Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon got emotional as she reflected on her heartbreaking miscarriage.
The Bethany Platt actress, 28, is one of the stars on the latest ITVBe fly-on-the-wall series Drama Queens, alongside Ellie Leach and Hollyoaks’ Jamelia.
In Wednesday’s [April 24] episode Lucy broke down as she discussed her miscarriage, before she and partner Ryan Ledson welcomed their baby son Sonny Jude in January 2023.
‘In the first year that Ryan and me were together we fell pregnant and we were really, really excited. We booked a scan and…,’ she said.
‘We went for the first scan and I didn’t expect that anything would be wrong and she [the nurse] told us that there was no heartbeat and the baby had died.’
She added: ‘I just feel like because we had experienced some harder times before we had Sonny and I think when I was pregnant with Sonny I was filled with so much anxiety.
‘To kind of look back and think “wow what we’ve created” it just feels even more special.’
During an appearance on Loose Women last year Lucy opened the lid on the dramatic birth of her first son Sonny Jude, during which she had a ventouse delivery after being induced early.
A ventouse (or vacuum cup) uses suction to attach a cup onto a baby’s head to help the mother give birth, with midwives or obstetrician encouraging her to push in line with contractions.
‘He’s really good, he is. We don’t get as much sleep as we used to do, obviously. But he is actually really good.’
Asked how she is feeling after the emotional birth, which saw her induced after 38 weeks when the baby’s growth started to slow down.
Lucy was on gas and air ‘for ages’ and added she made ‘a lot of noise.’
On the daytime show, she continued ‘I am actually fine, I am genuinely. Obviously it’s a massive life change, it’s huge!
‘Looking back, it could’ve been a lot worse,’ she reflected. ‘I’d made a full birth playlist that I wanted to be played but that went out of the window!’
Previously, Lucy told OK! Magazine: ‘I was pushing for an hour and a half but, between contractions, his head was going back in.
‘Having the ventouse is classed as an assisted birth, so we headed into surgery around 6pm, and he was born at 6.34pm, weighing 7lb 4oz.
‘He had a bit of a cone head for a few days, but he’s fine now.’
