Kate Ferdinand opens up on miscarriage: 'It's hard to grieve a loss no-one can see'
22.09.2022 - 02:27
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Kate Ferdinand has opened up about the devastating miscarriage she experienced this summer.The former The Only Way is Essex star and wife of football legend Rio Ferdinand announced she'd miscarried in late July following a routine 12-week scan. And now, the 31 year old has opened up on her podcast, Blended, explaining that it's been "really hard when you're grieving a loss that no one can see". She explained how she found out she was pregnant and the events that followed in detail on the episode that was released on Wednesday 21 September.
She said: "I found out I was pregnant the day before my birthday. "We were due to get on a boat and go drinking the next day and I was so sea sick, it was a crazy birthday. Everyone else was crazy and dancing, I hadn't told anyone and I was so sick on the boat.
"I was so excited. Rio was so excited, we couldn't wait to have a sibling around Cree's age because the big kids are much older. "We just thought it would be lovely for him to have a little friend running around.The kids clocked on this time so we told them and some family this time." However, it wasn't to be, and Kate spoke candidly about the moment she found out her pregnancy had not gone to plan, saying she "immediately burst into tears" when she was told they couldn't detect a heartbeat.
She said: "I was thinking maybe it was a girl because I felt slightly different. Looking back, I was sick at the beginning and then I wasn't. I was a little bit anxious but I'm an anxious person anyway.
"We went to lunch before the 12-week scan and there was blood there and I felt like God was giving me a sign. We were literally leaving to go to the scan." She added: "We both tried to pretend it wasn't happening and it was fine. It was the
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