Nadia Bartel targeted by trolls after revealing heartbreaking loss

Nadia Bartel targeted by trolls after revealing heartbreaking loss
Source: Daily Mail Online

Nadia Bartel has called out trolls who made vile comments after revealing she had a miscarriage.

The former AFL WAG, 40, shared the heartbreaking pregnancy loss she suffered in July last year amid her IVF journey with partner Peter Dugmore.

In the wake of her revelation, Nadia took to Instagram to call out men who had made revolting comments about her tragic news.

She reposted a series of screenshots from feminist advocate Sherele Moody, which exposed a string of disgusting comments from men posting under news stories about Nadia's story.

One screenshot showed a very crude sexual comment, shared on Facebook, that attempted to make light of Nadia's pregnancy heartbreak.

Even more troubling was the support the post received from other male commenters.

'Comment of the week,' one offered.

Another wrote: 'That's gold,' along with immature laugh emojis, while a third offered a simple: 'LOL'.

It didn't end there, with another writing: 'You get that. Now, what about some real news?'

One cruel commenter added: 'Nature doing its work.'

Sherele's Red Heart Movement, which highlights violence against women, also shared the profiles of the men involved in her screenshot.

The post was met with a flurry of support for Nadia, with many calling out the commenters for their cruelty.

'Not all men yet somehow always a man,' one wrote.
Another chimed in with a similar: 'Are men ok? How can anyone think miscarriage is something to turn into vile sexist humour?'
A third added: 'I'm not a fan of Nadia but nobody NOBODY deserves that kind of vile hatred and horrible comments directed towards them.'

Nadia, who shares Aston, 10, and Henley, seven, with her ex-husband Jimmy Bartel, shared the news of her miscarriage with her followers on TikTok last week.

She explained she had a 'missed miscarriage' when she was seven weeks pregnant, and said she found the experience incredibly 'tough'.

'I think when you are pregnant, even if it's early days, you imagine your life with the baby... you get so attached to your pregnancy and your baby,' she continued.
'When something like that happens it's really disheartening.'
'I've gotten to the point that I feel like it is really important for me to really normalise it and just take the stigma out of talking about IVF, infertility, miscarriage,' she added.
'It's something that I know is deeply personal and I totally understand when people wouldn't want to talk about it.'
'It is really hard opening up that conversation, especially when you are going through it and you're really struggling.'

She continued: 'It's so consuming and you're so emotional and I see so many people talk about it after they've had success.'

'But I think it's interesting to also share stories and talk about it when you're going through it.'

Nadia said one thing that helped her get through the pain of losing a baby was being able to connect with other women who had gone through the same experience.

'I am sharing this because what I found gave me so much hope and made me feel better was talking to other people about it,' she said.
'Learning more from other people who maybe were a similar age to me and had also gotten pregnant.
'Or maybe they experienced a miscarriage and then they went on to become pregnant, I just found it helped me a lot.'
'Also the more people I spoke to about having a miscarriage, so many people had gone through it themselves.'
'I feel like back when I was pregnant 10 years ago with Aston it was something people would never talk about. I'm finding it so helpful to connect with people.'

The Henne founder also said she has been leaning on her partner Peter for support as they go through the IVF journey together.

'It is also really tough because I'm almost 41 so at the age of 41 your egg quality and your ovarian reserve declines a lot,' she continued.