Perrie Edwards suffered heartbreaking miscarriage at 22 weeks during Little Mix rehearsals

Daily Mirror

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Little Mix star, Perrie Edwards, has bravely spoken out about losing a baby she shared with fiancé, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, less than a year after their son, Axel, was born
Perrie Edwards has revealed she tragically suffered a miscarriage at 22 weeks while she was rehearsing for Little Mix's tour. The X Factor star, who is engaged to footballer, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, recalled the day she was given the heartbreaking news on Paul C. Brunson's We Need to Talk podcast.
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Perrie, 32, who shares Axel, four, with Alex, also 32, explained that she fell pregnant less than a year after their son was born. However, after revealing that she "didn't feel very good" while rehearsing with Little Mix, Perrie told the Married At First Sight star her heartwrenching news.
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Revealing the results of her devastating 22-week scan, the singer shared: "We went for what was a 20-week scan, but we were actually 22 weeks, and that was just the worst day of my life. Like horrendous. And I just knew something was wrong in the scan, and he [the doctor] just kept going over the same thing, over the same thing... I've never experienced an out-of-body experience where everything goes in slow motion." It comes as Perrie opened up about her mental health in a new interview.
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Revealing that Alex was "struggling to drive" on the way home from the hospital, Perrie tearfully continued: "So yeah, we basically lost the baby at like 24 weeks."
The star also sadly suffered a miscarriage before Axel was born, very early on into her first pregnancy. Explaining that her son was her "rainbow baby", Perrie shared: "It's weird because the first time it happened, I think because it was so early, I was like, oh, that's hard. But I think when you're fully, like carrying in your 24 weeks and you've planned out like that room and all these things, it's really hard.
"And nobody knows other than, like, immediate friends and family. And I remember, like, shortly after, like, friends would message and be like, 'how's the bump?' And I'll be like, there is no bump."
Perrie has been speaking candidly about her personal life recently after bravely revealing she suffered from such severe agoraphobia, she was scared to leave the house last year.
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She shared an update in an interview released this week in which she admitted she has a tendency to "catastrophise" a situation and struggled to leave the home she shares with her fiancé and their son in 2024.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Perrie pointed out that she's "in her element" on stage, describing herself as "empowered". However, when she gets home it's a different story as she continued: "But as soon as I'm back home behind closed doors, that's when the anxiety kicks in and I'm just me again."
She told the outlet that she can't help but "catastrophise" over "everyday things," such as getting into her car and driving to London, revealing: "At the end of last year my agoraphobia got so bad I could barely leave the house."
According to the NHS, agoraphobia is "a fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult or where help wouldn't be available if things go wrong". It further states that the condition can lead to symptoms of a panic attack, and the NHS adds that it can itself develop from panic disorder.