Alexa PenaVega used her Instagram platform this week to share an update after her daughter’s devastating stillbirth.
The 35-year-old actress, known for her role in Spy Kids, uploaded a video thanking her fans for their ‘kind words and encouraging prayers.’
She began the clip by predicting she was ‘most likely gonna cry’ while speaking to her audience of 1.6 million.
PenaVega, who shares three kids with husband Carlos PenaVega, called the loss of their fourth child the ‘most traumatic thing’ they’ve ever experienced.
‘I don’t think I’ve experienced anything quite like this, and I hope to never experience anything like this again,’ she stated in the recording. ‘Losing Indy was very hard and right after losing her, my health declined a lot and nobody could figure out what was wrong.’
Alexa PenaVega used her Instagram platform this week to share an update after her daughter’s devastating stillbirth
The 35-year-old actress, known for her role in Spy Kids , uploaded a video thanking her fans for their ‘kind words and encouraging prayers’
Alexa added, ‘It was a very hard season for all of us to navigate.’
Despite the family’s great loss, the mother-of-three emphasized that she felt a ‘crazy’ sense of peace.
‘God has really met us in this place between pain and peace,’ she noted before elaborating about how her daughter’s passing ‘transformed [her] completely.’
The ordeal strengthened the family-of-five, according to the star.
‘Our family has never been stronger. Our faith has never been stronger [and] our marriage has never been stronger,’ she opened up.
Alexa and her spouse Carlos, 34, married in 2014 and share son Ocean, seven, son Kingston, four, and daughter Rio, three.
They announced the stillbirth of their fourth child in a joint Instagram post in mid April.
‘After a beautiful and peaceful delivery our daughter ‘Indy’ was born at rest,’ they stated. ‘This little girl has already changed our lives in so many ways. She was absolutely beautiful. And looked just like daddy. Dark hair and all.’
Alexa and Carlos announced the stillbirth of their fourth child in a joint Instagram post in mid April
Alexa and husband Carlos PenaVega announced her fourth pregnancy last fall
Alexa and her spouse Carlos, 34, married in 2014 and share son Ocean, seven, son Kingston, four, and daughter Rio, three
The couple previously revealed they were expecting their fourth child together in November 2023.
‘There are never the right words to say when it comes to loss,’ they wrote on a plain black background in white text when they shared news of their baby’s death.
‘It has been a painful journey,’ the pair wrote. ‘But in the pain we have found peace. God continues to comfort and hold us in his arms.’
The couple — who married in January 2014 — went on to thank their community for their prayers, which they added have ‘been so sustaining in this difficult season.’
