She’s expecting her second child with stuntman husband David Olsen.
But NCIS: Los Angeles actress Daniela Ruah has revealed she was devastated after suffering a miscarriage last year.
The 32-year-old, who is now expecting a baby girl, opened up to Fit Pregnancy about her happiness at falling pregnant again as she posed for the cover of their September issue.
‘Last October, I had a miscarriage at 9 weeks,’ the actress revealed.
‘Something like that hits you physically, emotionally, and psychologically, but my doctor said, ‘Even if you sat on my table the whole time, this still would’ve happened. You have to try again.’
‘So that’s what we did, and I got pregnant on our second try. Nature is a beautiful thing- it does what it needs to do when it needs to do it.’
Daneila and her stuntman husband, who is the brother of her NCIS: Los Angeles costar Eric Christian Olsen, are now expecting a baby girl. They are also parents to two-year-old son River.
And Daniela said she’s open to having an epidural again after a difficult first labor.
‘With River’s birth, nothing went according to plan,’ she said. ‘My water broke three weeks early, and after 12 hours of labor and Pitocin, I was in incredible pain and still only one-centimeter dilated.
‘I wanted to try to do it without drugs, so the moment I requested an epidural, I was mad at myself. But as soon as I got it, I dilated to 10 centimeters in 90 minutes. It was awesome.
‘This time, I’m going to try to go again without an epidural, but I won’t be mad at myself if I need one.’
But she said it’s important for new moms to ask for help when they’re feeling overwhelmed or struggling to breastfeed.
‘After River was born, I remember being in the bedroom by myself, overwhelmed because he wasn’t latching well, and I yelled, ‘Dave, I need help! Can you get in here?’ #
‘Suddenly my husband, my mom, and my in-laws were all in the doorway. I just melted into tears. It really does take a village.’
But she admitted she took her range hormones out on her husband last time she was pregnant, saying she was being ‘an idiot’ but couldn’t stop.
‘During my first trimester, I became my own evil twin,’ Daniela said.
‘I was awful to my husband. I’d receive his nice gestures as a war attack. One day I said to him – get this! –‘It’s not your face. It’s just everything you say.’
‘I feel super sorry for what he went through. But by the time I entered my second trimester, I was feeling less hormonal.’
