Geordie comedian and frequent Mock the Week panellist Chris Ramsey has shared the devastating news that his wife Rosie had recently suffered a miscarriage.
Ramsey shared the news with his followers on Instagram after reposting an emotional message that Rosie had written for her own social media page.
“Reposted this from my wife’s insta,” he introduced. “This it says it all. She’s been a warrior.”
In her statement, Rosie writes that she and Chris have had a “pretty shitty” week after apologising for their silence, before going on to explain what had happened.
#Repost @rosemarino1 with @get_repost Reposted this from my wife’s insta. This it says it all. She’s been a warrior. ・・・ Good morning. Apologies for our silence across our social media’s this week, it’s safe to say we’ve had a pretty shitty one. . Last week we thought we would be sharing some lovely news with you all but sadly that was not to be. . When we went for our 12 week scan our baby could not be found. He or she had passed early on in the pregnancy leaving behind the pregnancy sac, this is called a Blighted Ovum. (missed miscarriage) My body still thought I was pregnant for all those weeks after the baby had passed, hormones were released and everything apart from the baby was still growing. I’d never heard of this before so as you can imagine it all came as a great shock. . Unfortunately it didn’t all end there as we were told I still needed to have a miscarriage to rid my body of the sac, placenta etc. . I was admitted into hospital a few days later to start the procedure. . It was awful. Cramping, vomiting, fainting, fever, really just not nice. After 5 rounds of tablets over a course of 20 or so hours the doctors told me it hadn’t worked as effectively as they’d hoped. . I was then taken to surgery to have everything removed. . It is now finally all over. . I know it is going to take time to come to terms with all of this, I feel emotionally and physically exhausted. I have so much sympathy for other couples who have/are going through this as I never knew it entailed so much heartache. . Robin has been wonderful through it all and we feel so blessed to have him in our lives. ❤️ . . Thank you so much for all your messages of concern, I’ve read them all just didn’t know how to respond x . I was unsure of whether to even put this on social media as not many people knew about our pregnancy, but I need to hear from other women this has happened to, it needs to be talked about in order to heal. 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1 IN 4! I didn’t realise it was that many. People can’t go through this experience in silence or alone, it’s just too painful. . 💕💙
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“Last week we thought we would be sharing some lovely news with you all but sadly that was not to be,” the message read. “When we went for our 12 week scan our baby could not be found. He or she had passed early on in the pregnancy leaving behind the pregnancy sac.”
They continued to explain that what had happened is known as blighted ovum, or missed miscarriage, and added that the news had come as a “great shock”.
“My body still thought I was pregnant for all those weeks after the baby had passed, hormones were released and everything apart from the baby was still growing,” Rosie added. “I’d never heard of this before so as you can imagine it all came as a great shock.”
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[Chris Ramsey and Rosie in 2014]
Rosie’s post continued to detail the later complications and surgeries she also experienced before adding that “it is now finally all over” and sharing that she feels “emotionally and physically exhausted”.
“I know it is going to take time to come to terms with all of this, I feel emotionally and physically exhausted. I have so much sympathy for other couples who have/are going through this as I never knew it entailed so much heartache,” she added.
Chris and Rosie are already parents to two-year-old son Robin, and Rosie adds that he’s been “wonderful through it all”.
6 weeks of feeling married again. 6 weeks of sharing the bum wiping. 6 weeks of taking turns to get up. 6 weeks of not always tidying up. 6 weeks of not being the bad guy. 6 weeks of marital bliss. ❤️ . . . Ok that last one was a joke. He’s only been home three hours and we’ve already had a row. 😂 . . Basically Chris is home for 6 weeks and I’m really happy about it as I flipping hate being on me Todd! . . . #motherhood #family #marriage
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The post ended with Rosie explaining that she was unsure whether to publicly share her experience at first, before deciding to put her story online to hear from other it has happened to.
“It needs to be talked about in order to heal,” she concluded. “1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1 IN 4! I didn’t realise it was that many. People can’t go through this experience in silence or alone, it’s just too painful.”
Ramsey also later shared a post thanking everyone for the messages they’d been sending after sharing the news.
“Thanks for all of your lovely messages guys.” he wrote. “They honestly mean the world and really do help.”
Sands supports anyone affected by the death of a baby. You can contact the Sands National Helpline on 0808 164 3332, or email [email protected].
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