To be honest, we thought that we knew the full, tragic extent of Catelynn Lowell’s current issues with her mental health.
But, as it turns out, we really, really did not.
Since Catelynn has lived so much of her life on television, we’ve been able to see many of the heartbreaking things she’s been through.
We saw her agonize with Tyler Baltierra over the decision to place their first daughter for adoption, and we saw how completely unsupportive their parents were about it.
We saw how terrible her mother was to her afterwards, to the point where it was almost too uncomfortable to watch.
And then, when she and Tyler had precious little Nova three years ago, we saw her suffer from severe postpartum depression after giving birth.
More recently, Catelynn has been in and out of rehab since December, dealing with suicidal thoughts and trying to work through her childhood trauma.
It just seems like a whole, whole lot for one person to go through.
Now, thanks to a genuinely upsetting new report, we’re learning that she’s been through even more than that.
To give a little background, there was some interesting footage in the teaser for next week’s new episode of Teen Mom OG.
In the teaser, the one that aired immediately after the most recent episode, we saw Catelynn tell Tyler that Nova was going to be a big sister — meaning, of course, that she was pregnant.
She even presented a positive pregnancy test.
That would be a fine little scene if the cast members weren’t so active on social media, because let’s be real, if Catelynn was pregnant right now, there is literally no way we wouldn’t know all about it.
So what’s going on?
According to a source who spoke with The Ashley’s Reality Roundup, “Catelynn got pregnant and surprised Tyler and Nova and then had a miscarriage not long after.”
“That happened right before she went to treatment when she tweeted about thinking about killing herself.”
Oh, Catelynn …
The source adds that “The crew and production staff heard she was about six weeks pregnant when it happened, but no one is 100 percent sure.”
So that makes it sound like the miscarriage definitely had a hand in her worsened depression, right?
It’s absolutely heartbreaking to think about, but there’s another layer to the whole thing that makes it just a little bit harder.
“They don’t do voiceovers until the episode is all done and being edited usually,” the insider explained, “so Catelynn had to talk about trying to get pregnant and then getting pregnant even after she had the miscarriage.”
“We felt badly for her.”
Yes, obviously. It actually sounds kind of cruel to make her do this.
The source also said that her miscarriage “is definitely going to be a big topic on the show.”
“That’s why last week they made sure her voiceover was something like, ‘I’m not telling Tyler I took my birth control out."”
If Catelynn did go to rehab very soon after the miscarriage, then left early, returned to complete her treatment, and then went in for another round of treatment a couple of weeks after that, it seems safe to say that she isn’t doing terribly well.
Here’s hoping she’s able to work through everything — because she’s been through enough hard times for a lifetime.
