‘I knew something was wrong’ – Charlotte Crosby opens up about her silent miscarriage

The former Geordie Shore star opened up about her silent miscarriage on This Morning.

Charlotte Crosby opened up about her silent miscarriage today on This Morning. The reality star and her fiancé Jake Ankers fell pregnant with their third baby at the beginning of this year, but sadly suffered a silent miscarriage. The two are already parents to three-year-old Alba and 15-month-old Pixi.

Charlotte told This Morning that the couple were not actively trying for another baby. “It just happened, and obviously, I got very scared when I saw the positive sign; I didn’t sleep".

“But all the worries melted away, and we started to get really, really excited, and we were like, ‘We’ll manage, it’s going to be another beautiful person to love, and it’s going to be amazing’.”

Charlotte explained that the couple opted for a private six-week scan.

"I went for my first scan at six weeks, and basically, it was just a different atmosphere. They didn’t switch the screens on for you to see straight away, and the room was very quiet, and I just instantly thought, ‘Oh, I feel like there’s something wrong’."

The doctors told the couple to come back in two weeks for another scan. Charlotte said it was the "longest two weeks", and that time felt like "it was going in slow motion".

“After that initial scan, I knew something was wrong, whereas my partner was being really positive, saying ‘it’s going to be fine, honestly’, but I kind of knew in my heart that there was going to be something wrong here", she added.

After the two weeks, Charlotte's doctor confirmed that she had silently miscarried. She had to wait another two weeks to see if she would "naturally" miscarry before being offered medical intervention.

“My partner has quite a busy job, and he’s away a lot, and I just didn’t want it to happen when I was on my own. But it didn’t happen, and I did have to go for the operation.”

After her operation, Charlotte developed an infection and was rushed to the hospital. She was given antibiotics to treat the infection, which was caused by blood collecting in her cervix.

“I didn’t know [silent miscarriages] were so common, and I think the worrying, like any woman who might have one, you start to think, ‘Is this it now? I might not be able to have children", Charlotte continued.

“I am so lucky that I have got two gorgeous children, but you do get that worry. Luckily, it’s completely normal and doesn’t affect your chances in the future.”