Myleene Klass has opened up about her four miscarriages before giving birth to her youngest son, Apollo.
The 43-year-old artist has two children: Ava, 14, and Hero, 10, with ex-husband Graham Quinn, and Apollo, two, with partner Simon Motson.
Myleene, a former Hear’Say star, has been vocal about having miscarriages while trying to have a baby with Simon, and she previously appeared in the documentary Miscarriage & Me.
The actress suffered four pregnancy losses while attempting to conceive, including one miscarriage while presenting her radio show.
Myleene has now announced that she has become an ambassador for the UK charity Tommy’s, which conducts research and provides support to women following miscarriages, stillbirths, and premature births.
Myleene made the announcement on Thursday while posting a beautiful video to Instagram of the moments following Apollo’s birth, when she was handed her son for the first time.
She chose to release the film because it depicts “the utter anguish, pain, anxiety, and relief of never daring to believe this moment would actually come, that I would finally hold my kid in my arms and bring him home.”
Followers on her social media see ‘the seemingly perfect side of my life,’ she said, but ‘there is another side and for me, losing a baby near enough every year for four consecutive years turned me into someone I didn’t recognise.’
‘When I finally fell pregnant with Apollo, I had gotten to a point where I didn’t believe in my body anymore, seeing a pram in the park, an advert on the train, another gender reveal online, it was mentally debilitating.’
She recounted the ‘army’ of friends who helped her get to this point, and she discussed her work lobbying the government to improve the current health system, which only offers medical intervention after three consecutive miscarriages.
Speaking about her new work with Tommy’s, she admitted she ‘never imagined this as the path I would find myself on but I have a voice and platform that I will continue to use to call for an ultimately secure change.’
‘It would be easier to move on from this and just live my life but I owe it to my children, my friends and family who both stood by me and who also experienced this trauma themselves and ultimately to my angel babies, that their limited tiny heartbeats on this earth were not in vain.’
Myleene captioned the sweet video of her holding newborn Apollo: ‘The moment that I thought would never come.
‘I only got to hold my son because so many arms held me and now, it’s my turn as I become an ambassador for [Tommy’s.]’
Get Me Out of Here, I’m a Celebrity! The actress initially opened up about her miscarriages in 2020 to commemorate Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, revealing the agony she went experienced.
Myleene miscarried two pregnancies at 10 weeks, one while at the airport, and her third while at work.
She described her second event as more devastating than her first because she assumed she’d had her ‘1 in 4’ experience.
One in every four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, and one in every 100 women in the UK has recurrent miscarriages (three or more in a row).
Myleene’s third child Apollo arrived safely in 2019, with Myleene saying: ‘The Dr’s took no chances with Apollo. I injected countless, endless hormones into my belly to keep my placenta working. He signifies everything good in the world to me, my miracle.’
Pregnancy loss helpline
For emotional support, you can contact Miscarriage Association’s pregnancy loss helpline on 01924 200799 or email info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk.
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