Social Democrat leader Holly Cairns shares heartbreak two miscarriages in one year

Leader of the Social Democrats Holly Cairns has shared the heartbreaking news that she suffered two miscarriages within the past year. The politician noted that she naively tried to plan her pregnancy journey around the general elections, but unfortunately things didn’t go as planned for her and her partner. Holly said that she knowing that “It’s something so many people go through” has brought her some comfort. READ MORE: Irish mum Maureen Catterson gathers GAA stars to fundraise for bereavement suites at Coombe Hospital READ MORE: RTE’s Sinead Hussey on the heartache of recurrent miscarriages: ‘It’s been a never-ending circuit’ Holly recently shared the exciting news that she is expecting a baby, and that everything is looking normal for her current pregnancy journey – however she has suffered through the loss of miscarriage before. Speaking to Miriam O’Callaghan on RTE Radio 1, Holly said: “Like a lot of couples out there we learnt the hard way that it’s not always that easy to plan [a pregnancy].” The politician went on to share that she has been trying to plan her pregnancy so that her child would be at least a year old before the next general election – however tragic circumstances meant the plans had to change. “I went through two miscarriages in the last year,” said Holly. Continuing: “It’s something we know happens to quite a lot of people – I think it’s one in three women [that] experience it – and we just don’t hear a lot about it.” Holly went on to share that hearing other people share their story about losing a pregnancy made her feel less alone as she grieved the losses. She said: “I have to say hearing other women speak about it I found maybe comforting, [you] feel like you’re less alone, like you’re not the only one going through it.”