The following article contains discussion of baby loss some readers may find distressing.
Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke-Locke has shared the sad news that his and his husband Gareth Locke-Locke's surrogate experienced a miscarriage.
The reality star confirmed the sad news on Instagram on Tuesday (December 28), sharing a photo of a tiny light blue robe with the words "Baby Locke-Locke" stitched onto it.
In the caption of the photo, Ollie shared their story, explaining how they discovered their surrogate was expecting in early November. "Gareth, myself, our surrogate and our families were all ecstatic. After a difficult year, a little bean growing inside the best person you could ever imagine was the most wonderful early Christmas present we could ever have imagined," he wrote.
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He then shared the sad news that, at just over six weeks into the pregnancy, "it stopped growing and had gone".
Ollie confirmed that he and Gareth would try again to become parents, sharing that they "have some wonderful plans and we continue to move forward towards the remarkable gift of fatherhood".
Ollie also vowed to "try and bring attention to help in changing the British laws to make it easier for people desperately trying to have a family" explaining that he and his partner had found it "heartbreakingly difficult and frighteningly expensive to have a family".
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Earlier this year, the couple announced their surrogacy plans and opened up about a failed IVF attempt. "We had a positive mental attitude. We were really excited, and in the end, it didn't work," Ollie told The Mirror.
He also opened up about their journey on Instagram in July, calling finding out their IVF was not successful "heartbreaking news". Ollie added: "We have come to terms with the situation and are now looking forward to getting out to go for a second attempt very soon.
"Doing surrogacy and IVF is not a straight forward thing and there are a lot of ups and downs and testing times that really make you appreciate what it means to achieve the end result of having children."
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