This Morning star reveals heartbreaking secret miscarriages as Rebecca Adlington says she ‘hated body' after losing baby
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THIS Morning star Dr Zoe Williams has revealed she suffered two secret miscarriages.
Appearing on today's show, Dr Zoe, 45, bravely shared her loss during a segment which saw Olympian Rebecca Adlington, 36, talking about her own miscarriages, alongside husband Andy Parsons.
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This Morning's Dr Zoe has revealed she had two miscarriages
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On today's programme, Rebecca Adlington talked about her miscarriages
Opening up about her miscarriages for the first time, The Sun's Dr Zoe said: "I myself have had miscarriages as well, both very early on at 10 weeks.
"One was before I got pregnant with my little boy who's now four years old and one was after.
"The second one I was sat here on this sofa, bleeding, having a miscarriage. I say that because you will know people going through this. People often get on with it, they go to work, no one knows.
"I think we need to talk more and be more open. In some countries people share their pregnancy news as soon as they find out; the benefit of that is it normalises miscarriages."
Visibly moved, host Craig Doyle said: "I'm so sorry, it's such an awful thing you've had to go through."
Earlier in the segment, Rebecca discussed her reaction after losing daughter, Harper, who was delivered stillborn in 2023.
She said: "We were a mess. I could not stop crying for three days. I couldn't process it. As a woman you blame yourself.
"You cant help but feel it's your responsibility.
"I was angry at my body, my body let me down. I had no symptoms, that was really hard to get over.
"The fact you give birth and the baby isn't alive and you go home, look in the mirror and are still 20 weeks pregnant... I hated my body."
BBC Sports presenter Rebecca Adlington reveals she's been diagnosed with a life-changing disease
At the time, Becca shared the news on Instagram, writing: "I don't really have the words right now but unfortunately we went for our 20 week scan this week and they discovered no heartbeat.
"I gave birth to our angel, Harper on Friday at 7pm. We held her, and had time with her.
"We will forever love and remember her always."
Andy was just two days into a new job when the miscarriage happened and revealed how he broke down at work.
Rebecca is mum to daughter Summer, 10, from her relationship with ex-husband Harry Needs as well as son Albie, four, with Andy. Her first miscarriage happened in 2022 and required emergency surgery.
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The couple recalled their feelings at the time of the miscarriages
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