Stephanie Davis told fans the heartbreaking news she suffered a miscarriage almost three months into her pregnancy.
The 29-year-old posted on Instagram today where she said she had to have her baby removed via an operation and was "numb and empty" after this. The actress, best known for playing Sinead O'Connor on Hollyoaks, also posted photos of her and her partner Joe McKalroy celebrating their pregnancy journey.
These included Stephanie and Joe kissing as they reveal a positive pregnancy test, Joe kissing the 29-year-old's bump and posing in a mirror selfie with her growing bump. Stephanie, who is already a mum to five-year-old Caben from a previous relationship, previously said how her followers had already picked up on clues she was pregnant.
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In a post today, she said: "MISCARRIAGE. I am not pregnant before people don’t read the caption and start congratulating me. Hi everyone. So I didn’t want to post about this until I was ready, I don’t think I ever will be or anyone is who goes through this but here goes.
"So as my beautiful followers a lot of you had asked if I was pregnant a while back when I wasn’t on the rides at Southport and you also noticed a lot of things, well you were right, we were having a baby! I was pregnant.
"We found out from so so early on it felt like we were pregnant for sooo long. If you remember I came off social media for a while, it was because we had a miscarriage. We thought we were nearly 12 weeks pregnant (three months )." Stephanie said she had sickness from "early on" and "crazy hormones" during her pregnancy.
However, the mum-of-one said one night she started suffering from severe headaches and the next morning told her family she "didn't feel pregnant anymore." She added: "They know how I am and thought I was overly worrying and the baby would be fine as on our previous scans the baby’s heartbeat was beating beautifully. But as a mum I guess you just know.
"The anxiety the heartbreak and the sadness we have gone through was horrendous. Me and joe were so excited and already had envisioned and planned a life with our family of four. I was already looking at what I was doing for my baby shower. You think when you get further on like I was that everything will be ok, so it was a big shock. When they told us there was no heartbeat and the baby had stopped growing was just so upsetting."
Stephanie – who had also tragically suffered a miscarriage last year during a previous relationship - thanked her partner Joe, her mum and mother-in-law for being there for her. She added it was "hard to accept" that their pregnancy journey was over.
She said: "I had to have an operation to have our baby removed as was further on, I couldn’t have got though it all without my absolute rock, Joe, my mum, joes mum jane and Cath were amazing and our family’s and my managements support. After the operation I was so numb and empty and my hormones were all over the place.
"It was hard to accept there was nothing there anymore and our journey we were on was over. Joe was my rock and I love you more every day We are ok, & we have got through it all as family. One day we will expand our little family when the time is right."
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