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Celina Jaitly Visits Late Son’s Grave, Shares Personal Account of HLHS Loss

Her post recounts a prenatal HLHS diagnosis with no available treatment options.

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Celina Jaitly shared her emotional struggles during pregnancy and the enduring impact on her family, highlighting the strength of bereaved parents.

Overview

  • On August 22, the actor posted a photo from a visit to her son Shamsher’s grave with surviving twin Arthur, sharing a message about wanting to save him.
  • She said a routine prenatal scan in Dubai during her 2017 twin pregnancy identified hypoplastic left heart syndrome in one fetus.
  • Jaitly described consultations with leading specialists in Dubai, London and India who advised that no prenatal intervention existed and survival odds were very low.
  • Shamsher was born in 2017 and died shortly after birth, a loss she recalls coping with while grieving her father’s death during the same pregnancy.
  • She reflected on Arthur feeling his twin’s absence and noted her family background as a former Miss India married to Peter Haag with two sets of twins.