Facebook's
chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has shared a beautiful portrait of
himself with his arms around his pregnant wife Priscilla Chan.
The
gentle black-and-white photograph of the couple, whose baby girl is due
in the next few months, was taken by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair.
Posting
the picture on Facebook, Zuckerberg wrote about his wife: 'I love her
expression: intense yet kind, fierce yet loving, leading yet always
supporting others.'
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Mark Zuckerberg
posted this Annie Leibovitz portrait of him embracing his pregnant wife
Priscilla Chan on Facebook on Wednesday. The couple announced their
pregnancy in July after suffering three miscarriages
The couple who married in 2012 after meeting at Harvard University announced their pregnancy in July.
With
the announcement, they revealed their lengthy battle with three
miscarriages, prompting an international debate about the lack of
recognition couples get when they lose a child before birth.
Zuckerberg's post, which went viral, said: 'You feel so hopeful when you learn you're going to have a child.
'You
start imagining who they'll become and dreaming of hopes for their
future. You start making plans, and then they're gone. It's a lonely
experience.' Finally, the
couple have gone public with their pregnancy as it is 'now far enough
along that the risk of loss is very low and we are very hopeful'.
And their excitement is palpable.
Speaking
at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco in
October, before posing for Leibovitz's portrait backstage with Chan,
Zuckerberg appeared on a panel to discuss virtual reality.
For him, imminent fatherhood has made him incredibly excited about the medium.
Having a laugh! Zuckerberg also shared this picture of the couple and their family mid-photo shoot
Mark Zuckerberg posed for the portrait by Leibovitz (right) a month after October's issue of Vanity Fair (left)
The couple who married in 2012 after
meeting at Harvard University sparked an international debate about
miscarriage after announcing their pregnancy over the summer. They have
not confirmed their due date
He told the audience:
'My wife and I are having a baby sometime soon. I’m really looking
forward to not just capturing a photo of her first steps, but trying to
capture that moment and be able to share that with her family and all
our other close friends, and have that ability to be there and feel it
and see what it’s like not just in a photo or video.'
'Baby
photos . . . don’t have to be live streamed to your parents, but you
can send it to them, and they can experience the first steps when it’s
convenient.'
Zuckerberg and Chan have not announced a due date.
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