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| Rob Delaney reveals birth of fourth child months after son's death | |
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| The American actor and comedian Rob Delaney has revealed that his wife gave birth to their fourth child in August, months after the death of their son Henry. | |
| The star of the sitcom Catastrophe told the Sunday Times Magazine that his wife, Leah, became pregnant before Henry died and Henry was the first person they told. | |
| Delaney announced the death from cancer of his two-year-old son in February and confirmed in June that Leah was pregnant again. | |
| Discussing whether the decision to have another child was conflicted, he said: “We likely would’ve had a fourth anyway. But I mean, there’s mixed feelings. | Discussing whether the decision to have another child was conflicted, he said: “We likely would’ve had a fourth anyway. But I mean, there’s mixed feelings. |
| “It’s sort of like they touch each other a little bit, but they almost exist in separate lanes. Having another child in no way, shape or form eases the grief of Henry dying. But also having Henry dying doesn’t make our new son any less magical. | “It’s sort of like they touch each other a little bit, but they almost exist in separate lanes. Having another child in no way, shape or form eases the grief of Henry dying. But also having Henry dying doesn’t make our new son any less magical. |
| “I want to gobble him up and he deserves our full attention and love, and he grew in the same womb as Henry.” | “I want to gobble him up and he deserves our full attention and love, and he grew in the same womb as Henry.” |
| Delaney said he now had to work hard to battle paranoia about his children’s health after Henry first started throwing up when he was nine months old. | |
| “That wouldn’t be fair on our kids,” he said, but he added he was “terrified of anyone vomiting. It’s like PTSD. If anyone vomits, I think: oh, that must be a brain tumour, and I have to calm down.” | |
| Delaney compared the grief he felt over the loss of his child to his previous battle with alcoholism. “For me, getting sober some years ago, and then dealing with depression after being sober for a while, those were kicking around the football on a dusty pitch that was the warm-up for the fucking World Cup of losing a child. | |
| “So I am grateful that I had been tenderised and slapped around by some other things, yes. Because I’m barely surviving this, and I think those things might be making the difference. So thank goodness they happened.” | “So I am grateful that I had been tenderised and slapped around by some other things, yes. Because I’m barely surviving this, and I think those things might be making the difference. So thank goodness they happened.” |
| On Boxing Day, Delaney reflected publicly on his first Christmas without Henry, writing on Twitter: “Our first Christmas without Henry came & went. The day itself was okay, maybe because there were so many horrible, painful days leading up to it; we must have hit our quota or something. We talked about him a lot & included his memory throughout the day. | |
| “I speak publicly about Henry in an effort to destigmatize grief. My family is sad & in pain because our beautiful 2 yr old boy died after a long illness. Why wouldn’t we be sad? Why wouldn’t we be angry and confused? | “I speak publicly about Henry in an effort to destigmatize grief. My family is sad & in pain because our beautiful 2 yr old boy died after a long illness. Why wouldn’t we be sad? Why wouldn’t we be angry and confused? |
| “Tweets like this aren’t therapeutic to me, nor are they ‘updates’. I just want other bereaved parents & siblings to feel seen/heard/respected/loved. And maybe they might help someone not schooled in grief support a friend better. I don’t know.” | “Tweets like this aren’t therapeutic to me, nor are they ‘updates’. I just want other bereaved parents & siblings to feel seen/heard/respected/loved. And maybe they might help someone not schooled in grief support a friend better. I don’t know.” |
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