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‘General Hospital’ Star Kimberly McCullough Shares About Her Miscarriage

Kimberly McCullough, who plays Robin Scorpio in ABC's "General Hospital," looked back to some of the highlights of her 2015 and revealed a heartbreaking news.

In a blog post that she posted on Sunday, Kimberly, 37, wrote about her pregnancy last year but she lost her first child at 22 weeks. She found out that she was pregnant over the summer. She received a call two weeks later, while she was directing an episode for "Pretty Little Liars," giving her the news about the gender of her baby.

"The nurse came on the phone and to my surprise, told me I was having a girl. That was probably the best day of my life thus far, the one I will remember as 'having it all.' It was the night before my first day of shooting. I was prepared. I was fulfilled," the actress wrote.

She then shared about how well "Pretty Little Liars" gig went for her in the following week. After that she wrote and direct the pilot of "Hey Day" where she got to work with Finola Hughes who plays Anna Devane in "General Hospital."

"My heart was so full and then it broke. I had lost my baby girl. It was too much. I didn't need to learn this lesson. I wasn't interested. But I wasn't in control. These things happen and no, I don't believe they happen 'for a reason,'" she wrote. "I'm still processing, still healing, but anyone who has gone through it knows, losing a baby at 22 weeks is tragic."

"One thing I am proud of however was that I allowed myself to be happy and to relish the moment. I sat in all that goodness and I can recall those feelings (when I'm having different ones) and hope that it can be like that again," she continued along with a photo of her baby bump.

Lastly, she said, "Not to go total Oprah on you, but at the end of this year and the beginning of the next, I am grateful for it all. Tired. But grateful."


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