ITV star opens up on suffering miscarriage on This Morning sofa

ITV star Dr Zoe Williams opened up on suffering a miscarriage on the This Morning sofa.

During Thursday's (August 14) episode of the ITV morning show, hosts Emma Willis and Craig Doyle spoke to Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington and her husband, Andy Parsons, about miscarriage awareness.

The couple have notably suffered two miscarriages in recent years, one in 2022 and another in 2023.

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Dr Zoe was also on the sofa to share some more information about miscarriages, before candidly sharing that she had previously experienced two herself, which she had never revealed before.

"Zoe, I know you come on here as an expert to help people and you haven't spoken publicly about this before, but it's a trauma you know all too well," Craig said.

Zoe then said: "Yeah absolutely. When I was talking to the producers about this yesterday, I haven't shared it publicly, but I myself have had two miscarriages as well, both very early on at ten weeks.

"One was before I got pregnant with my little boy, who's now four years old, and one was after. The second one, I was sat here on this sofa bleeding, having a miscarriage.

"I say that because you will know people that are going through this and people often just get on with it, they go to work. Nobody knows. So, it's just to say, I think we need to talk more, be more open."

She continued: "In some countries, people share their pregnancy news as soon as they find out. The benefit of that is it normalises miscarriage, people are more open about it, they feel less alone, and they know where to go for that support."

Zoe concluded: "I do believe we need to talk more openly about it, so that's why I agreed to share my experience."

Craig then said: "I'm so sorry, you've never spoken about it before. Oh my goodness, it's just such an awful thing you had to go through."

Zoe has been a regular fixture on ITV's This Morning since 2016, offering advice to callers on various medical issues.

She recently appeared on a special edition of Loose Women, titled Loose Doctors, where she opened up about health problems she's experienced.

This Morning airs weekdays on ITV at 10am

Organisations including Sands and Tommy's are able to offer help and support to anyone affected by baby loss