Rebecca Adlington says she felt ‘actually accountable’ for her tragic miscarriage and divulges she is not sure if she desires to strive for her third baby

Rebecca Adlington has stated that she feels ‘accountable’ for the tragic miscarriage she suffered last year.

The Olympic swimmer, 34, additionally revealed how the heartbreak has made her reluctant to strive once more for a 3rd baby.

The mother-of-two shares daughter Summer season, eight, from her earlier marriage to swimmer Harry Wants, and son, Albie, two, along with her husband Andy Parsons. 

Rebecca went in to hospital for her 12-week-scan and later needed to go down for the  emergency surgical procedure after discovering she had miscarried the kid. 

After being despatched dwelling following the surgical procedure, Rebecca needed to be readmitted to deal with sepsis, a kidney an infection and a fever.

Unhappy: Rebecca Adlington has stated that she feels ‘accountable’ for the tragic miscarriage she suffered final 12 months

Household: The mother-of-two shares daughter Summer season, eight, from her earlier marriage to swimmer Harry Wants, and son, Albie, two, along with her husband Andy Parsons

In an interview with The Mirror, Rebecca stated: ‘As a result of I would had two kids with none issues, a miscarriage by no means crossed my thoughts. I realise this would possibly sound naïve, however I anticipated some indicators.

‘I felt actually accountable for the miscarriage, although it wasn’t my fault. I keep in mind chatting with the medical doctors and so they stated there was nothing I might have finished to forestall what occurred.’

‘However you have obtained all this stress to guard one thing – this delicate being, this valuable, particular, unimaginable child – for 9 months, and it simply appeared loopy as a result of I’ve finished it twice earlier than and been completely tremendous.’

Rebecca added that her husband Andy continues to be struggling the painful aftermath of her miscarriage every day.

She recalled that he would say ‘We’d be having a child proper now’, and added that the pair have handled the grief in a different way.

The previous I am A Celeb… Get Me Out Of Right here star mentioned that she would not need to put any stress on herself to have kids.

As she believes that the chances of conceiving once more are towards her, following an ongoing battle with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Andy and Rebecca tied the knot again in August with a Cheshire ceremony, 5 months after welcoming their son. 

Horrible: Rebecca went in to hospital for her 12-week-scan and later needed to go down for the emergency surgical procedure after discovering she had miscarried the kid

Robust instances: Rebecca added that her husband Andy continues to be struggling the painful aftermath of her miscarriage every day

Newlyweds: Rebecca tied the knot with husband Andy, who she met on courting app Bumble, in a Cheshire ceremony

Co-parents: Rebecca, who gained two gold medals on the 2008 Olympics and two bronze medals at London 2012, was beforehand married to Summer season’s father Harry (pictured with Harry)

Candy: She welcomed child Albie again in March 2021, posting a snap with the new child and her daughter

The pair met on courting app Bumble in 2018, with the swimmer gushing after their wedding ceremony ‘It labored out completely for us. We could not be happier’.

The couple began courting two years after the swimmer cut up from her ex husband Harry, and she or he beforehand admitted she was nervous about courting once more.

The couple rapidly fell in love and services supervisor Andy, 30, moved from Liverpool to reside with Becky in Manchester in 2019. 

Rebecca, who gained two gold medals on the 2008 Olympics and two bronze medals at London 2012, was beforehand married to Summer season’s father Harry – with the pair splitting in 2016.

Because of Rebecca’s two gold medal win on the 2008 Summer season Olympics, she grew to become Britain’s first Olympic swimming champion since 1988.

In 2013, aged 23, she retired from all aggressive swimming.