Perrie Edwards speaks about two miscarriages, including 24-week loss

Perrie Edwards has spoken candidly about the emotional toll of pregnancy loss, revealing that she has endured two miscarriages, including a late-term loss at 24 weeks, before and after the birth of her son Axel. The Little Mix singer, who shares Axel with fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, disclosed the experiences on a recent podcast and then returned to the stage this weekend for a hometown performance, underscoring the complexity of navigating motherhood, public life, and a rising solo career.

Edwards described the sequence of events that followed the birth of Axel in 2021, calling him a rainbow baby after a previous miscarriage in an earlier pregnancy. She said she learned she was pregnant again while rehearsing for Little Mix’s tour, then faced a series of troubling signs, including persistent bleeding as the pregnancy progressed. Doctors initially confirmed that the baby was viable, but at a 24-week scan, she and Oxlade-Chamberlain learned the fetus had no heartbeat. The moment, she said, was the “worst day of my life,” a day she described in stark terms as surreal and traumatic. The loss came after a period during which she had been planning a nursery and preparing for a...