Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter and her fiance Ollie Piotrowksi gave their first TV interview on today’s Loose Women about their pregnancy – explaining they’re taking each day as it comes after the couple tragically lost quadruplets last year after a miscarriage.
Speaking to hosts Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Janet Street-Porter and Dame Kelly Holmes, the couple shared how they’re preparing to welcome a new baby son in less than six weeks. Coleen asked how the pregnancy had been so far.
Jorgie explained: “In the beginning it was quite hard. It was a bit stressful, a bit worrying, but we kind of had to get over that bit and go, ‘Do you know what? We need to enjoy this and start thinking about everything day by day. We’ve got to enjoy the journey.’”
Ollie added, “We both openly said it, it was super scary. It’s hard in general at the best of times but it was extra hard taking each day as it comes and just going with the flow.”
They shared how Ollie’s son Alfie, nine, was super excited about having a baby brother, and how Jorgie roped Ollie into strapping two watermelons to his stomach to give him an idea of how it feels to be pregnant. Ruth asked Ollie about men getting ‘forgotten’ in miscarriage and how important it is to talk about it.
He said: “I think it’s really hard – men and women – to talk about miscarriage in general and how it affects you day to day, just to be able to get on and move forward. I think the really hard part is knowing what’s right for your partner at the same time as well because you’re really struggling as well, and the emotions of it are all over the show.
“It should be a lot more open these days. It is really hard,” he explained, turning to Jorgie, “But I think it’s about making sure you’re alright first and foremost.”
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