EastEnders star Sid Owen has opened up about the traumatic moment he was left begging doctors to save his partner and their premature baby's lives.The actor's girlfriend Victoria Shores needed a transfusion after losing two pints of blood when their baby daughter had to be delivered four weeks early by emergency C-section.Sid, 50, told The Sun on Sunday that he begged doctors to make sure she survived after traumatic experience as he said he's still "processing the trauma", and said it was the "toughest moment" he's ever experienced.
The star - who played Ricky Butcher in EastEnders for 24 years - said that when he was given scrubs to wear in the hospital it brought back memories of scenes he filmed alongside Patsy Palmer in 1997 where Ricky and girlfriend Bianca Jackson had a stillborn child.He confessed the memory of the storyline was on his mind but said he "had to pull himself together".
On Friday, January 21, Sid and Victoria woke up to find their bedding soaked in blood and began to panic after they tragically suffered a miscarriage last year.
Sid said: “We were both trying to stay calm for each other, but as it was a month before our due date and we knew something wasn’t right.
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