Meghan Markle reveals “scary” preeclampsia -experience on podcast

• Meghan Markle’s new podcast debuted with Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd as her first guest
• The Duchess of Sussex shared that both she and Wolfe Herd experienced preeclampsi after birth – what Meghan described as a “huge medical horror” which was “so scary”
• “The world does not know what is happening silently,” said Meghan in the first episode of confessions by a female founder, as the two discussed the press from building businesses while navigating motherhood

Meghan Markle Opens on reality in new motherhood – including her experience of preeclampsi after birth – in the debut section of her new podcast, Confessions of a female founder.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, launched her new show on Tuesday, April 8 via Lemonada Media and kicked things with a powerful conversation with his first guest and close friend, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, 35.

When the two discussed the sensitive balance between motherhood and career, Meghan revealed that both she and Wolfe Herd experienced preeclampsia after birth, a rare and potentially life -threatening condition characterized by high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine shortly after birth, according to it Mayo Clinic.

“We both had very similar experiences – even though we didn’t know each other at that time – with postpartum, and we both had preeclampsi. Postpartum preeclampsia,” split Meghan.

Meghan did not clarify whether the condition occurred after her son, the birth, Prince Sarker5 or her daughter, Princess LiliBet3. Wolfe Herd is meanwhile a mother of two sons.

“It’s so rare and so scary,” Meghan continued. “And you are still trying to juggle all these things, and the world doesn’t know what happens silently. And in the silence you still try to show up for people – mostly for your children – but these things are huge medical horror.”

Wolfe Herd joined and said, “I mean life or death, really.”

Bumble founder and CEO recalled Meghan and Prince Harry’s decision to introduce their newborn son, Archie, during a public photocall just two days after his birth in May 2019 – a royal tradition followed by also by Princess Diana and Kate Middleton.

“I mean, I will never forget the image of you after delivering Archie, and the whole world was waiting for his debut,” Wolfe Herd said. “I was either just or about to become a new mother, and I was like,” Oh my God, how does this woman do this? How does this woman put on heels and go and debut a child in this, you know, beautiful outfit in front of the world? “”

“I could barely meet a door clock for pick -up of food in a mantle,” she added and got a laugh from Meghan.

Meghan also reflected on balancing work and home life and revealed: “We became mothers in pandemic, post-pandemic culture, where there is so much to work from home … I do not leave the house to go to an office; my office is here.”

“Lili still naps, she is picked up early and she naps,” she continued. “She has only half a day in preschool. If she wakes up and wants to find me, she knows where to find me, even if my door is closed for the office. She will sit there on my knee during one of these meetings with a grid of all managers … I would not have it in any other way. I do not want to miss these moments. I do not want to miss.

The Duchess of Sussex added, “What I love most about having young children, in this chapter while I build (business), is the perspective that it gives because you build something while your child goes through potty training … and both are just as important … It is like,” good, where is cheerios? Well done. “And then you are defeating your team 10 minutes later about something that is really high value to the world.

Wolfe Herd then shares, “Technology is a beautiful tool for parents because you can call in and be present and do a good job on the call while sitting in the Carpool line outside the school. As, why do I need to be at a desk? I have the same mental opinion in a Carpool line.”

The Duchess of Sussex and Lemonada Media announced on March 13 that Confessions of a female founder would focus on her entrepreneurial journey and launch the brand as a constant lifestyle (such as sold out their first party of products Last week) and have sincere conversations with other female founders over eight episodes.

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In one Exclusive interview With people, Meghan shared how other female founders have inspired her on her entrepreneurial journey.

“What has been meaningful is to be able to talk about my own entrepreneurial journey with other female founders who are either on their own growth track or have IPO’D, sold or created high power brands and went through all the learning curves that we all do in the beginning,” said the Duke of Sussex.

“You just try to find out how you go, then you want to learn to run and then you want to learn how to fly. All these things take time. There is also something very exciting and energizing as we learn something new as we get older,” she continued. “The entrepreneurial journey, for everyone, is a lot, and I am also really, really lucky that so many of my close friends are female founders that I can get advice from.”

Meghan wrote in an Instagram post on March 13, “I have had sincere conversations with fantastic women who have transformed dreams into realities and peeled small ideas into massively successful companies. They open up, share their tips, tricks (and tumble), and let me choose their brains that I build out my company, as ever.

The new podcast is Meghan’s first project since she announced her partnership with Lemonada Media in February 2024, after she and Prince Harry Different roads with Spotify.

Confessions of a female founder marks Meghan’s second show as a podcast host, follows Archetypeswhich was broadcast in 2022. Archetyp – Who welcomed guests such as Mindy Kaling, Paris Hilton and Mariah Carey to debate stereotypes around women – topped Spotify’s international charts and won a People’s Choice Prize.