Laura Kenny, 29, has revealed that she has had both a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy in past five months.The five-time Olympic cycling champion admitted that “scared doesn't even come close” to how she felt at the time, and disclosed that she even lost a fallopian tube.
The UK’s most successful female Olympic athlete told her Instagram followers that she became pregnant with fellow cyclist husband Jason Kenny after last summer's Tokyo Games.However, she tragically miscarried nine weeks into her pregnancy, back in November.The sports star was still feeling unwell after catching Covid in January, and was subsequently rushed into hospital where she had emergency surgery with an ectopic pregnancy.Posting a picture of herself smiling with her fellow GB teammates, the athlete opened up about her ordeal to her 197,000 Instagram followers. “Back at a bike race!
I didn’t expect to be back at a race any time soon but life doesn’t always go to plan does it?” she began.“Since the Olympics we haven’t had much luck and it’s been the hardest few months I’ve ever had to go through. “Jason and I fell pregnant immediately after the games and we were absolutely chuffed to bits. “But unfortunately in November when commentating at the track champions league I miscarried our baby at 9 weeks,” she revealed.“I’ve never felt so lost and sad.
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