Stacey Dooley shares agony over ectopic pregnancy
TV presenter Stacey Dooley has revealed she was left heartbroken after suffering an ectopic pregnancy which forced her to undergo emergency surgery.
Stacey Dooley broke down in tears as she recalled suffering an ectopic pregnancy which forced her to undergo emergency surgery.
The former Strictly Come Dancing star - who has a daughter with her former dance partner Kevin Clifton - opened up about the painful experience during an episode of her show Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over in which she shared her experiences with Barrie Drewitt-Barlow - who became one of the UK's first gay dads after welcoming twins via surrogate.
Stacey, 38, said: "I have experienced what it is like to struggle to have a child. We obviously wanted to expand our family, and last year I fell pregnant and it didn’t go brilliantly. It was ectopic."
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg is implanted outside the womb and it can cause a rupture in the fallopian tubes which can be life-threatening if not treated.
The TV star started to cry as she then added: "I am so sorry because this is so predictable. I am sat here, crying on a bed.
"It was ectopic, and it was really f****** difficult."
Stacey explained she had to undergo emergency surgery to treat an "internal rupture" and admitted the experience has left her considering other options for expanding her family in the future.
She said: "Of course, when you go through something like that, you are forced to think of alternatives. S*** happens, and if you want a bigger family, you have to think how you’re going to do that."
Stacey has been dating Kevin since 2019 and they welcomed their daughter Minnie in 2023.
She previously told the Guardian newspaper she was keen to have more kids, saying: "I would like to have more children. But it’s not a given, is it?"
Stacey opened up about the challenges of motherhood in her book Dear Minnie in which she expresses her worries that she should have started a family earlier.
She wrote: "If I’d started sooner, I could have had more [children]. I might have had two, or three or four. But you have to be realistic about these things. Like, biologically.
"I did everything I needed to in my 20s. I had an amazing decade of prioritising myself. All of that freedom. But, actually, I think I should have ... I didn’t know I’d feel like this ...
"Other mums were always destined to be mums. They knew. It was non-negotiable for them. But I didn’t have that thought."
