Myleene bursts into tears as she details heartbreaking baby loss on Loose Women
Myleene Klass heartbreakingly burst into tears on Friday's Loose Women as she discussed the government announcing certificates for baby loss.
The new government scheme is designed to recognise the grief of parents who lose a baby early in a pregnancy. The voluntary scheme offers those who experience a loss pre-24 weeks’ gestation a certificate to formally recognise the devastating impact. Babies stillborn before 24 weeks do not need to be officially registered, leaving some parents feeling ignored and the new certificates, which are not compulsory, will be official but not legal documents.
Talking about the baby loss certificates on Friday's Loose Women, Myleene, 45, who has previously recalled her experience of suffering four "torturous" miscarriages, said: "For me, I think anything that marks or gives comfort or can be a keepsake, I think it's a good thing. You can't tell a person how to grieve. People do grieve in different ways and some people will want a reminder or something tangible. Other people, it has had a mixed reaction, will want something different, moving forward in the miscarriage care system for example that's something I've been campaigning for because some people want the certificate and some people want action."
Myleene Klass heartbreakingly burst into tears on Friday's Loose Women as she discussed the government announcing certificates for baby loss (ITV)The star continued: "I have to be really clear about this, it isn't a legal document so I want to manage expectations here. You won't see it at a town hall or if someone looks at your archives. It won't even be on your medical records and that is criminal, it should be. If you've got a broken fingernail or a heart attack, that's on your medical record.
"But a miscarriage isn't. I've had four and I've had to register two onto my medical records so unless you're with your GP having that conversation. It's really important data for you, your children, if they're asked about their fertility issues later down the line." Myleene then burst into tears, heartbreakingly saying: "Sorry, it's like just having to keep ripping that band aid. So sorry," as she was comforted by her co-stars.
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Myleene continued: "There's people on this panel who have had miscarriages, and I know there's people here, who have had miscarriages. You don't miscarry at the doctors, you miscarry on the school run, I miscarried on radio." The star emotionally added: "The movies paint you're in your bed, you ring the doctor, there's blood.
"But actually, you might be at the dinner table, that was my fourth miscarriage, and you have to keep that pretence up because your children are there. It's so inconvenient and so cruel and it should be on your medical record." Myleene then spoke about microchimerism, saying: "For me, my peace came from something I want to share with you because it might give someone else peace. It's something called microchimerism, it is something in your body when you fall pregnant your cells they start to divide, the baby starts to divide and you swap those stem cells.
"In order for your body to get stronger, you know how people say: 'You're glowing in pregnancy', your body is doing that because your baby's bolstering you. It's sending all these cells to your brain, your heart, your liver, your organs and as a result you retain those cells so they do never leave you. They literally are your heartbeat and the child you go on to have also retains those cells. That's why I get my son and go: 'I've got all of you.'"
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