Binky Felstead has revealed she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year.
The Made In Chelsea star was expecting a baby with her fiancé Max Darnton, but sadly miscarried 12 weeks into her pregnancy.
The 30-year-old shared the heartbreaking news in an emotional post on Instagram, writing: “I’ve thought long and hard about doing this post, but I felt that if I can pass on any warmth, comfort or help to anybody in the same position – well that would be great.”
“It’s only fair that I share some of my ‘downs’ as well as my ‘up’ moments. Today would have been my 18 week mark, but sadly we had an early miscarriage just before 12 weeks.”
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The reality star, who already shares daughter India with her ex Josh Patterson, continued: “Not only was this heartbreaking for us, but it also came as such a shock to me.”
“I hadn’t realised until then how blessed I was with having such a relatively straight forward pregnancy with India – I’ll admit I was naive enough to assume the next one would be as straightforward, but I had two early scans as I was concerned I was bleeding.”
“They found a ‘very strong’ heartbeat. However, on the third scan I was told ‘I’m afraid there’s no heartbeat’.
Binky wrote: “I was told by my doctor that 1 in 4 pregnancies miscarry (not that statistics make it any easier!) With 82% of my following being women – that means roughly 237,800 women ‘following’ me could (or have) experienced the same, which is just so sad.”
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“When speaking to a few close friends about our situation, we learned that some of them too have had miscarriages in the past.”
“I asked them why they’ve never said anything, and they just said they felt they couldn’t, or shouldn’t talk about it. Almost like it’s a taboo subject, which is heartbreaking,” she continued.
“If you have been through this, I hope you are giving yourself time to mentally and physically heal and do what you need. I keep reminding myself that there was nothing I could have done, and perhaps this was nature’s way of saying that for whatever reason, this little soul wasn’t ready for the world. Sending so so much love.”
Binky also encouraged anyone who has been affected by pregnancy loss to contact Miscarriage Association, a national charity that provides support and information for anyone who’s affected by miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy – including both women and men.”
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The news comes just one month after Binky announced her engagement to Max, after 19 months of dating.
