As Teen Mom fans know, Catelynn Lowell has experienced her fair share of hardship and tragedy during her time on the show. Like the other stars, her story has been shared for millions of viewers, and fans always show support when difficulty strikes.
This time, Catelynn will certainly need support from her fans. She’s recently opened up about a devastating death in her family.
Catelynn Lowell has just been hit with tragedy, but she also recently suffered a monumental loss in her family when she revealed that she and Tyler Baltierra had suffered a devastating miscarriage last year.
At the time, a source spoke about the event to The Ashley’s Reality Roundup.
“It is actually really sad,” the source revealed. “Catelynn got pregnant and surprised Tyler and Nova and then had a miscarriage not long after. That happened right before she went to treatment [in November] when she tweeted about thinking about killing herself.”
They went on, “The crew and production staff heard she was about six weeks pregnant when it happened, but no one is 100% sure.”
What’s worse is that Catelynn had to relive the experience as she went forward with filming. “Catelynn had to talk about trying to get pregnant and then getting pregnant even after she had the miscarriage. We felt badly for her,” the source said.
As fans know, this plunged both Catelynn and Tyler into a dark depression that fans weren't sure that they would recover from. However, the two showed a great deal of strength coming back from such hardship. That said, at the time, they both shared that they were having extremely dark and even dangerous thoughts.
“It was very traumatic,” Tyler recalled while cameras rolled on Teen Mom OG. It was clear that he was extremely shaken by this update as well. “You see her shaking and she got blood everywhere, you don’t know what to do.”
After Catelynn stopped losing blood, it became clear what had happened. “She kind of cleaned herself up and we figured what was going on.” Then, the couple shut down. “We sat in the bed and cried. Just held each other. There’s nothing you can really do.”
Not long after, Catelynn revealed that she was suffering from suicidal thoughts. Tyler revealed that it was taking a huge toll on him as well. “I really wanted that baby,” he said through tears. “Life’s just not giving me a break right now.”
Catelynn soon shared that she was seeking treatment for her suicidal thoughts.
“Well today I thought of every way to kill myself .. so I’m going to treatment,” she tweeted on Nov. 17.
She gave more details to Radar, saying, “I’m taking the time I need right now to take good care of myself. On November 17th I thought of every way possible to commit suicide, from wrapping a belt around my neck to just running my car into an electric pole.”
Despite her difficulties, Catelynn is maintaining a positive attitude. “I’m seeking treatment and I WILL get better,” she said. “This won’t last forever.”
Tyler took to Twitter to show his support for his wife. He wrote, “Incredibly proud of my wife…when she thought she had no choices left, she reached out & decided to LIVE today! My life would be desolate without her in it. You are beautiful, strong, worthy, & loved.”
As for Tyler, he also shared that he has a history of struggling with suicidal thoughts and even attempting suicide.
Tyler revealed some of his darkest thoughts — in the form of expressive poetry.
“I know it’s getting deep out here, but hang in there, it keeps going & there’s more from my heart that I gotta pour,” begins one of his recent poems.
“Now imagine a little boy almost 12 years old with an angry core & he’s already smoking & trying to find a way to not have his mind collapse on the floor. He goes to school, no he’s not a fool, his grades are good, but he’s more comfortable with his attitude & uses his anger as his tool to get through.”
He reveals what happened during his adolescence, writing, “He enjoys arguing, has an authority problem, loves watching these teachers get worked up hatin cause they think that boredom is really the problem like it’s so common, he gets suspended but no, that boy ain’t stoppin.”
Tyler’s relationship with his father Butch has always been a point of great happiness and sadness throughout his life, and his poem touches on this as well. “It doesn’t bother him that bad cause he knows this week he’s gonna see his Dad. But ya see, later on that week, he gets a call from his Dad that makes his knees become weak.”
“‘Sorry Son, your Dad f*cked up again, I have to go back to living in prison ya see, this is hard on me,’” Tyler’s poem continues. “Are you f*cking kidding me, this is hard for me man, don’t you see! His face cringes with pain & he collects his tears as his ears hear the collect call disappear.”
Tyler reveals that this incident is what triggered his suicidal thoughts: “He sits in the middle of the kitchen, tears are falling to the floor as he rests his head on the cabinet door & asks what is this life even worth living for?”
“He sees the knives on the counter, he thinks maybe he can go out that way, he just wants his mind to stop the wander, to stop the shower, of all these emotions that hold all the power, stacked as high as a tower & that tower keeps holding the power to blocking the sunlight, he’s lost in this dark city of towers & now he’s lost in this dark fight, so now he realizes he really has lost all the power,” Tyler writes. Then he recalls his suicide attempt.
“He climbs up a tree in the backyard & starts to ponder. As tears fall from his cheeks, he can see the rope that’s tied to a tire, where he used to swing as a kid just to see if he could get higher. He’s always been a fighter, but he thinks today is his time to surrender. He grabs that rope, ties it around his neck, then jumps with the weight of all his emotions & he can’t seem to cope with all that, which makes the rope snap back.”
“He sees that rope swinging there eerily under the blue sky where these free birds fly,” Tyler recalls. “He’s envious that these birds can just fly & he’s jealous that these birds don’t have to sit here in the dirt while still gasping for air as his neck stars to bleed & really starts to hurt.”
Tyler has shared that his recent efforts in therapy and support from his wife Catelynn, who has also suffered from suicidal thoughts has helped him feel more stable. He uses poetry as an outlet to alleviate some of his negative thoughts.
Everyone is bound to encounter more loss in their life, so it's good that Catelynn has learned new coping skills. Unfortunately, Catelynn and Tyler have been hit with another death in their family.
Like many of the Teen Mom cast members, Catelynn and Tyler's family has been getting bigger over the years. After their upsetting miscarriage, Catelynn and Tyler welcomed another daughter, Vaeda, into their family. Fans are constantly curious whether they'll be trying for another child, since it's no secret that Tyler wants to have a son!
But it's not just children that make Tyler and Catelynn's family special. They also made their family bigger with a beautiful dog named Caesar! Caesar has been part of their family for years, so it's no wonder why this update is so devastating.
“Our Caesar… please pull through… your family loves you,” Catelynn shared on social media, adding a crying emoji. She posted two adorable shots of her cuddly dog Caesar, one of which featured her oldest daughter Nova. Fans were quick to share their sympathy for the Baltierra family.
“For everything it's worth, they have had that dog since s1. Least they keep [it] alive, just not ponies,” wrote Twiggythetiny on reddit. User Princcesss88 wrote, “I hope he’ll be okay. Losing a pet is so hard. 🥺” User Deleteordecay wrote, “It’s so tough when the family pet is sick and you don’t know if they’ll make it or not. Hang in there big dog!”
Unfortunately, Catelynn later updated with bad news: Caeser has passed.
“Caesar, you were the best dog I could have ever asked for. I was 18 when I got you & you’ll never know how much you helped me when I was going through hard times & when our little family started expanding, you loved my babies like they were your own! I’ll miss you Buddy,” she shared.
Although this news is heartbreaking, Catelynn did share the silver lining: it looks like she and Tyler will be adopting another family dog.
“Novalee said she’s gonna ask Santa for a puppy…” Catelynn tweeted, tagging Tyler. “What are we gonna do?”
She later tweeted, “We are looking for a Doberman rescue that we could eventually adopt a little older Doberman... any of you know people or places? Even some in the state of Michigan?”
This isn’t the only thing that’s weighing heavily on Catelynn’s mind. Her sister-in-law Amber was recently arrested for assault!
According to a report by The Ashley’s Reality Roundup, Amber was arrested on Nov. 10 in Texas and was booked in the Williamson County jail. There, she was charged with “assault” that caused “bodily harm” and which was classified as “family violence,” according to The Ashley.
Amber was released when someone paid her bond of $1,500.
As The Ashley reports, it’s unclear who Amber allegedly assaulted. But she did post an Instagram video where she admitted that she has “been off [her] rocker a little bit lately.”
“As long as I keep my relationship with the guy in the sky that keeps me from getting high, I can make it. I can make it! So guess what?” she said, showing off an eighteen months chip that appears to be from an Alcoholics Anonymous program. “I got my eighteen months chip!”
She said, “Your girl’s making it. Can’t nobody keep me down -- and I mean can’t nobody. Nothing gonna break me, nothing! Have a good night!”
Unfortunately, Amber doesn’t look as happy in her mugshot.
Amber then took to Instagram Live to clear up the details of her arrest.
She shared that the alleged victim is her ex-boyfriend, who she was angry with after she found out that he was cheating on her while they were together.
Amber went to his home to confront him and saw a woman leaving his place.
“I lost it,” Amber revealed. “Me and him got into a fight.”
She claims that he was bleeding from his forehead after their battle, and she was arrested for assault when the police arrived.
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