Perrie Edwards reveals the impact her baby loss had on her fiancé

Perrie Edwards has revealed her fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was ‘traumatised’ after she lost her baby when she was 22 weeks pregnant.

The Little Mix star, 32, who is now pregnant with her second child, revealed last month that she suffered the heartbreaking loss following the birth of her son Axel.

Perrie admitted that while she was understandably devastated by the loss of her unborn child, it also had an impact on her partner Alex, sharing that he felt a ‘lack of control’ while trying to support her.

Admitting she was ‘very lucky’ to have Alex at her side during the ordeal, Perrie said the sportsman was focused on ‘trying to stay strong for her.’

Perrie and Alex got engaged in 2022 after five years together, and welcomed their first child, son Axel, in 2021.

Speaking about Alex’s reaction to losing their baby, Perrie said: ‘We are very lucky to have each other. We love each other so much. He was just so worried about me, and I think he felt the lack of control, like there was nothing he could really do.’

She told Glamour: ‘But him just being there, and being by my side through the whole thing, just made it so much better. I kept asking him, ”Are you okay?”, and he’s like, ”It’s not about me,” and I’m like, ”Yes it is though”. We both lost a baby. We both went through it. 

‘He’s very like that with emotions, he tries to just suck it up and move on.

‘But I could see that he was traumatised about it. I think he just wanted to try and be strong for me.’

Perrie also shared that her world ‘crumbled,’ when it was revealed she’d lost her baby at 22 weeks, and her overwhelming grief was compounded after discovering she was still producing milk.

She recalled: ‘It felt like it came out of nowhere. Every scan before had been fine, we just weren’t expecting to go into the 22-week scan, and for our world to just crumble. And then the whole experience was very traumatic. 

‘A few days later, I remember being in the shower and my milk came in. I remember just going out the room like, “Mam!”, and she was like, “What, what, what?”, and I was like, “I’ve got milk!”

‘She was like, “Oh, darling, they said this would happen.” But I just wasn’t expecting it. I was devastated. That was the worst bit. 

‘My body was prepared for the baby, but the baby was gone.’

Perrie is now looking ahead to the birth of her new baby while preparing for another first – the release of her eagerly anticipated debut album, Perrie. 

The imminent release singles her out as the final Little Mix star to embark on a solo career after Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and former band-member Jesy Nelson all released music to varying degrees of success. 

But she admits to having the full backing of her bandmates, with whom she maintains a close friendship.  

‘It’s wild. But we just love each other so much, we just want to see each other do well and see each other win,’ she said. 

‘We’ll always message each other, because we know we can depend on each other for advice. 

‘It is fun doing the solo stuff and seeing how different we all are individually, but I think that’s why Little Mix worked so well, because our different personalities and tastes just worked for the group.’ 

The self-titled album will be released on September 26, and Edwards has hinted at one lyrical reference to Jesy Nelson’s acrimonious Little Mix departure. 

When asked which song was the most difficult to write, she said: ‘Probably Same Place, Different View because it was so personal and it’s about somebody else, I was very cautious of how I was saying things. 

‘It’s about a friendship that I once had, that I no longer have anymore. We talk about breakups and heartbreak, but we don’t normally talk about friendships that break down. And it was like losing a limb. 

‘I was with her every day. We lived in each other’s pockets. We were the best of friends, we were so close, and we did everything together. 

‘To then not have her in my life anymore was a big thing for me. I found it really hard to adapt.’

The latest issue of Glamour is out now. 

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