Breaking News: Meghan Markle opened up about a deeply personal and alarming experience, sharing details of a “huge medical scare” that left her stunned. The Duchess of Sussex described the incident as “so rare,” emphasizing its unexpected nature and the emotional toll it took on her.

Meghan Markle is looking back on the “life or death” health scare she experienced after giving birth.

The “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast host revealed that she and her first guest, Bumble creator Whitney Wolfe Herd, “both had postpartum preeclampsia,” she revealed on Tuesday’s premiere episode.

It’s so rare and so scary,” the Duchess of Sussex, 43, said of the condition, which is characterized by high blood pressure and excess protein in urine after giving birth (via Mayo Clinic).

You’re still trying to juggle all of these things, and the world doesn’t know what’s happening quietly,” she recalled. “And in the quiet, you’re still trying to show up for people – mostly for your children — but those things are huge medical scares.”

Markle didn’t specify if she suffered from postpartum preeclampsia following the arrival of son Archie, 5, or daughter Lilibet, 3, in 2019 and 2021, respectively.

Following her confession, the former actress shared what it’s like to be a working mom while having her and Prince Harry’s two little ones at home.

I became a parent] in the pandemic, post-pandemic culture where there is so much working from home,” Markle recalled. “I don’t leave the house to go to an office. My office is here.

Lili … only has a half day in preschool. If she wakes up [from her nap] and wants to find me, she knows where to find me, even if my door is closed to the office,” the “Deal or No Deal” alum continued. “She’ll be sitting there on my lap during one of these meetings with a grid of all the executives.”

However, Markle wouldn’t want her career to look “any other way.