Natasha Kaplinsky reveals her multiple miscarriages

The former BBC newsreader, from Sussex, struggled to conceive due to an undisclosed medical condition in the years after marrying husband Justin Bower.

Natasha, 49, said the experience made her feel like she had "let her husband down". 

It comes after Natasha spoke about the “frightening” experience of her husband fighting coronavirus earlier this year.

Natasha has now told This Morning about the private heartache she felt before falling pregnant with son Arlo, who was born in 2008, and daughter Angelica, born two years later. 

She said: "I felt I could manage my own disappointment, but I desperately wanted to make Justin a father and I just felt barren as a woman. 

"Anyone [who has suffered miscarriages] will know that feeling of letting your partner down, for me it was that heartbreak.

"I was going to take away that joy for Justin and that made it extra hard."

Natasha is to share her story in Channel 5 documentary Miscarriage: Our Story, which airs tonight.

She explained that she had "promised herself" to speak about her struggles to conceive if she was ever able to have a child naturally. 

She said: "It took a decade to talk about it, I promised myself at the time when I was miscarrying and was so desperate to be a mother, that if I ever was successful to be a natural mother, I would use this to help others.

"Our son has just turned 12 and now I’ve decided to talk about it."

Natasha has not named the medical condition that led to her miscarriages, or revealed how many babies she lost.  

She first discovered she was pregnant in 2006, a year after her wedding to Justin, but was told at the 12-week scan that the pregnancy wasn't viable.   

Natasha said: "It’s so important we speak about it, it’s such a taboo subject.

"I remember the sonography session and the sonographer said 'Would you like a moment to yourself?' and that’s how I was told the pregnancy was not viable.

"It is such a taboo subject and people don’t talk about it, I, of course, spoke to my family and Justin."

She explained that while "thousands of women" experience multiple miscarriages, women suffering can often feel "lonely" while going through them. 

Natasha said: "I think it’s an experience, sadly, that many more women than we know experience, and of course I was devastated and trying to hold down a job. 

"But there are many thousands of women who go through multiple miscarriages, I’m not unique in that but when you are in that experience you feel terribly lonely."

She hopes to offer "comfort" to other women who have suffered "repeated grief" after multiple miscarriages. 

"It is such a lonely time', she said, 'It does feel like you are the only person who will never be successful when you go through multiple miscarriages. 

"The point of the film is to offer some comfort to women and men who are suffering that repeated grief."