{"id":2004328,"date":"2025-09-07T17:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2004328"},"modified":"2025-09-07T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:23:20","slug":"kate-gosselin-opens-up-about-loss-of-baby-no-7-during-sextuplet-pregnancy-and-why-she-thought-she-was-losing-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kate-gosselin-opens-up-about-loss-of-baby-no-7-during-sextuplet-pregnancy-and-why-she-thought-she-was-losing-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin Opens Up About Loss of Baby No. 7 During Sextuplet Pregnancy \u2014 and Why She Thought She Was \u2018Losing Them All\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate Gosselin opened up about the loss of a seventh baby while she was pregnant with her sextuplets in a new TikTok series about her infertility and pregnancy journey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mom of eight also recalled the \u201cscary\u201d moment she thought she was \u201closing\u201d all of the sextuplets after experiencing a medical emergency<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate also revealed that she thinks the seventh child would have been a girl \u2014 and shared what her name would have been<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kate-gosselin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kate Gosselin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kate Gosselin<\/a> is opening up about her experiences with infertility and pregnancy loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The nurse and former reality star, 50, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-gosselin-says-her-kids-watch-jon-and-kate-plus-8-as-she-joins-tiktok-11783953\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:started a TikTok account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">started a TikTok account<\/a> in July. Since then, she&#8217;s been sharing more information about her life \u2014 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-kate-jon-gosselin-kids-7502790\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:her eight kids;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">her eight kids<\/a>\u2019 lives \u2014 with her followers. In a new six-part TikTok series, the mom opened up about her \u201cinfertility, pregnancy and birth journey,\u201d recalling how she was initially pregnant with seven children, not six, before giving birth to her sextuplets in 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Kate was six weeks pregnant, she had her first ultrasound, and said in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kate.gosselin\/video\/7545848133704584479\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:part four;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">part four<\/a> of the TikTok series \u2014 posted on Wednesday, Sept. 3 \u2014 that her seventh baby did not survive to the next one. \u201cIn between that time,\u201d she told her followers, \u201cthe seventh baby stopped growing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAlong the way, there was another emergency,\u201d said the nurse, who shares her kids with ex-husband <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jon-gosselin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jon Gosselin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jon Gosselin<\/a>, 48. \u201cAt some point, I started bleeding. I, of course, thought this was the beginning of a miscarriage. I was losing them all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The<em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/collin-gosselin-gives-rare-interview-says-reality-tv-tore-apart-family\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8<\/a> <\/em>alum went into the emergency room and got another ultrasound, during which the technician \u201cgot really quiet,\u201d Kate said. \u201cHere we go. It\u2019s done,\u201d she recalled thinking to herself, adding, \u201cI was really scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, \u201call of the sudden,\u201d the technician said she saw \u201csix heartbeats\u201d on the screen. \u201cI literally, at that point, that was the moment I knew I was committed to these babies,\u201d she recalled, \u201cbecause I realized the relief \u2014 and I started sobbing \u2014 that came over me. From that point on, I was in it, I was going to fight for them, I was going to do whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNot that I wasn\u2019t before,\u201d she continued, \u201cbut just the fact that it was dangled, [that] I was threatened with losing them, it made me realize how much I already loved them. So that was very miraculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate later added while replying to a comment that she\u2019s \u201calways thought\u201d the seventh baby was a girl. \u201cHer name would have been Emma,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Heidi Gutman\/NBC NewsWire<\/p>\n<p> Kate Gosselin, Jon Gosselin and their kids in 2007<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mom of eight previously opened up about the pregnancy loss in her book <em>I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family<\/em>, published in 2010. She mentioned the loss in her letter to sextuplet Alexis, she said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZT6vo8js4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:previous talk show appearance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">previous talk show appearance<\/a>, because \u201cshe, of all my kids, reminds me of our seventh baby,\u201d despite Kate only mentioning it \u201conce or twice, here or there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFor whatever reason, she grasped onto that, and she still asks,\u201d Kate said at the time. \u201cAnd you have to understand, I had my hands full with sextuplets. \u2026 but one day when they were like 1 or 2, it occurred to me that I was so busy in that moment that that was a loss that we suffered, but I didn\u2019t spend time maybe grieving or dealing with the fact that there was a seventh baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd to a lot of people, that would sound ridiculous, because they would say, \u2018Oh my gosh, you had six, like, five more than you were planning on, what are you wasting your time thinking about\u2026\u2019 But that was a life that was created, who we don\u2019t have. So it makes you wonder, like, \u2018Who would this baby have been?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate and Jon first welcomed twin girls Mady and Cara in 2000, and later welcomed their sextuplets \u2014 Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel \u2014 in 2004. The twins are now 24 and the sextuplets are 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family\u2019s unique dynamics were the basis for their TLC show \u2014 and claim to fame \u2014 <em>Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8<\/em>. The series, which ran from 2007 to 2017, followed the pair as they raised their kids in Pennsylvania. It was later renamed <em>Kate Plus 8<\/em>, however, after the couple split. In June 2009, Kate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/kate-gosselin-divorced-jon-gosselin-10-years-ago\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:filed for divorce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">filed for divorce<\/a> following cheating allegations surrounding Jon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-gosselin-opens-up-about-losing-baby-7-while-pregnant-with-sextuplets-tiktok-11805020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Kate Gosselin opened up about the loss of a seventh baby while she was pregnant with her sextuplets in a new TikTok series about her infertility and pregnancy journey The mom of eight also recalled the \u201cscary\u201d moment she thought she was \u201closing\u201d all of the sextuplets after experiencing a medical emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2004329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[345466,345467,343233,365193,22488],"class_list":["post-2004328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-jon-gosselin","tag-kate-gosselin","tag-pregnancy-loss","tag-sextuplets","tag-tiktok"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kate-Gosselin-Opens-Up-About-Loss-of-Baby-No-7.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}