Darius Boyd’s wife Kayla opens up about the heartache the couple have suffered due to a miscarriage and abortion

KAYLA Boyd has told of her heartbreaking 2016 during which she endured the emotional pain of miscarrying her second child at her grandmother’s funeral. But that’s not where the pain ended.

Kayla Boyd with daughter Willow. Pic: Annette Dew

KAYLA Boyd, wife of Broncos star Darius Boyd, has opened up about the pair’s hidden heartache, revealing she suffered both a miscarriage and an abortion last year.

In an emotional statement, Boyd said she felt “lost” and “confused” when she fell pregnant four months after having miscarried her second child in April – which had occurred a week after her grandmother’s death.

The 29-year-old, whose daughter Willow turned 1 in September, told The Courier-Mail she feared suffering a second miscarriage when she discovered she had fallen pregnant again in early August. She terminated her pregnancy two days later.

Kayla Boyd, pictured with husband Darius, suffered a miscarriage in April and has written about the couple’s “stressful” year. Pic: Darren England.

“That’s why I reacted so quickly in needing to make that decision. I didn’t want to get attached to the fact that I could have another baby and then I could miscarry again,” she said.

“I felt like that’s what I had to do. The first time (I was pregnant) I didn’t feel lost, I didn’t feel scared or confused and I really felt that way this time.”

“After talking to Darius about it and with everything we had going on that year…our life was so full on and crazy and it would have affected our marriage; it would have been very stressful and hard.”

Discovering she was 4 weeks pregnant in April had been a silver lining for Boyd while grieving her grandmother, whom her mother had spent five months caring for in Samoa.

“It was nice, positive news. You get emotionally attached and you start picking out names,” she said.

But in a heartbreaking turn of events she was told in a Brisbane emergency room she would have to allow her body to miscarry naturally, which she did as she travelled to Samoa with Darius and Willow to attend her grandmother’s funeral.

“We went to her funeral and at the same time I was miscarrying and I think that’s why it was so much harder emotionally.”

“I didn’t deal with it very well at the time. Instead of being upset, I’m the kind of person who has to keep myself busy and so that’s what I did.”

Boyd also suffered from Hyperemesis— a complication characterized by severe nausea— for almost the entirety of her pregnancy with Willow.

She admitted to suffering severe self-doubt when she fell pregnant in August, writing to her website “All I kept thinking was if I had to endure that again along with all of the above I would go crazy.”

Boyd is a presenter and brand ambassador, who is a regular guest at Brisbane events and is linked to a number of companies including the Brisbane Racing Club, roles which she was focus on in 2017.

Boyd said she hoped to move forward from her experiences last year and provide comfort for women with similar experiences.

On whether she was concerned about public reaction, Boyd said: “Every time I write something I do think and I worry about how it’s going to be received… but I think surely nothing can be as bad as what I’ve already had to deal with. If anyone wants to have a negative opinion, that’s their opinion and we are all entitled to them.”

Boyd said she and Darius still hoped to have three children and would look to try again in a year’s time.