How To Get Away With Murder star Aja Naomi King, 36, reveals she is pregnant after two miscarriages: ‘This is my beautiful little rainbow baby’
How To Get Away With Murder star Aja Naomi King announced on Instagram that she is pregnant with her first child.
The 36-year-old posted an angelic snap that showed her cradling her baby bump in silhouette in front of a radiant orange halo and an ocean backdrop.
In her caption she revealed that she ‘suffered two miscarriages’ previously and gushed: ‘This is my beautiful little rainbow baby.’
Mother to be: How To Get Away With Murder star Aja Naomi King announced on Instagram that she is pregnant with her firstborn child
The phrase ‘rainbow baby’ refers to a child who is brought safely to term after the mother earlier underwent a miscarriage or stillbirth.
She wrote: ‘Baby King,’ with a crown emoji and added: ‘I really can’t begin to express the fullness of our immense joy to be welcoming a baby into our family.’
Aja added: ‘With that I also want to express that this beautiful journey has not been devoid of heartbreak. This is my beautiful little rainbow baby.’
The Emily Owens MD actress shared: ‘I’ve been so deeply moved by the women who have openly shared their miscarriages.’
Looking ahead: In her caption she revealed that she ‘suffered two miscarriages’ previously and gushed: ‘This is my beautiful little rainbow baby’
She said: ‘It brought me solace in a time that was incredibly painful to know I wasn’t alone. To understand that this experience is common, horrible but still common.’
The Emily Owens MD star revealed in her Instagram post: ‘I suffered two miscarriages and even now trying to capture what it felt like in words is simply absurd to me because I will never have language enough for it.’
She confessed: ‘At first I wasn’t sure about sharing my experience because I felt like so many other people had way worse experiences than I did, but I realized that I can’t treat pain like an Olympic sport, as if it’s a competition and only those who have the worst stories win the right to talk about it.’
Aja added: ‘No matter the size of it in your mind, pain is pain and loss is loss, whatever the degree. And once you are touched by it, it stays with you forever.’
Famous face: Aja is pictured on the hit Shonda Rhimes show How To Get Away With Murder which had a cast led by Oscar winner Viola Davis
The Los Angeles native candidly explained that ‘it’s been hard to not carry my fear with me throughout this pregnancy. To believe that it’s real and that this baby will be okay. That this beautiful gift will remain.’
She countered: ‘But I try to not ignore the facts, and the facts are that I am healthy and my baby is healthy, my baby is growing and now kicking and constantly reminding me of their very real presence within me.’
Aja added: ‘I really just want to say that if you’ve gone through this or are going through this, you don’t have to carry the weight of it alone. And for some ( I won’t attempt to speak for everyone) it can be freeing.’
‘Sending love always’: She wrote: ‘Baby King,’ with a crown emoji and added: ‘I really can’t begin to express the fullness of our immense joy to be welcoming a baby into our family’
She concluded: ‘So I take this piece of freedom and I hope for someone else it allows them to feel a little less alone,’ signing off: ‘Sending love always.’
Aja has kept her love life private throughout the course of her career and has not revealed who the father of her baby is.
Years ago she was rumored to be dating her How To Get Away With Murder co-star Alfred Enoch but she never confirmed the speculation.