TOWIE’s Gemma Collins Opens Up About Heartbreaking Miscarriage After Giving Birth At Home

Gemma Collins has spoken out about her heartbreaking miscarriage – and revealed that she ended up delivering the baby at her home.

The former TOWIE star was four months pregnant at the time of her traumatic birth in 2012, but hadn’t realised that she was expecting.

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Sitting down to talk to therapist Mandy Saligari for an episode of In Therapy on Channel 5, the star revealed that she woke up with “excruciating pains” and realised that something wasn’t right.

“I rang an ambulance. I ended up giving birth on my landing to this four and a half month old baby,” she said.

“The next minute they put me in the ambulance and this woman is going to me, ‘Do you want to bury your baby? Do you want to sign it over for scientific research?’”

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While her mother mourned the loss of the baby, Gemma shockingly admitted that in her grief-stricken state she forced herself to attend the National Television Awards just hours later.

“My mum started crying, but I knew I had to go and perform at the National Television Awards. I had loads of padding on because I was bleeding heavily, but to the outside world they wouldn’t know,” she confessed.

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The reality star also spoke about how she turned to food as comfort while she struggled to process what had happened.

“I felt guilty. I used to feel so empty. I had this terrible feeling inside me and the more I ate, the more it went away,” she explained.

All our love, Gem. <3

In Therapy airs on July 5 at 10pm on Channel 5.