Myleene Klass was seen for the first time since revealing she suffered four miscarriages before giving birth to her ‘rainbow baby’, son Apollo.
The presenter, 42, headed to work at Global Studios on Friday, just one day after she told how she is a ‘mama to seven babies’ – her daughters, Ava, 13, and Hero, nine, and Apollo, 14 months, as well as ‘four little stars in the sky’.
The brave star made the announcement when she took to Instagram to share her experience on National Baby Loss Miscarriage Day.
Workward: Myleene Klass was seen for the first time since revealing she suffered four miscarriages before giving birth to her ‘rainbow baby’, son Apollo, as she headed to work at Global Studios on Friday
The broadcaster explained that model Chrissy Teigen, who lost her baby son Jack halfway through her pregnancy last month, gave her ‘the courage to write’ about what she went through.
While Myleene could fall pregnant, there was ‘no explanation’ for why she couldn’t carry her babies to term, so when she was expecting Apollo, doctors ‘took no chances’ and gave her ‘countless, endless hormones’ to keep the placenta working.
Alongside two photos of her bump during her pregnancies, Myleene wrote on Instagram on Wednesday: ‘I am Mama to 7 babies, Ava, Hero, Apollo my rainbow baby and 4 little stars in the sky.
‘I know after my own MC’s (miscarriages) how I scoured the internet for stories similar to mine for peace, reassurance. I hope this helps even one lost soul.’
Candid: The brave star made the announcement when she took to Instagram to share her experience on National Baby Loss Miscarriage Day
Greeting: She made her daily pilgrimage to the studios after her announcement
Myleene said she suffered her first miscarriage when she was at the airport, flying home for a dilation and curettage procedure, which is often performed after a first-trimester miscarriage.
She explained: ‘I’d started bleeding heavily at 10wks on holiday. The scan was the saddest sight I’ve ever seen in my life. The first and last time I saw my baby.
‘As the doctor pushed the camera on my belly, the familiar black and blue image of my baby sprung onto the screen, then started to sink and slowly floated down, til it just hunched over.
‘I knew. “I’m sorry there’s no heartbeat”.’
Heading in: She said she is mother to seven babies
Her story: The presenter, 42, told how she is a ‘mama to seven babies’ – her daughters, Ava, 13, and Hero, nine, and Apollo, 14 months, as well as ‘four little stars in the sky’
Devastating: The presenter accompanied the post with pictures of when she was pregnant
Speaking out: Myleene took to Instagram to share her experience on National Baby Loss Miscarriage Day
Myleene said she was asked to confirm the procedure, but ‘cried so hard’, a nurse had to answer on her behalf.
‘The feeling is nothing short of traumatic, shock,’ she said. ‘They taped my bracelet to my wrist, two gold swallows. It made me sob. Swallows love for life and always come home.
‘I told the anaesthetist to please make sure I wake up as I’m a mum then I cried again at what they were going to take out. I woke to emptiness and the horror of what had happened.
‘I felt I’d failed my baby and my partner.’
Support: Myleene thanked Amanda Holden, who lost her son Theo while pregnant, for ‘keeping her together’ other the past few years
Not alone: The broadcaster explained that model Chrissy Teigen , who lost her baby son Jack halfway through her pregnancy last month, gave her ‘the courage to write’
Motherhood: The former HearSay singer said she ‘felt I’d failed my baby and my partner’ when she suffered her first miscarriage, before eventually falling pregnant with Apollo (pictured)
Myleene described her second miscarriage as ‘worse if that’s possible’ because she like she already had her ‘one in four’ experience – referring to the one in four women who suffer baby loss.
The former HearSay star said her baby stopped growing at 10 weeks, but for reasons completely unrelated to her first miscarriage.
Reliving the trauma, Myleene said: ‘I didn’t take my eyes off the fire alarm on the ceiling, lest I break completely. Walking past the pregnant women in reception was torture.
‘This D&C was no less traumatic. In fact, the familiarity of it cut deeper. The “wishes to dispose of the products of pregnancy” form, the walking to theatre, the ugly socks. Having everything one minute, a name, a school, then nothing.
Baby joy: Myleene alluded to her trauma in this post in August last year: ‘Will never get over or take for granted the miracle of growing and carrying a child! (and yes, I’m STILL pregnant!)’
Gorgeous family: Alongside Apollo, Myleene is proud mum to Ava, 13, Hero, nine, whom she shares with her ex-husband Graham Quinn
‘The third, I miscarried at work. The fourth, the loo. Whilst I could get pregnant, there was no explanation for why I couldn’t keep them.’
When Myleene became pregnant with her gorgeous son Apollo, doctors ‘took no chances’.
The Dancing On Ice contestant explained how she injected herself with ‘countless, endless hormones into my belly to keep my placenta working.’
Speaking of her rainbow baby, Myleene said: ‘He signifies everything good in the world to me, my miracle.
‘To my friends and Mamas who have experienced this, you are the strongest women I know. Thinking of you today’.
Alongside Apollo, Myleene is proud mum to Ava, 13, and Hero, nine, whom she shares with her ex-husband Graham Quinn.
Last month, the presenter announced her engagement to her long term partner of five years, businessman Simon Motson, 45.
Brave face: The star explained how she injected herself with ‘countless, endless hormones into my belly to keep my placenta working’ while she was pregnant with Apollo (pictured in 2019)