In April 2021, Melissa Claire Egan stunned fans when she shared a photo of her pregnant belly on Instagram. While many people were overjoyed for her and her husband, Matt Katrosar, "The Young and the Restless" star also opened up about her struggles with fertility. She admitted for the first time that she had previously lost two pregnancies. She wrote in her caption, "As happy as we are, the journey to get here has been filled with lots of tears, stress, sadness, helplessness, hopelessness, and two miscarriages. To anyone going through this process or any kind of fertility issues, I feel you, I see you, you're not alone." Egan also urged her fans and followers not to give up hope in their own journeys toward motherhood. Many of her followers commented with their own struggles with fertility and also congratulated Egan on her new chapter in her life.
Luckily, Egan had a very uneventful pregnancy the time around — which included plenty of pregnant belly shots on the beach – before she and Katrosar welcomed their son, Caden Robert, in August 2021, per People. Though the actress doesn't share many traits with her on-screen alter-ego, Chelsea, she quickly introduced her little one to the "The Young and the Restless" world and her co-stars, according to Soaps. Egan definitely isn't taking any moment with Caden for granted.
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