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Over the course of her marriage, Jackie became pregnant five times, as reported in Steven Levingston's The Kennedy Baby: The Loss that Transformed JFK via The Huffington Post. First in 1955, long before JFK reached the White House, Jackie suffered a miscarriage after her first trimester. One year later, their first child was stillborn, a daughter to be named Arabella. Reportedly, JKF, on a boat at the time, only learned about the birth three days later and decided to stay on his cruise, though he apparently changed his mind after a Senator friend told him it would look bad if he did not go home. After that, in 1957, Jackie successfully gave birth to a baby girl, Caroline, and, in 1960, a son, John Jr., who was born prematurely. Jackie gave birth to the couple's fourth and last child in August of 1963. Unfortunately, Jackie went into labor early, and her newborn son Patrick was born with hyaline membrane disease, also known as Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS). Patrick died 39 hours later.
Family’s With Incredibly Bad Luck
Over the course of her marriage, Jackie became pregnant five times, as reported in Steven Levingston's The Kennedy Baby: The Loss that Transformed JFK via The Huffington Post. First in 1955, long before JFK reached the White House, Jackie suffered a miscarriage after her first trimester. One year later, their first child was stillborn, a daughter to be named Arabella. Reportedly, JKF, on a boat at the time, only learned about the birth three days later and decided to stay on his cruise, though he apparently changed his mind after a Senator friend told him it would look bad if he did not go home. After that, in 1957, Jackie successfully gave birth to a baby girl, Caroline, and, in 1960, a son, John Jr., who was born prematurely. Jackie gave birth to the couple's fourth and last child in August of 1963. Unfortunately, Jackie went into labor early, and her newborn son Patrick was born with hyaline membrane disease, also known as Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS). Patrick died 39 hours later.