Hugh Jackman On Devastation Over Wife's Miscarriages, 'There's A Grieving You Have To Go Through'
Dec. 18 2012, Published 2:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Hugh Jackman is opening up about the devastation suffered following his wife Deborra-Lee Furness' tragic multiple miscarriages, and Breaking Celebrity News has the details
The Les Miserables star shares his story in a heartbreaking new sit-down with Katie Couric, revealing that Deborra underwent several IVF treatments and endured a "couple of miscarriages" in the couple's bid to become biological parents.
Jackman, 44, was quick to point out that he and Deborra had always planned to adopt children but would have also liked to have conceived on their own too.
"By the way, to be clear, Deb and I always wanted to adopt," Jackman says. "So that was always in our plan. We didn't know where in the process that would happen but biologically obviously we tried and it was not happening for us and it is a difficult time.
"We did IVF and Deb had a couple of miscarriages. I'll never forget it, the miscarriage thing… It happens to one in three pregnancies. But it's very, very rarely talked about. It's almost secretive, so I hope Deb doesn't mind me bringing it up now.
"It's a good thing to talk about it. It's more common and it is tough. There's a grieving that you have to go through. So the moment Oscar was born, all the heartache just melted away."
Jackman and Furness are now happy parents to adopted Oscar, 12, and Ava, 7, and the actor shares that fatherhood is everything - and so much more - than he ever hoped for.
"Parents know you can't prepare for becoming a father. Nothing can prepare you," he says. "You can't even explain how incredible it is and that avalanche of emotion that comes and how it opens up your heart, how it frust