Scarlett Moffatt has heartbreakingly revealed she suffered a miscarriage after welcoming her young son Jude.
The TV star, 35, who rose to fame with her family on Channel 4‘s Gogglebox, gave birth to her two-year-old son with partner Scott Dobinson in 2023.
However, Scarlett has emotionally revealed she won’t be having anymore children after miscarrying last year.
She said: ‘We had a miscarriage after Jude. It happened quite late on. We had told people [about the pregnancy] and we were really excited.
‘We had talked about what life would be like, how they would run down the stairs together as siblings at Christmas, so you mourn the loss of that and the life you imagined.’
Scarlett continued to explain to The Sun: ‘I was lying in bed with Scott one day, and I said: “I just don’t think I can handle the heartbreak any more. I think we should stop. We’ve got Jude, so let’s enjoy him”.
Scarlett Moffatt has heartbreakingly revealed she suffered a miscarriage after welcoming her young son Jude
The TV star, 35, who rose to fame with her family on Channel 4’s Gogglebox, gave birth to her two-year-old son with partner Scott Dobinson in 2023
‘Anyone that goes through that, my heart breaks for them, and I just think it’s so brave when people then continue the journey because it is soul-destroying.’
Scarlett had previously opened up on her traumatic birth with Jude, sharing how she had ‘significant blood loss’ during labour.
Speaking on Loose Women last year, she said: ‘One of the things I really didn’t want when you do a birthing plan was a blood transfusion but I lost, like yeah, I think it was like one and a half litres of blood.
‘So I was really woozy, and I said [to my husband] “Please go with him” [the baby] and then he had hypoglycemia.
‘He had low blood sugars, he had jaundice, and I sort of wheeled myself down to NICU and Scott was like “What are you doing woman, get in bed”.’
Following Jude’s early arrival, Scarlett expressed her gratitude for Neonatal Intensive Care Units on Instagram.
Scarlett said: ‘It’s NICU awareness month. Some of you may know Jude was my little miracle baby, who surprised us super early at just 35 weeks and 5 days, a whole month early.
‘I’m always so grateful to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Durham hospital for all their help & support during that time, especially Helen (pictured here) and Charlotte!
Scarlett has emotionally revealed she won’t be having anymore children after miscarrying last year
‘That’s why I’m so happy to be partnering with @waterwipes who have launched their fifth annual Pure Foundation Fund, which gives you the chance to thank individuals and teams who have gone above and beyond for babies born prematurely or admitted into the NICU.’
The TV personality got engaged to ex-policeman Scott in 2023 just months after welcoming their son and are set to wed next year.
Speaking to the Daily Mail earlier this month, Scarlett revealed Scott has given up his career to be a stay-at-home dad.
She explained: ‘I feel really lucky because for the first two years that Jude was born, I decided to take two years off. So I was just in full-time mum mode, it was the best.
‘And then when Jude turned two, I was like “okay, I need to go back into work now” so I can chat to adults, cause I missed that.
‘And also, you know, this industry’s so difficult, I knew that if I took any longer people might be like, “oh, there’s that girl that used to sometimes be on the telly”.
‘So then Scott, my partner, he’s wonderful, he’s now took a two-year career break from the police. So he’s now in full-time dad mode, which is lovely. We’re somehow managing because of that, and we’ve got great grandparents too.’
If you’ve been affected by this story, support is available from the Miscarriage Association on 0303 003 6464 or by emailing info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk
