Myleene Klass insists on a contract and trust for fiancé Simon Motson to safeguard her children, while Nadia Sawalha shares personal story of preserving her foetus in a freezer following a miscarriage

Myleene Klass insists on a contract and trust for fiancé Simon Motson to safeguard her children, while Nadia Sawalha shares personal story of preserving her foetus in a freezer following a miscarriage

Myleene Klass appeared on ITV’s Loose Women as a guest panellist, on Friday, where she discussed marriage, children and miscarriage.

During her time on the show, the former Hear’Say star, 45, revealed that she made her fiancé Simon Motson sign a contract when he moved into her home.

Myleene also explained how she has put her fortune in a trust to protect her the children – daughters Ava, 16, and Hero, 12, as well as son Apollo, four – from any potential future partners seeing them as a ‘payday.’

In addition, the former Popstars winner – who is an advocate for miscarriage support – admitted that if I she hadn’t had her son following four miscarriages, she wouldn’t be able to talk about the trauma of baby loss.

Elsewhere in the episode, Nadia Sawalha, 58, recalled the horrific time she put her foetus in a freezer after a tragic miscarriage. 

Real talk: Myleene Klass, 45, appeared on ITV 's Loose Women as a guest panellist, on Friday, where she discussed marriage, children and miscarriage

Real talk: Myleene Klass, 45, appeared on ITV ‘s Loose Women as a guest panellist, on Friday, where she discussed marriage, children and miscarriage

Horrific: Elsewhere in the episode, Nadia Sawalha , 58, recalled the horrific time she put her foetus in a freezer after a tragic miscarriage

Horrific: Elsewhere in the episode, Nadia Sawalha , 58, recalled the horrific time she put her foetus in a freezer after a tragic miscarriage

Speaking about whether or not marriage is for life, Myleene – whose ex-husband Graham Quinn left her in 2012 after a year of marriage – stated: ‘I’m divorced. I’ve got a blended family.

‘We [she and Simon] have been together 8 years now. He’s got children also. There are children growing up seeing if marriage is working.’

The I’m A Celeb star admitted that after a divorce it can be extremely difficult, explaining: ‘What you’re left with. You can potentially lose your house, half your earnings. You’re in a no mans land not knowing what your right are.

‘I’ve told my children they will never be in that situation. We have very open conversations.’

Discussing her current relationship, Myleene continued: ‘I’m engaged. When my partner Sim, very lovely man, when he came to live in our family home he signed a contract.

Not a prenup because we’re not married, but like a tenancy agreement I suppose, or a co-habitation agreement. He was so sweet, he said ”I don’t need that with you, it’s fine I’ll just sign anything”.

‘I said to him ”no please go and read this. Go and look at the small print says then I know you know what you’re walking into” and if you still walk in with that…

‘It’s not about the romance, you can still have romance. It gives you true clarity. I know what you earn, I know what you have, I know what you’re bringing.

Oh! During her time on the show, the former Hear'Say star revealed that she made her fiancé Simon Motson sign a contract when he moved into her home (pictured in 2021)

Oh! During her time on the show, the former Hear’Say star revealed that she made her fiancé Simon Motson sign a contract when he moved into her home (pictured in 2021)

Legal! 'When he came to live in our family home he signed a contract. Not a prenup because we're not married, but like a tenancy agreement, or a co-habitation agreement' said Myleene

Legal! ‘When he came to live in our family home he signed a contract. Not a prenup because we’re not married, but like a tenancy agreement, or a co-habitation agreement’ said Myleene

Protective: She also explained how she has put her fortune in a trust to protect her kids from any potential future partners seeing them as a 'payday' (Pictured with Ave and Hero in 2002)

Protective: She also explained how she has put her fortune in a trust to protect her kids from any potential future partners seeing them as a ‘payday’ (Pictured with Ave and Hero in 2002)

Candid: The radio host also admitted that if I she hadn't had her son, Apollo, following four miscarriages, she wouldn't be able to talk about baby loss (pictured with son Apollo in 2019)

Candid: The radio host also admitted that if I she hadn’t had her son, Apollo, following four miscarriages, she wouldn’t be able to talk about baby loss (pictured with son Apollo in 2019)

‘I told my daughters, ”if you get with someone you can’t touch mamma’s money it’s in a trust”, which is true. So no one can look as them think there’s a pay day.

‘This isn’t about the women I also don’t want my son to go into a situation where he could be taken advantage of either.’

In another part of the show, Myleene discussed her campaigning for miscarriage support, telling viewers: ‘Just to give you the idea, the PTSD is the equivalent of a soldier returning from Afganistan 9 months later.

‘Nobody wants to talk about this subject it’s uncomfortable to talk about. There’s no data protection on this. There’s no medical recording. I had four miscarriages. If I didn’t get my son I wouldn’t be able to do this.

‘Previously you’d have to wait to have 3 consecutive miscarriages until you have medical intervention. 

‘My next challenge is data collection. Has it happened to family members. I didn’t know it has happened to my aunty 40 years ago. She called me her daughter.’

Spurred on to talk about her own experience of miscarriage and having no help, Nadia – who has previously been open about her baby loss – admitted: ‘I never had a thought I could ask for anything.

Sad: Spurred on to talk about her own experience of miscarriage and having no help, Nadia admitted: 'It was very painful. It was very difficult'

Sad: Spurred on to talk about her own experience of miscarriage and having no help, Nadia admitted: ‘It was very painful. It was very difficult’

‘My last miscarriage when there was no heartbeat, they said I could stay in hospital but on the labour ward.

‘So I went home and miscarried there. I didn’t know what to do with the foetus. I ended up putting mine in the freezer because I didn’t know what to do.

‘It was only this morning that someone should have helped me. It was very painful. It was very difficult. I feel time and time again women’s health is put last.’

If you have been affected by this story, you can seek advice at www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk or by calling 01924 200 799. 

What causes a miscarriage?

It is highly unlikely that you will ever know the actual cause of a one-off miscarriage, but most are due to the following problems:

ABNORMAL FETUS

The most common cause of miscarriages in the first couple of months is a one-off abnormal development in the fetus, often due to chromosome anomalies. ‘It’s not as though the baby is fine one minute and suddenly dies the next,’ says Professor James Walker, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Leeds. 

‘These pregnancies fail from the outset and were never destined to succeed.’ Most miscarriages like this happen by eight weeks, although bleeding may not start until three or four weeks later, which is worth remembering in subsequent pregnancies. ‘If a scan at eight weeks shows a healthy heart beat, you have a 95 per cent chance of a successful pregnancy,’ says Professor Walker.

HORMONAL FACTORS

A hormonal blip could cause a sporadic miscarriage and never be a problem again. However, a small number of women who have long cycles and irregular periods may suffer recurrent miscarriages because the lining of the uterus is too thin, making implantation difficult. 

Unfortunately, hormone treatment is not terribly successful. 

‘There used to be a trend for progesterone treatment, but trials show this really doesn’t work,’ warns Professor Walker. ‘There is some evidence that injections of HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin, a hormone released in early pregnancy) can help, but it’s not the answer for everyone.’ The treatment must be started as soon as the pregnancy is confirmed, at around four or five weeks.

AGE 

For women over 40, one in four women who become pregnant will miscarry. [One in four women of all ages miscarry, but these figures include women who don’t know that they are pregnant. Of women who do know that they’re pregnant, the figure is one in six. Once you’re over 40, and know that you’re pregnant, the figure rises to one in four]

AUTO-IMMUNE BLOOD DISORDERS

Around 20 per cent of recurrent miscarriers suffer from lupus or a similar auto-immune disorder that causes blood clots to form in the developing placenta. 

A simple blood test, which may need to be repeated several times, can reveal whether or not this is the problem.’One negative test does not mean that a women is okay,’ warns Mr Roy Farquharson, consultant gynaecologist who runs an early pregnancy unit at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. 

Often pregnancy can be a trigger for these disorders, so a test should be done as soon as possible,’ he adds.But it can easily be treated with low dose aspirin or heparin injections, which help to thin the blood and prevent blood clots forming – a recent trial also showed that women do equally well on either. ”We have a 70 per cent live birth rate in women treated for these disorders,’ says Dr Farquharson, ‘which is excellent.’

OTHER CAUSES

While uterine abnormalities, such as fibroids, can cause a miscarriage, many women have no problems carrying a pregnancy to term. An incompetent cervix can also cause miscarriage at around 20 weeks. 

While this can be treated by a special stitch in the cervix, trials suggest it is not particularly successful, although it may delay labour by a few weeks.Gene and chromosomal abnormalities, which can be detected by blood tests, may also cause recurrent miscarriages in a small number of couples. 

A procedure known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis can help. After in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), a single cell is taken from the developing embryo and tested for the gene defect. Only healthy embryos are then replaced in the womb.

 It is an expensive and stressful procedure – and pregnancy rates tend to be quite low – but for some this is preferable to repeated miscarriages or a genetically abnormal baby.

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