Myleene Klass offered her support to those who have had a miscarriage and may find Mother’s Day particularly challenging on Sunday.
The media personality, 44, took to her Instagram to explain the comforting concept of Microchimerism – when your baby imparts their cells into you and in turn, you into them – even if you lose them.
Myleene revealed in October 2020 she had suffered four miscarriages before giving birth to her ‘rainbow baby’ son Apollo, now three.
She penned in her Mother’s Day post: ‘This is for the #1in4. Every day is difficult when you’ve lost a baby, the endless gender reveals online, hearing parents complain about their lack of sleep when you’d give anything to be in their shoes.
‘Even just walking in the park as strollers and prams suddenly appear from every direction can feel like an ambush, but today is an especially tough day for those who’ve lost a child, miscarried a baby.
Kind: Myleene Klass offered her support to those who have had a miscarriage and may find Mother’s Day particularly challenging on Sunday
Hard: Myleene revealed in October 2020 she had suffered four miscarriages before giving birth to her ‘rainbow baby’ son Apollo, three (pictured)
‘I’ve spoken about Microchimerism in the past and it seems to give the peace I craved to other women. So on this day, Mother’s day, a day that leaves many in limbo, after all, you were a mother to a little one and you’re still that mother but whilst the external looks ‘back to normal’, inside, you’ll never feel the same.
‘Whilst there’s no little one to physically hold, knowing they’re quite literally in your heart and mind changes everything. It’s hard sometimes, believing your body let them down, but there’s comfort in knowing it’s your body where they now reside.
‘Your baby imparts their cells into you and in turn, you into them.
‘Whilst you can’t carry them in your arms, know that you literally carry them in your heart. They were here, they are here and they get to stay with you forever, which is exactly where they belong.’
It comes after last month Myleene – who in addition to Apollo, is mother to daughters Ava, 14, and Hero, 10, – shared a heartwarming video of herself cradling her son Apollo in the delivery room after she gave birth in 2019.
She announced she has become an ambassador for Tommys, the UK’s largest pregnancy and baby loss charity.
In the video, Myleene looked emotional as she cradled Apollo in her arms while her partner Simon Motson gave her a kiss on the forehead.
In a candid post, Myleene told how having four consecutive miscarriages before welcoming Apollo turned her into someone ‘she didn’t recognise’.
Scientific: The media personality, 44, took to her Instagram to explain the comforting concept of Microchimerism – when your baby imparts their cells into you and in turn, you into them – even if you lose them
Thoughts: She penned in her Mother’s Day post: ‘I’ve spoken about Microchimerism in the past and it seems to give the peace I craved to other women’
Sweet: She added: ‘Whilst there’s no little one to physically hold, knowing they’re quite literally in your heart and mind changes everything’
Her story: Myleene has previously told how she is a ‘mama to seven babies’ – including ‘four little stars in the sky’
The star wrote: ‘I’m sharing this with you because today I became an official ambassador for @tommys.
‘These few seconds reveal the utter trauma, pain, fear and relief after never daring to believe this moment would actually come; that I would finally hold my son in my arms and bring him home.
‘You see the seemingly perfect side of my life a lot on socials but like everything, 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.’
Myleene said she plans to use her ambassadorship with Tommys to campaign for a change in medical intervention for women who have had miscarriages.
She said: ‘It literally took an army for me to get Snoopy. I called @noholdenback (friend and fellow Tommys ambassador) who got me to #PippaNightingale who literally held my hand through it all.
‘Since my 4 miscarriages, I have made a Bafta nominated documentary, Myleene Klass Miscarriage and Me helping to break the taboo and I continue alongside @oliviablake_mp to lobby government to change the current antiquated health care system in place for women experiencing miscarriage.
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‘(As it stands, a woman is required to have 3 consecutive miscarriages before she receives medical intervention) and now I am an official ambassador for a charity that constantly pushes forwards with data collection, scientific analysis and ultimately helps women and their partners experiencing miscarriage loss.
‘I never imagined this is the path I would find myself on but I have a voice and a platform that I will continue to use to call for and secure change.
‘The odds currently stand at 1 in 4 pregnancies ending in MC and yet 8000 babies every year can be saved with medical intervention frim progesterone alone. (I myself took this).
‘It would be easier to move on from this and 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.’
Support: She recently announced she has become an ambassador for Tommys, the UK’s largest pregnancy and baby loss charity
Doting mother: In addition to son Apollo, is mother to daughters Ava, 14, and Hero, 10 (pictured with fiancé Simon Motson, 46)
Myleene previously revealed that she holds family chats with her fiancé Simon along with their daughters Ava, 15, and Hero, 11, while keeping things age-relevant for the children.
She said: ‘I think it’s important because these conversations are going on in my house, and I wanted to show that you’re not reckless by bringing your children into this.
‘The conversations I have with my children are very honest, not scary, because you talk about the pure biology.’
If you have been affected by this story, you can seek advice at www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk or by calling 01924 200 799.
