Binky Felstead has opened up about suffering an early miscarriage.
The 30-year-old, who confirmed her engagement to Max Fredrik Darnton last month, posted an emotional statement on Instagram in a bid to pass on “warmth, comfort or help” to those in the same situation.
“Today would have been my 18 week mark, but sadly we had an early miscarriage just before 12 weeks,” the Made in Chelsea star wrote. “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’."
She continued: “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.
“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.”
A number of celebrities have since reached out to the star, who is mum to three-year-old India, to offer their support.
TOWIE star Billie Faiers wrote: “Lots of love, darling,” and added a heart emoji.
Jess Wright added: “Well done for sharing Binky!”
“I love you monkey!” Made in Chelsea co-star Ollie Locke said. “I’m always and forever very proud of you.”
Additional reporting by PA
