Perrie Edwards fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has candidly opened up for the first time about the ‘difficult’ time which saw him and Perrie lose a baby before the birth of their son
Perrie Edwards’ fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamerlain has spoken for the first time about one of the devastating miscarriages the Little Mix star suffered.
Singer Perrie, 32, revealed earlier this year in a candid chat that she had suffered two miscarriages – one of which was at 7 weeks before they had son Axel and the other was at 24 weeks in 2022.
The X Factor star Perrie and footballer Alex, 32, have been together since 2017 and got engaged in 2022, a year after welcoming their son Axel. But, behind the happiness the couple had sadly suffered personal heartache, which Perrie discussed in a podcast interview earlier this year.
Alex had remained silent on the miscarriages, but has now opened up on the impact the heartbreaking loses has had on them. He said: “When you start a family, that’s when you start to learn it’s not easy to have a child, that things can go wrong.
“It’s so difficult — especially for women when they are literally growing another human being inside them, the connection they feel to that, and then can things go wrong and they can lose the baby.
“And it’s so difficult, especially losing the baby so late into the pregnancy.” Alex then admitted he felt he had to “put on a brave face and try to hold the fort”, but struggled to do so during the hard time – however, he noted he found having his son as a distraction helped.
He told The Athletic: “It definitely helped that we had Axel to focus on, but it was obviously difficult.
“It took a while for us to get to the place where we felt, ‘OK, should we try this again?’” The couple are now expecting their second child together, after Perrie shared the news with fans in a sweet Instagram video. Alex said has said he and the whole family are “excited” about their new addition and gushed over being at home more recently.
In September this year, the family announced they were expanding in a sweet video which featured Perrie, Alex and son Axel.
Perrie shared the video with her viewers and she wrote in the caption: “Guess what hunnies…” followed by a heart emoji. The caption was in reference to a lyric in her song If He Wanted To He Would. The black and white video saw Perrie walking away from the camera with her back to the lens. She is sporting a T-shirt with the words: “If He Wanted To He Would…” emblazoned on the back.
She then turned around to face the camera and smiled widely while clutching her blossoming bump as the front of her top read: “…and he did!” Perrie’s partner Alex, 32, then joins her in the frame as he gives her a big hug and a kiss.
Perrie had bravely discussed her miscarriages on Paul C Brunson’s podcast, We Need To Talk. Discussing the second miscarriage more than halfway into the pregnancy, she revealed: “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.”
If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at the Miscarriage Association. You can call them on 01924 200799 or email info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk
Source: Mirror
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