{"id":382831,"date":"2025-12-31T15:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382831\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:27:11","slug":"jamie-lynn-sigler-reveals-ms-diagnosis-stopped-her-from-having-another-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382831\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie-Lynn Sigler reveals MS diagnosis stopped her from having another baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamie-Lynn Sigler<\/a> has opened up about the impact her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis<\/a> had on growing her family with husband Cutter Dykstra.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old actress was answering fan questions about being pregnant with MS during a recent episode of her and Christina Applegate<\/a>‘s MeSsy podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A woman named Maeve had shared her story, explaining she and her husband already had two kids but wanted at least one more, although now were torn after her diagnosis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Watch the video above.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Jamie-LynnJamie-Lynn Sigler reveals that her MS diagnosis stopped her from having another child. (Instagram)<\/p>\n

“I can tell you, having been a mum of young kids [while having] MS, I see your pain and your struggle. It is very difficult,” Sigler started.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Setting boundaries, asking for help, getting support, advocating for yourself, these things take time.”<\/p>\n

Sigler explained that she “felt a bit of remission” during her first pregnancy<\/a> with Beau, who is now 12, but not so much during her second pregnancy with Jack, seven.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Jamie-LynnSigler said she felt like she had “a bit of remission” with her first pregnancy, but not her second. (Instagram\/@jamielynnsigler)<\/p>\n

But she explained that ultimately, her MS battle led her and Dykstra to decide not to expand their family and have a third child.<\/p>\n

“Cutter and I really decided fully not to have another child because I just knew at that point with my MS that I wouldn’t be able to take care of the baby independently, the way I wanted to, and the way I was able to with my boys,” she said.<\/p>\n

But she reassured Maeve, and anyone else who was in a similar situation with their health, that it was only her family’s decision, and every family is different.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Jamie-LynnJamie-Lynn admitted the decision was what was right for their family, but every family is different. (Instagram\/@jamielynnsigler)<\/p>\n

“You have your hands full, it sounds, with two-year-old boys and three kids,” she said.<\/p>\n

“But I don’t think you should ever let MS stop you from big things like that.<\/p>\n

“Like, if you have the calling of wanting another child, you’ll figure out a way. One thing I think MS gives you is the ability to adjust and figure out another way.<\/p>\n

“And I have faith that you will.”<\/p>\n

Sigler finished by adding, “So sorry you’re going through this. And asking for help and advocating for yourself doesn’t make you weak. Just remember that.”<\/p>\n

The couple went on to welcome two boys, not trying for a third due to her diagnosis. (Getty)\"<B>TheJamie-Lynn was diagnosed with MS at age 20, but kept it hidden for 16 years. <\/p>\n

Sigler was first diagnosed with MS at age 20, but kept it hidden for years until she couldn’t anymore.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The Sopranos<\/a> star said people would comment on her gait as MS left her struggling to walk.<\/p>\n

“Then it became this long series of lies,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“‘I have a back issue’. ‘I must’ve tweaked my ankle’.<\/p>\n

“I got away with it as long as I could until people would be like, ‘Are you limping? Are you OK?'”<\/p>\n

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Sigler said she brushed it off because she “didn’t know what that would mean” for her to say it out loud and have “everybody know.”<\/p>\n

She was also worried she would be fired from the hit show which ran from 1999 until 2007.<\/p>\n

After living with the diagnosis in secret for 16 years, she finally went public with it in 2016, sharing the news of her health for the first time.<\/p>\n

She and fellow multiple sclerosis battler Applegate started their MeSsy podcast in 2024.<\/p>\n

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