After a long-awaited pregnancy, the influential couple Henrik and Lisa Borg lost the fetus after six weeks. Now Henrik tells VG about their time since then.
A few days ago, influencer Henrik Elvejord Borg, 30, and his Swedish wife Lisa Borg, 34, announced that they were no longer expecting children.
The couple had been trying to have a baby for a year and a half. They were thrilled when they announced their pregnancy in early July.
Lisa was six weeks pregnant when she miscarried.
– It's so boring. We held out for so long, then we succeeded. But then we don't do it, anyway. I was at my lowest, I cried for four or five days, Henrik told VG.
The couple received help from a fertility clinic to have a child. They underwent IVF treatment here. They chose to be open about the process.
She talked about abortion on TikTok.
“I’m no longer pregnant. We lost our baby,” Lisa said in a TikTok video shortly after the miscarriage.
Lisa said in the video that she started bleeding a few days ago. In the evening and night she started bleeding more and more, and then she realized what was happening.
“I love you,” Henrik said in the video, sitting next to Lisa. Both were clearly moved.
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Henrik and Lisa are on vacation on a cruise ship outside Gibraltar when he speaks to VG on the phone.
The influencer says the couple have been through some tough times. He and Lisa have been spending time together trying to process their feelings.
Henrik says he is someone who has feelings outside of his body – and he is very emotional.
– It's unfortunate what happened. But the most important thing is that we have each other, and that we can deal with this together. We are generally very close, and good at taking care of each other. Trauma brings you closer together, says Henrik.
– The positive thing about it all is that we now know that we are very 'careful' about children. It's good for a potential future young person – he's not unwanted, says Henrik.
-You just have to “enjoy” it.
The influential couple will return to the clinic to continue the process in the first week of August.
– We just have to “take it easy” and get back on the horse. There is nothing else to do. You just have to respond to what happens in life – it is what it is. “There is no point in waiting now, after we have already tried for so long,” says Henrik.
One of the most important things the couple takes with them, Henrik says, is the knowledge that Lisa could get pregnant.
– We're not sure about that. In that sense, it's a very good thing, and we're very happy about it.
“We can only hope that it will happen again, and that the next person will want to hang out a little bit – to ‘join’ us in this life. We would love to have another housemate,” Henrik adds.
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As for being open about the baby process — whether it's ups or downs — Henrik says it's hard to share when things aren't going well.
– Many are in the same situation as us, so we chose to be open – even though it was early when we shared (the pregnancy news). It was very unfortunate that this was the outcome, and then there is a little comfort in the fact that so many people message us and say it is good that we are open.
– It warms the heart a little when people write that they feel less alone in what they're going through.
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