{"id":25791,"date":"2026-08-03T04:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25791"},"modified":"2026-08-03T04:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:01:13","slug":"alexa-penavega-thinks-stillborn-babys-life-is-still-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25791","title":{"rendered":"Alexa PenaVega Thinks Stillborn Baby&#8217;s &#8216;Life Is Still Full&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/alexa-vega\/\"><b>Alexa PenaVega <\/b><\/a>ultimately found purpose in the wake of her late daughter Indy\u2019s stillbirth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTwo years ago, we lost our daughter at birth. She was adorable, just chunky, beautiful. It was a full-term stillbirth,\u201d PenaVega, 37, recalled on the Thursday, July 30, episode of the \u201cDear Future Husband\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GUjownGqSzQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">podcast<\/span><\/a>. \u201cNever in your wildest dreams would you ever imagine walking<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">through that ever, and it\u2019s going to sound crazy, but it was such a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alexa and her husband, Big Time Rush singer <b>Carlos PenaVega<\/b>, announced in 2024 that <span class=\"s1\">their fourth child <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/alexa-penavega-suffers-stilbirth-of-4th-baby-with-husband-carlos\/\">was born sleeping<\/a><\/span>. (Alexa and Carlos, 36, also share sons Ocean, 9, and Kingston, 7, and daughter Rio, 5.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/alexa-penavega-had-an-encounter-with-god-after-daughters-stillbirth\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Alexa-Penavega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Had-Heartbeat-1.jpg?crop=45px%2C0px%2C1355px%2C765px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Alexa Penavega Says Stillborn Daughter Had Heartbeat\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/alexa-penavega-had-an-encounter-with-god-after-daughters-stillbirth\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Alexa PenaVega Had an Encounter With God After Delivering Stillborn Baby<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPaul Archuleta\/Getty Images Alexa PenaVega is opening up about experiencing a stillbirth while expecting a daughter with husband Carlos PenaVega. \u201cIndy was a surprise loss. Nobody was expecting it,\u201d Alexa, 36, said in an interview with Streams Studio published on Tuesday, January 28. \u201cWe had a heartbeat two minutes up until delivery.\u201d When Alexa found [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIndy\u2019s life is so full. She may be in heaven, but, like, she is so full,\u201d Alexa noted to podcast host <b>Christian Bevere<\/b>. \u201cI didn\u2019t grow up thinking about death, you know, \u2018cause it\u2019s scary. Death has lost its sting. We have felt the valley, and I think we feared the valley so much because everyone told us to fear the valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continued, \u201cBut in the valley with God, there are diamonds. The valley is loaded with rubies and gold and gems and the things that everyone is so afraid to go get, you know, and here we are, like, swimming in luxury in the worst time of our lives because He was just there for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alexa and Carlos, in particular,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/alexa-penavega-says-farm-life-is-opposite-to-hollywood\/\"> found solace<\/a> in their faith following Indy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe lost her on a Saturday morning and Sunday, the next day, my husband\u2019s like, \u2018How are you doing?\u2019 [He was] just trying to check in with me and be an amazing husband, but we\u2019re both equally just hurting,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/alexa-penavega-daryl-sabara-recall-spy-kids-25-years-later\/\">the <i>Spy Kids <\/i>actress<\/a> recalled of Carlos\u2019 support. \u201c[He] had his peace immediately. It\u2019s a weird space to be in like, total peace but total pain. I\u2019m like, \u2018I really have to go to church.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/alexa-penavega-husband-carlos-got-closer-after-stillborn-baby\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-Alexa-PenaVega-Says-Stillborn-Daughter-Brought-Her-and-Husband-Carlos-Closer-Together.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Alexa PenaVega Says Stillborn Daughter Brought Her and Husband Carlos Closer Together\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/alexa-penavega-husband-carlos-got-closer-after-stillborn-baby\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Alexa PenaVega, Husband Carlos Got \u2018Closer\u2019 After Delivering Stillborn Baby<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAlexa PenaVega got emotionally candid on Friday, June 21, when she opened up about the loss of her fourth child. \u201cIt hurt, it sucked and it was awful. But we\u2019re okay,\u201d Alexa, 35, said in a video via Instagram. The Spy Kids alum, 35, and her husband, Carlos PenaVega, tearily revealed this past April that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Standing in church one-day postpartum, Alexa held hands with the musician as they hung onto every word of the preacher\u2019s sermon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe just begin to just cry uncontrollably uncontrollably. It wasn\u2019t loud,\u201d she recalled on Thursday. \u201cIt was like it was just us in our own little world, our hands are raised and we\u2019re worshipping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the months and years since grieving the stillbirth, Alexa and Carlos<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/alexa-penavega-husband-carlos-got-closer-after-stillborn-baby\/\"><span class=\"s1\"> held onto their relationship<\/span><\/a> even more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen her loss happened, it was still a big blow, but [God\u2019s] peace was so evident and so all over our lives, and the way he used her life to ignite our family,\u201d Alexa stated. \u201cI hear about these couples who end up breaking up after the loss of a child and it hurts my heart so much because, for us, it ignited us. It was, like, the fan to the flame that [made us] so much more intentional with each other. 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