Katie Price has opened up about suffering a ‘devastating’ miscarriage after falling pregnant with JJ Slater over the Christmas period.
At the age of 46, the TV personality was surprised to find out that she was expecting a baby with JJ, who is 31 years old. Despite being informed that she was in the perimenopausal stage and had only a 1% chance of getting pregnant naturally, she defied the odds.
Her pregnancy came as a shock when she missed her period on Boxing Day. However, the joy was short-lived as she received the heartbreaking news earlier this month that she had a miscarriage.
Following the miscarriage, Katie recounted the emotional journey, stating, “We visited a clinic for blood tests and an examination which revealed the location of the baby, but sadly, it was no longer alive. The experience has been extremely distressing for both of us.”
Katie told The Sun of her fertility: ‘Last year I’d been told I was perimenopausal and that there was only a 1% chance I could get pregnant naturally, so me and JJ didn’t really think I would, we weren’t even trying.
‘But then on Boxing Day I missed a period, and I’m usually so regular every 28 days, and the symptoms started: my boobs were sore, I felt bloated, a little bit moody and started feeling nauseous.’
Katie Price has revealed she has suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage after unexpectedly falling pregnant with JJ Slater (Seen in her IVF documentary)
A source told The Sun : ‘Kate and JJ are heartbroken – it’s been an incredibly hard past few weeks, with emotions ranging from utter joy to complete devastation’ (Seen with JJ)
Despite it being a surprise, Katie said her boyfriend JJ was so excited – however she began to get ‘worried’ when the lines on her pregnancy tests were not getting dark.
Charity Tommy’s – the UK’s leading pregnancy and miscarriage organisation – confirmed to MailOnline that Katie has teamed up with them to raise awareness for grieving mums.
A source told The Sun: ‘Kate and JJ are heartbroken – it’s been an incredibly hard past few weeks, with emotions ranging from utter joy to complete devastation.’
Katie had previously spoken about having had ‘more than three miscarriages’ in the past, plus a ‘near fatal’ ectopic pregnancy.
The model is mother to disabled son Harvey, 22, with former footballer Dwight York, son Junior, 19, daughter Princess with her first husband Peter Andre, and son Jett, 10, and daughter Bunny, nine, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler.
Katie previously confessed her fears that she might be going through the menopause as she opened up about new health symptoms.
She had been very open about her hopes of welcoming a sixth child and has even explored IVF options.
Speaking to her sister Sophie on her podcast The Katie Price Show she explained: ‘I’m not sleeping at night and I’m normally a really good sleeper, so something’s going on.
It’s been reported that she fell pregnant over Christmas but learned earlier this month that she has lost the baby after having a scan
Katie was previously left gutted after being informed that she was heading towards the menopause as she tried for IVF with former fiancé Carl Woods on her documentary
‘So I’m just going to get my blood test because maybe I’m having an early menopause, I don’t know how it all works, but I’m still having my periods.’
Katie added that her bed was ‘wet with cold sweat’ in the run-up to her periods, so she wondered if she was ‘going through the change’.
Last month the star was left gutted after being informed that she was heading towards the menopause as she tried for IVF with former fiancé Carl Woods on her documentary, Making Babies.
The Channel 4 show, which was filmed in 2023 before she split with Carl, documented the former couple’s fertility treatment journey as they planned to have another baby.
Katie and Carl had been trying to fall pregnant for three years, however, they were dealt a crushing blow when a fertility expert told a then 45-year-old Katie that she only had ‘a couple of awake eggs’ and that her body was showing signs of menopause.
Breaking the news to the pair during the first episode, gynecologist Carole Gilling-Smith informed them that they had ‘less than one percent’ of falling pregnant using Katie’s own eggs, adding that it she was ‘unlikely’ to produce a ‘healthy egg’.
And while the situation was a crushing blow to the then couple, Katie was then seen panicking that Carl would dump her amid the fact that she was facing the menopause ‘within a year or two’ and might not be able to give him a child naturally.
Katie and Carl had been trying to fall pregnant for three years, however, they were dealt a crushing blow when a fertility expert told a then 45-year-old Katie that she only had ‘a couple of awake eggs’
She exclaimed: ‘He probably won’t want to be with me now anyway.’
Speaking to the camera, she added: ‘But I now am paranoid that he won’t want to be with me because he’ll want a kid, and he’d think I’m so much grief that he’d go and get someone younger and set up a family. That’s what I think.’
As Carl slammed her negativity as ‘insanity’, Katie went on to say how ‘paranoid’ she was, remarking: ‘The door is closed on me!’
Fertility expert Carole then later admitted that the news was a ‘big blow’ for Katie as she told how ‘the first sign of ageing is coming from her ovaries’.
She also shared that when women get news such as Katie’s, they often get the feeling that they are no longer attractive.
Despite being given such a low chance of producing a healthy egg, a determined Katie later informed Carole that she wanted to go ahead with the egg retrieval.
The documentary then sees Katie undergo a procedure to retrieve her egg, with the star later delighted when two are collected.
And while at the time the couple were excited at the prospect of having a baby, they went on to split mid-filming, while the IVF was ultimately unsuccessful.
Katie has been hoping to have a baby with JJ for some time.
According to Closer, a source said in October: ‘Katie and JJ met with IVF clinic experts who have told her she does have a chance to have children – despite her lower-grade eggs and age.
‘She has exhausted all IVF attempts and channels in the UK, and is hoping this is the start to expanding her family.’
If you have been affected by this story, you can seek advice at www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk or www.tommys.org or by calling 01924 200 799
