The Princess of Staten Island suffered an injury during a WWE live event in North Charleston back in July 2022 during a triple threat match for the RAW Women’s Championship involving Bianca Belair and Asuka. Thankfully, she returned last month on Monday Night RAW.
The former SmackDown Women’s champion came out of a personal family tragedy. Carmella, alongside her husband Corey Graves, were expecting their first child. However, she announced that she suffered a miscarriage back in October.
While speaking on WWE After The Bell, Carmella talked about her struggles with ectopic pregnancy, which was life-threatening. Carmella then revealed how Stephanie McMahon checked up on her as well.
I was dealing with an ectopic pregnancy, which means that the pregnancy was not viable and I couldn’t move forward with it. It’s actually something that you [Graves] and I learned together, is something that is very dangerous and something that a lot of women don’t make it through. I feel very fortunate. My friends, family, no one realized just how extreme this is. My husband included.
I wouldn’t say it’s common, it actually only happens to six percent of pregnancies, which is crazy to think about. I’m so grateful I listened to my body. There was a moment where, I wasn’t sure what was happening, my stomach was killing me, I asked you to take me to the emergency room, we’re in the emergency room…
It was so difficult. When it happened and I was in the emergency room, I had to take an ambulance to another emergency room for them to diagnose exactly what happened. Once I realized that it was an ectopic pregnancy, which means it’s in your fallopian tube and not in your uterus, so at any point, basically, it can explode and you can bleed to death, which is insane to think about.
It’s insane because not only am I in the emergency room for this crazy medical condition that we have to monitor closely. I was on bed rest for four weeks straight, I couldn’t do anything. I’m also processing the loss of our baby. It was a double whammy. Through all of that, we made it through and I’m so grateful, and I’m not trying to gloss over any of this. I was in a deep depression for a while. It was really hard. I felt it was necessary for me to share my story. Even though I had you [Corey], I had my family, I had never felt so alone because it’s like blaming yourself. ‘What did I do wrong? How could I have prevented this?’ It turns out there is nothing I could have done. It’s just how your body reacts. Women came out of the woodwork, that’s why I wanted to share my story. I was so lonely and I felt so isolated through the experience, and I felt, ‘I’m going through this, surely there are other women out there or men out there who are helping their partner going through that,’ and I wanted to share my story. Women came out of the woodwork
Women from my high school, my college, even women I’ve met through WWE have come to me and went, ‘I went through this’ or ‘I know someone who went through this and I wish I had the courage to share my story.’ That’s mostly what I wanted to do with coming out with it publicly because it’s not talked about enough. Women don’t talk about these things. Your pregnant, you think you’re pregnant, you’re having a baby, and that’s it. I was excited to have a baby, and it’s all taken away. It was a very difficult time and it felt like, my return was up in the air, I didn’t know. Am I ever going to go back to work? Am I ever going to feel okay? Am I ever going to feel good enough to get off the damn couch and put some makeup on and feel good about myself? Luckily, we’re here and on the other side, but it was definitely a difficult journey.
Yeah, Stephanie McMahon. I’m gonna get emotional thinking about it. She was so supportive of me through all of it. Reached out to me several times, we had several phone conversations about it. Even after my return a few weeks ago, she texted me, ‘So good to see you back. I hope you’re feeling alright.’ Oh my gosh. Not only does she preach women empowerment, she practices it. I’m so forever grateful for her and the support she has showed me through all of this. Our kitchen looked like a floral shop. Everyone who is anyone in WWE, the female locker room, both locker rooms, everyone. We have flowers everywhere and I’m so grateful. We have such a support system, the WWE universe, our family that we have behind the scenes in WWE is so real and I’m so grateful for everyone.
Carmella
We will have to wait and see whether Carmella will get her wish one day and start a family of her own.
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