CHARLOTTE Crosby has broken down in tears as she opened up about her heartbreaking miscarriage in an emotional live TV interview.
It comes days after the former Geordie Shore star, 36, who is mum to daughters Alba, three, and one-year-old Pixi with her fiancé Jake Ankers, talked exclusively to The Sun about her devastating loss two months ago.
In her first TV interview about her ordeal, Charlotte became overwhelmed with emotion on This Morning today as she talked more about the effect the heartbreaking ‘silent miscarriage’ has had on her.
“So the doctor confirmed that it wasn’t an active pregnancy,” Charlotte told hosts Cat Deeley, 49, and Ben Shephard, 51.
“I’d silently miscarried, which is when the body just doesn’t realise it’s even had a miscarriage yet.”
“So it doesn’t let go of everything naturally. It just stays there.”
Charlotte then became very upset and started to cry as she revealed her fear of not knowing when the symptoms of the miscarriage would start.
“I would go to bed thinking it might happen through the night and I was worried about the pain,” the star wept.
“I’ve obviously got two young children. So I felt I was going to bed and waking up every morning just quite scared and worried of what it’s going to feel like.”
As Charlotte started to cry, kind-hearted Cat rushed to comfort her, and gave her a tissue.
Charlotte found out she was expecting her third child in March.
Tragically, the mum-of-two’s joy turned to heartbreak when she discovered she’d had a miscarriage.
The star even revealed how she had to wait two weeks to find out this devastating news, after an initial scan was inconclusive.
This isn’t the reality star’s first experience with losing a baby.
In 2016, she suffered a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, in which a fertilised egg implants outside the womb, while dating her Geordie Shore co-star Gaz Beadle.
Told by doctors she could have died, Charlotte had to have her right fallopian tube and ovary removed.
Speaking to The Sun about both tragedies, she told us: “I don’t want to compare the situations, but [after the ectopic pregnancy] I was so terrified that I might never be able to have a baby.
“I woke up and my organs had been removed. I didn’t know that was going to happen, so I was left with so much sadness.
“That was a really different kind of pain, whereas this felt more manageable.”
Charlotte also told us that the experience had brought her and fiancé Jake even closer together.
After meeting in 2021, the pair got engaged two years later following a romantic rooftop proposal in Dubai.
“Jake’s absolutely incredible,” Charlotte said.
“I’ve never met a man like him, he’s just so great. And seeing these really vulnerable, emotional sides of him, it’s so nice to see that in a man.
“There’s never a point in our relationship where I doubt that he cares. He really reinforces that we are his life and all he ever wanted.”
Finding support after a miscarriage
MISCARRIAGE is the loss of a pregnancy during the first 23 weeks.
It happens more than you might think. According to the NHS, around one in eight known pregnancies ends in a loss.
Figures from the charity Tommy’s show half of adults in the UK say that they, or someone they know, has experienced pregnancy or baby loss.
Symptoms can include vaginal bleeding and cramping and pain in your lower tummy, but some women don’t have any symptoms at all and will only find out they’ve had a miscarriage during a routine pregnancy scan.
The majority cannot be prevented and a cause is usually not known. But there are some things you can do to reduce the risk.
These include avoiding smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs while pregnant, being a healthy weight, eating a balanced diet, and reducing your chances of infection.
If doctors suspect you have had a miscarriage, you will usually be referred to a hospital for an ultrasound. If confirmed, there are several options.
Often the pregnancy tissue will pass out naturally in one to two weeks, but sometimes medicine or surgery is needed.
There are also several potential risks, including bleeding, perforation and sepsis.
The process can be emotionally and physically draining, but there is support available.
You can contact The Miscarriage Association, Tommy’s and Sands for more information. The NHS also offers counselling services.
