Justene Alperts Heartbreaking Decision on Pregnancy

Actress Justene Alpert has revealed she suffered the loss of a pregnancy last December.

The 36-year-old star, who has appeared in shows including 9-1-1 and How I Met Your Mother, said she made the 'nightmare' decision to terminate her pregnancy after doctors detected a rare genetic disorder in her unborn baby.

She shared the devastating news in a heartbreaking Instagram post on Tuesday. 

Alpert said she and husband Mason Trueblood had just started telling their loved ones they were expecting when they received the prognosis.

'The specialist spoke to us not only about our baby's condition but the high risks that I would be subjected to as a woman my age,' she wrote in part of a lengthy statement. 

The actress said she was 'sharing this for the woman who may be in the situation I was in not long ago.'

Alpert wrote, 'On December 22 my happiness was taken from me,' when she was 'pregnant and entering my first trimester.'

She added that her medical team highly recommended she end the pregnancy 'quickly,' as they feared the baby would not make it to term.

Alpert said she and husband Mason Trueblood had just started telling their loved ones they were expecting when they received the prognosis