Alexa PenaVega Says Stillborn Daughter Brought Her and Husband Carlos ‘Closer Together’

Alexa PenaVega got emotionally candid on Friday, June 21, when she opened up about the loss of her fourth child.

“It hurt, it sucked and it was awful. But we’re okay,” Alexa, 35, said in a video via Instagram.

The Spy Kids alum, 35, and her husband, Carlos PenaVega, tearily revealed this past April that she gave birth to a stillborn daughter. On Friday, Alexa responded to a fan who asked her how she was doing after the trauma.

“It’s okay to be okay after [a] loss. We grieved. We hurt. But we were restored and filled with peace,” she continued.

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She and the former Big Time Rush member, 34, were going to name their little one “Indy,” and she added that the baby “will always be a part of our lives.”

“Life after Indy will be brighter because she brought us perspective. She brought us closer together. She made us stronger. She helped us grow in areas that needed growth,” the actress noted, sharing that Indy was the “LIGHT in our lives and always will be.”

Alexa star concluded: “What we would give to have her in our arms now… but we don’t want to live in her LOSS… we want to live in her LIGHT. God's peace surpasses all understanding. ??”

The couple are also parents to sons Ocean, 7, and Kingston, 4, and daughter Rio, 2, having tied the knot back in 2014.

Carlos and Alexa previously opened up to Us Weekly about welcoming a fourth child prior to learning their child was stillborn.

The Nickelodeon star said in November 2023 that Alexa’s pregnancy was “tough” on him.

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“You lose your best friend. And then not only in those nine months, but after those nine months, she’s still gone for a little bit,” Carlos said.

The duo recently made their first red carpet appearance together following the delivery of their stillborn daughter in late May at the premiere of their film, Mr. Manhattan.

Alexa explained at the time on social media that going through the stillbirth was hard on both her physical and mental health.

“This season, I have learned so much about pain with purpose,” she shared on Instagram. “Losing Indy was very hard, and then right after losing her, my health declined a lot, and nobody could figure out what was wrong. And it was a very hard season for all of us to navigate, but I don’t think I’ve ever surrendered in this way to God in my life.”

“God, give this pain a purpose. Any time my body is feeling pain, God, you turn it into purpose, whether it’s moving whatever’s in my body out, whether it’s pushing these emotions through my body. God, like, whatever it is, do not let this pain go to waste,” Alexa said.