Loose Women’s Nadia Sawalha reveals she kept miscarried foetus ‘in the freezer’ because she ‘didn’t know what to do’
LOOSE Women’s Nadia Sawalha revealed she kept her miscarried foetus in the freezer before having a burial.
The 57-year-old panellist bravely spoke about her third miscarriage on today’s show.
Nadia gave birth to the foetus at home with husband Mark by her side and admitted she was unsure what to do next.
She said: “And the loss was terrible and my last miscarriage before Kiki was very difficult and I actually had a labour at home with Mark and there was a foetus and it was like, what do I do with this.
“It was almost like, can I say this, is it a baby. But I was really lucky because I shared with my family and I didn’t know what to do.”
She added: “This might be shocking for some people, but I know a lot of people have reached out to me in the past and said they’ve done the same. Because I didn’t know what to do, I put it in the freezer because – what am I supposed to do?
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“This is my baby, even though it’s so tiny. We had a burial for it and planted a tree and that was really meaningful for me.”
The TV star, who is mum to daughters Maddie, 19, and Kiki, 14, warned people against asking women who have experienced miscarriages how far through the pregnancy they were.
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Revealing how she felt like a mother from the moment she found out she was pregnant, she said: “A really important thing not to say to somebody is, ‘oh how far were you?’ as if it’s like whether it was a week or months, there’s more meaning to it, because the meaning is there the moment you’re joyful you’re pregnant.
“So the fact I’d shared it with family and friends the second I found out I was pregnant means I could also share the loss with them.”
Nadia previously questioned whether her four miscarriages were punishment for having an abortion earlier in life on her podcast Dealing With the Heartbreak of Miscarriage.