Olympian Laura Kenny reveals she was rushed to hospital with ectopic pregnancy and suffered tragic miscarriage
TEAM GB Olympic legend Laura Kenny has revealed she tragically suffered a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy in the past five months.
The 29-year-old, Great Britain’s most-successful female Olympian, announced that she discovered she was pregnant after the Tokyo Games last summer.
Heartbreakingly, she miscarried at nine weeks back in November and then after catching Covid in January, the icon was rushed into hospital for surgery with an ectopic pregnancy.
Revealing the tragic tale on Instagram, Kenny wrote: “Scared doesn't even come close. I lost a Fallopian tube that day.
“I've always known I was tough, but sometimes life pushes you to an unbearable limit.”
Kenny married her cyclist husband Jason, 34, in September 2016 and the couple welcomed the arrival of a baby boy, Albie, in 2017.
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An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg implants itself outside the womb - most commonly in one of the Fallopian tubes.
Kenny continued: “Since the Olympics we haven't had much luck and it's been the hardest few months I've ever had to go through.
“Jason and I fell pregnant immediately after the Games and we were absolutely chuffed to bits. But unfortunately in November when commentating at the Track Champions League I miscarried our baby at nine weeks.
“I've never felt so lost and sad. It felt like a part of me had been torn away.
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“I grabbed for my safety blanket, bike riding! I found myself back in my happy place training again. I then caught Covid in mid-January and found myself feeling really very unwell.
“I didn't have typical Covid symptoms and I just felt I needed to go to hospital.
“A day later I found myself in A&E being rushed to theatre because I was having an ectopic pregnancy.
“If it wasn't for Jason and Albie getting me through the day-to-day I'd have been broken.”
Kenny made her return to the race track on Thursday at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Glasgow and won silver in the team pursuit.
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