torn placenta. And I'm rushed to the hospital, and they tell me that the baby's not gonna make it. And I just told everyone that I know that it's finally gonna happen," the television personality shared.

Doctors had informed Hostin that her child had a quarter chance of survival.

"I said, 'And what does one do to make that happen?' He said, 'It would be complete bed rest, including not being able to get up to go to the bathroom. You'd have a bedpan for the next six months.' And that's what I did. I fell into a deep depression. I gained 70 pounds," she revealed.

Sunny Hostin had her prayers answered

While she was confined to her bed, Hostin had a nervous breakdown when her mother-in-law brought home baby clothes, fearing that her baby would die. It was through prayers and the support of a nun, who was a family friend, that she went through the rest of her pregnancy.

Though he was expected to be born with developmental delays, Gabriel beat the odds and is currently a third-year student at Harvard University, reported the Sun.

Hostin had her daughter a few years later via IVF and experienced no health issues. Though she wanted to have a third child, her husband Emmanuel "refused" to see her go through another difficult pregnancy.

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