Perrie Edwards opens up about devastating second miscarriage

She lost the baby at 24 weeks pregnant

Little Mix star Perrie Edwards has shared she suffered a devastating miscarriage at 24 weeks pregnant.

Edwards says it truly felt like an "out of body experience" when she discovered she had suffered a miscarriage for the second time in 2022.

Perrie (32) shares a son, Axel, who will be turning four this week, with former Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (32). Now, she's opened up about the horrible miscarriage the pair suffered less than a year after Axel's birth.

Perrie added: "So then I remember sobbing. [Alex] was injured at the time and he couldn't really drive. He was struggling to drive, but I couldn't see straight. I was just distraught. And yeah, we basically lost the baby at like 24 weeks."

However, this wasn't the first time Perrie experienced a miscarriage, as she lost a baby during her very first pregnancy, before she had Axel, "I had a miscarriage very early on with my first ever pregnancy, and it was so early. I remember finding out I was pregnant. Obviously, I started bleeding not long after, and I went to the hospital and I had the scan and they were like, 'There's no baby.'"

Yet, it was this second experience which really had an impact on her, after she and Alex had already begun preparing for the newborn's arrival.

"When you're fully, like carrying in your 24 weeks and you've planned out like that room and all these things, it's really hard. And nobody knows other than, like, immediate friends and family. And I remember, like, shortly after, like, friends would message and be like, ‘how's the bump?’ And I'll be like, there is no bump," she said.

Edwards met Alex, who now plays for Turkish team Beşiktaş, on celebrity dating app Raya. The couple got engaged in 2022, but has yet to reveal any details of a wedding.

Before Little Mix singer met Alex, she was engaged to One Direction alum Zayn Malik. They both rose to fame during their time on The X Factor and were together for four years, beginning when Perrie was just 19 years old. The pair split in 2015.

Perrie goes on to say that her first relationship has made her all the more appreciative of her and Alex's relationship.

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