Alpert shared her emotional journey with fans through a poignant Instagram post on Tuesday.
Before receiving the devastating diagnosis, Alpert and her husband, Mason Trueblood, had just begun sharing the joyous news of their pregnancy with family and friends.
In a heartfelt message, she wrote about the conversation with their specialist. It covered not only the baby’s health condition but also the significant risks she faced due to her age.
The actress said she was 'sharing this for the woman who may be in the situation I was in not long ago.'
Actress Justene Alpert has revealed she suffered the devastating loss of a pregnancy last December
The 36-year-old star said she made the 'nightmare' decision to terminate her pregnancy after doctors detected a rare genetic disorder in her unborn baby
Alpert wrote, 'On December 22 my happiness was taken from me,' when she was 'pregnant and entering my first trimester.'
She added that her medical team highly recommended she end the pregnancy 'quickly,' as they feared the baby would not make it to term.
The devastated mother shared, 'My husband and I tried so hard to savor Christmas Eve and Christmas with our baby boy, fighting through the grief each day.'
And she told her followers that December 29 was the day she and her husband had to 'say goodbye to our son.'
Elsewhere in the vulnerable note, she lamented, 'We didn't want to have to make this decision. No mom or dad should ever have to be put in this place.'
The entertainer pointed out that situations like this are rarely discussed and don't receive the same support as other forms of pregnancy loss.
'It's the worst pain and many suffer silently out of fear of being judged or simply misunderstood,' she explained.
Alpert said her unborn son, who she called Mads Mason Trueblood, 'made his way back to heaven so loved and so adored already.'
Alpert said she and husband Mason Trueblood had just starting telling their loved ones they were expecting when they received the prognosis
The actress said she was 'sharing this for the woman who may be in the situation I was in not long ago'
She told her followers that December 29 was the day she and her husband had to 'say goodbye to our son'
Alpert pictured on the ABC drama series 9-1-1
She also expressed appreciation for her 'amazing' support system.
'We are nothing without you and Mason and I are so appreciative,' she emphasized in a slide shared in the carousel post.
And Alpert gave a special shoutout to her husband, saying she fell more in love with him through the harrowing ordeal.
'I would say I do to this man 100 times over,' she gushed after repeating the vows 'for better or for worse. In sickness and in health.'
And she ending the candid post with a message for her son, declaring, 'I loved you then, I love you now and I will love you forever.'