I'm A Celeb's Jorgie Porter in tears as she shares baby plans after heartbreaking miscarriage
Jorgie Porter was left in tears as she opened up on her plans to have more children following her devastating miscarriage.
The former Hollyoaks actress, who is known for her role as Theresa McQueen on the Channel 4 soap, hopes to have more children despite a huge risk. She excitedly shared she was pregnant with quadruplets in 2021. Yet at 14 weeks, the soap star was left heartbroken when she miscarried her four babies.
It had been a "missed miscarriage", when the babies are no longer alive but the mother experiences no symptoms. Jorgie went on to welcome her son Forest in December 2022, having become pregnant eight months after the loss of her quadruplets.
She has now revealed she is desperate to have more children, reports the Mirror.
Her fiance Ollie Piotrowski is hesitant about the idea, as he is worried it will be a high risk pregnancy. "For me, talking about babies, I'm like 'yes, let's'. But Oliver, it's a bit more of a tentative subject because he obviously knows the past situations, what we went through, also the risks," Jorgie said on ITVBe show Drama Queens.
She continued: "I was high risk. I could have literally died, and the doctors were telling him that..." The TV personality struggled to hold back her emotions as she shared: "Oh, I get sad, because I think about him. Also, I've got no one else to talk to about it. Because I've had no one go through... I never met another quad mum, and I'm actually probably a bit more upset for the loss of them now. Whereas at the time, it made more sense, but... it's... when you think, 'aw, there could have been a football team'."
In a heart-to-heart last year with The Mirror, Jorgie disclosed details of her miscarriage, saying: "My miscarriage was the hardest thing I've had to go through in my life. None of the doctors knew why it happened. I had four times the hormones, and then afterwards, the feeling of being pregnant never went away. Ollie and I had felt so ready to be parents. I just didn't understand how it could be taken away.
"The pain is incomparable, and Ollie felt it too. It's often thought that 'It's the woman's body', but that's not the full story. It can make the male partner feel like he shouldn't be upset. That's why it's crucial to have these conversations."
Jorgie opened up about her heartache before the joy of becoming a mum, revealing that she never planned to go public with her miscarriage but felt it was important to acknowledge it. She expressed her gratitude for the support from friends who had similar experiences.
Jorgie reflected on the importance of acknowledging the past while cherishing the present with her son Forest: "I don't think I can ever move away from what happened. It's about progression. If I talk about Forest it's important I don't ignore what happened. If it had not happened, I wouldn't be mum to Forest. When he's older I'll definitely tell him about our lost babies."
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