Meghan Markle kickstarted her new podcast, “Confessions of a Female Founder,” with a powerful conversation about postpartum preeclampsia with Whitney Wolfe Herd. The personal revelation came in the first episode as the Duchess of Sussex and Wolfe Herd, the podcast host’s guest and a close friend, discussed the stressful realities of balancing motherhood and work. Markle revealed suffering from postpartum preeclampsia, describing it as “rare” and “scary,” claiming that despite these “medical scares,” she showed up for people, mostly her kids.
Meghan Markle showed up for her children despite post-childbirth challenges
The first episode of Meghan Markle‘s “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast unpacked her personal experience with postpartum preeclampsia. She discussed the subject with Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder of Bumble, revealing that they “both had very similar experiences” with postpartum and that they suffered from preeclampsia. According to Mayo Clinic, this is a “rare condition that occurs when you have high blood pressure and excess protein in your urine soon after childbirth.” It “develops during pregnancy and typically resolves” with the baby’s birth.
Sharing their respective but identical experiences with the condition after childbirth, the Duchess of Sussex and Wolfe Herd disclosed, “It’s so rare and so scary.” Following this, the host offered a detailed account of how she tried to “juggle all of these things” without the world knowing any of it. “And in the quiet, you’re still trying to show up for people,” the mom of two said, highlighting that it’s “mostly for your children” despite the condition being “huge medical scares.” The guest agreed with the life-threatening part, adding, “I mean life or death, truly.”
Meghan Markle’s confession about suffering from postpartum preeclampsia became a significant part of her and Whitney Wolfe Herd’s discussion about working moms. The duo got candid about their respective post-childbirth challenges and shared their personal experiences with motherhood, both before and after giving birth, and the importance of boundaries to maintain the fragile footing between work life and maternity.
