And so that was the end of last year. Remember to give yourself and other parents who are feeding their child differently from you some grace. Now, after suffering three miscarriages, Port has mixed emotions about expanding her family. [But] I love the way my life is right now [so] why complicate anything further?. Jeffrey Port left behind five children and wife Vicki Lyn Port, upon his death. That was maybe a sign of it not being healthy from the beginning.". He, I know, really really wants a second kid, and I dont know. So we just became really close and we were obsessed with each other but never acted on anything. Whitney Port Parents and Siblings Born in Los Angeles and was raised in a Jewish household. Whitney Port unfortunately lost her father Jeffrey when he was just 62 years old, but tonight on Hollywood Medium, clairvoyant Tyler Henry seems to come into contact with Ports late dad. And then obviously we got older, and we got married, and we're starting to have kids, and everyone has their separate lives. The thought of that sounds so scary to me. So relatable! And that's the thing I think about having kidsthey're their own people, they have their own personalities. If he wants to wear a dress, he can wear a f---ing dress, said Rosenman from off-camera. More recently, really since Sonny was born, I find myself missing him more and more. He was the main man in my life for almost all of my life and really ruled at it. Simply put, he was my dad. Port launched her fashion line "Whitney Eve" in 2009. Senator Turned Her Ex Into a Husband, We Are Family Podcast Season 2, Episode 1 with LeVar Burton: Parenting the Son He Didn't Know He Had, We Are Family Podcast Season 2, Episode 6 with Tan France: What He Feared Most on Becoming a Father, Diane Kruger Says Her Kid Is Her Biggest Fanand Toughest Critic, We Are Family Podcast, Episode 7: "Are You My Dad?" Never miss a story sign up for PEOPLEs free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Due to her history of miscarriages, the With Whit podcast host who also shares 4-year-old Sonny Sanford with Rosenman says her doctor told her it's "safest" to speak to a fertility specialist, though she has "no idea what that looks like.". Whitney Port made headlines over and over again for being candid about the details . But the difficult parts have been less about managing the emotions surrounding the miscarriage, she explains, and more so about whether another baby is in the cards for them. Everyone can look how they want to look. Port says that a world where people are judged harshly and not allowed to be their true selves is just not a world that I want Sonny to live in.. But I think what has been the most helpful is to have that support system when I don't know if I'm allowed to swear on this podcast Whitney: Like when shit happens and the only people that really understand how you're feeling is your family. After the death of her father, Whitney Port wrote an open letter dedicated to him online, titled I Love You Forever and Always. She started off the letter by writing: Dear Dad, Id like to start off by telling you how much I love you and how much I miss you, she begins. The rest is still unwritten! "I told myself I was going to get through the six months.". And I think that's something that has been integral to us being strong women today. Whitney Port Hopes The Hills Reboot Shows the Cast's "Real Struggles" . [17] The program additionally served as a promotional platform for her "Whitney Eve" collection. Powered by. [I] was like, Oh my gosh, this really makes me think about myself and what I really want and what I really need, and how much am I sacrificing for other people? It made me think about other, bigger things, and really hit me, Port says. And this experience really bonded Timmy and I together. 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I wasn't even really focusing on my relationship with my baby or what my baby was even up to. And I don't want to go the route of like the timing everything and the IVF. It's hard. But I do remember definitely sometimes feeling a little bit left behind in a way. At 9, she moved to Port Coquitlam City in British Columbia, Canada, with her parents and siblings named Nabuyungo Peak and Raf M Peak. Port has a brother Ryan and three sisters Ashley, Paige, and Jade, and was raised in a Jewish household. Hollywood Medium Tyler Henry delivers Whitney Port's family messages from her late father. It was like I knew that this man would make me laugh for the rest of my life. And part of me wanted to be like, welcome to parenthood, it's not ever going to go exactly as you have outlined. I got his phone number and made up some excuse why I needed to reach him for somethingI kind of felt he was never gonna try it with me. And so being one of five, how did that kind of mold your vision of how you wanted to be a parent? Whitney Port appeared to be having the time of her life as she spent time with family earlier on Tuesday near The Hamptons. MLS # . They named their child Sonny Sanford Roseman. It's a boy for Hills alum Whitney Port and her husband Tim Rosenman! What was their kind of approach as you launched your reality TV career? But I'm trying to look at it with more of a growth and learning lens, because I think that once you've kind of gone through it you can have, I don't know, an easier attitude about it I hope. Her father owned a fashion company, Swarm. Whitney: That's so hard. And so the more that I can share my perspective, the more people like me out there will feel less alone.". But I was able to really have a positive experience and grow a business out of my passion, and don't have any regrets about it. Fashion designer and star of The Hills and The City, Whitney Port chats with host Julia Dennison about everything from her happy childhood and big family, the passing of her dad, knowing her husband was "the one" on their first date, miscarriage, and the complicated feelings that go along with pregnancy, breastfeeding, and being a mom. Whitney: It wasn't super planned but I had been off my birth control and it happened pretty fast. There are a lot of perks and there's so much of me that would love to keep it as one. Tim Rosenman, Whitney Ports Fiance: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. 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How Safe Is Cannabis Use While Breastfeeding? You're so warm and lovely. We want it to happen but I'm so conflicted. Whitney: It really does, it really does. There is no better love than that of a mother for her child, so you go ahead and be a sappy and trite as you want to be, Whit. And I think really my parents trusted me and they trusted the person that they raised to navigate this world in a decent way. And we came home and I just hit a breaking point and said, I cant do this. Jeffrey Port lost his cancer battle in 2013 and left behind a family who loved him. And she was really torn up about it even though you know logically that that is going to be an option. I think that for the most part we were extremely lucky, we were healthy, our family stayed healthy. But let's go back in time a little bit and talk about your mom and your dad. Whitney Port is getting vulnerable about her first days as a new mom, and it's a reminder that things don't always come naturallyincluding nursing. I mean I hope that he obviously has a good head on his shoulders, and has a good character, and makes decent decisions, and doesn't want the fame just for the sake of fame. I lost my phone," Port joked in her caption. Whitney Port has one brother named Ryan and three sisters Ashley, Paige, and Jade. Our grandparents helped raise us, my parents were happily married. And then now in May I had a chemical pregnancy. I lived in this great, happy, big family. You were one of five siblings, is that right? Go Blue!!! All six of Whitneys family members watched her reading with Hollywood Mediums Henry live from another room. Julia: Of course, of course. And Whitney ended the heartfelt post with this conclusion: Until the day we meet again, our family will not be complete, but know we will thrive forever in your honor and live to make you smile. I pour my heart and soul into it each week. Whitney Port has revealed she lost her baby two weeks after announcing her pregnancy. The struggle for Port was real. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. She probably thought she was trying to help. She closed the post with a message to her son. Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents by Betsey Brown Braun. Whitney Port is sharing the emotional struggle of parenting her son Sonny Sanford without having her own parent around. [10] In 2007, Port notably tripped down the stairs during a live segment for Good Morning America. ', Hilaria Baldwin Says She's Feeling 'Nervous' About Her Pregnancy Because of Previous Miscarriage, Whitney Port's Husband Timmy Says He Was 'Shocked and Then Pissed' Following Miscarriages, Whitney Port on Recording Reaction After Her Third Miscarriage: I Had 'Clarity About How I Felt'. Whitney, welcome to We Are Family. Georgia Slater is a writer/reporter on the Parents team at PEOPLE. I mean we can influence it as much as we want to, but at the end of the day it's going to be what it's going to be and you kind of have to just go down that path a little bit I feel like. They were more than happy for this moment and believed that it would change their life as well. ? And also I was really, really, really nauseous for like the first 18 weeks, so that just made me not feel very connected to the pregnancy either. 21. Throughout her pregnancy and after she gave birth, Port has kept it real about new parenthood with husband Tim Rosenman and has been honest about some of the harsher realities around having a baby. This is definitely one of the more difficult things Ive ever gone through, Port said in a confessional. Did you know right away that you wanted to parent with him, what were your kind of first impressions? Melissa Mills. Whitney: Yeah. So it's important for me to recognize that we're going through something that is similar, yet definitely different," he continues. So we have his brother, and his wife, and their kids, and nephews and nieces, and just this amazing, new, warm family that has been such a gift. I love my big family so much; I'm so connected to them. ", "I went today for the eight [week] and four day ultrasound, and last week the baby had doubled and he heard the heartbeat, and then this week there was no heartbeat," Port tearfully explained, adding that the doctor "said it's done that when I had that ultrasound that looked like there was no embryo inside and the yolk sac was thin. But I don't really ever feel like I wasn't heard, I always felt like my parents did a really good job of sitting down at the dinner table every weeknight and making sure that everyone got a turn.I think my parents raised us, and a lot of us obviously being girls, to be really strong, loud women. Like we sat on the couch together watching American Idol and The Bachelor. We went out to visit them where they live on a lake in Georgia and it was amazing. #HollywoodMedium #EEntertainment #TylerHenry SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly/Eentsub About Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry: Explore the life of this clairvoyant medium as he provides an exclusive perspective into celebrities private lives, captivating fans. Even if it meant losing you too soon, it would be worth all of the tears in the world because you were simply the greatest. New mom Whitney Port just shared a video about her breastfeeding struggles, and it's raw, real and so relatable. I mean my sister, she just had a baby, and the baby flipped like the week before she was due and she ended up having to get a C-section. 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But I wonder if not knowing the sex made me feel some way less connected to it. I love you Dad. That month, she was commissioned to star in the spin-off series The City, which additionally placed emphasis on her boyfriend Jay Lyon, their friends Erin Lucas and Adam Senn, and her co-worker Olivia Palermo. And it's like, why am I doing this? And we'd love your feedback. LOVE, WHIT Black Floral Puff Sleeve Dress. And I'm like, oh my God, why kind of ruffle the feathers? And I just feel like because we had such an amazing father who was such a wonderful model of grace, and silliness, and a beautiful heart, I think that we were able to then know what we wanted in a man. Whitney Port/Instagram Earlier this month, Port - who shares 4-year-old son Sonny with her. I continually told myself after getting mastitis that I was going to quit breastfeeding, or pumping, excuse me. How he cared for me and how there he was, emotionally, for me was really amazing.. 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