OHMYGOSSIP — Jessica Fox is pregnant.
The ‘Hollyoaks’ actress – who is best known for playing Nancy Hayton in the Channel 4 soap – revealed that after suffering two heartbreaking miscarriages, she and her husband Nicholas Willes are expecting a baby together next year.
She shared a picture of her baby scan on Instagram and wrote: “This week has been baby loss awareness week. So it seemed a good (and bad) time to share our story at the end of such an important and heartbreaking campaign and to show our support to all those who have been or are going through a similar journey.
“Trigger warning: Trying to conceive and conceiving after loss. Please make use of the mute or unfollow button if any of this is too much for you.
“Out of difficulties, grow miracles.
“Due spring 2023.”
She added: “Nick and I have been on a rocky road to get to this point. Miscarriage is awful, there is no other word for it. It robs you of the future you had planned, your faith in your body, it’s isolating, lonely, frightening and nobody seems to talk about it. It’s incredibly painful, it’s pass out in your bathroom painful.
“It takes away the joy and excitement when and if you choose (and are able) to get pregnant again. It’s replaced by anxiety, stress and more fear than I ever could have imaged.
“Nick and I lost two babies in 2021. Both losses were at the end of the first trimester and completely heartbreaking.”
Jessica added how difficult it was when her ‘Hollyoaks’ alter-ego got pregnant.
She said: “In a cruel twist of fate, when I got pregnant the second time, the character I play on ‘Hollyoaks’ was pregnant too. On Twitter and Instagram I would see comments that I must be pregnant in real life. I looked pregnant almost straight away and I had started to put on weight.
“I started to show at work, I felt very smug that I’d have the most realistic baby bump ever. Maybe my actual baby could play my child on screen? The wardrobe department, who are the kindest people on earth, were the only ones who knew I was expecting.
“Then I lost the baby. On the Friday, I had a real bump, on the Monday I was putting on a fake one. It was every bit as horrific as it sounds. I tried to keep it a secret and get on with it. Sharing this on social media is not something I ever expected to do.
“On my due date, at work, I was handed a beautiful tiny baby and I cried uncontrollably throughout the whole scene. The director, not knowing my situation must have thought I was fantastic – I was broken. My mental health was s***.
“I’d given up sleep, I’d developed a fear of driving, intrusive thoughts and we think a form of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). A holiday, meditation, the NHS and most important time, things improved massively and I hope they burned that bloody bump.
“On holiday in Greece, I saw the most beautiful rainbow, I was pregnant by the time I got home.
“At 20 weeks, our baby is healthy and growing. Due spring 2023.”
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