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<\/p>\nStacey Dooley has revealed she suffered an ectopic pregnancy last year that resulted in emergency surgery after doctors discovered she was bleeding internally.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old presenter underwent the operation at Liverpool Women\u2019s Hospital following the traumatic medical emergency.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the What\u2019s The Tea, Amy? podcast with Amy Jackson Westwick, Ms Dooley opened up in detail about the experience for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fell pregnant last year, and it didn\u2019t go brilliantly,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was ectopic and it was all dramatic.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Explaining the seriousness of the situation, she added: \u201cEverything was quite dramatic and it was like, \u2018you\u2019re bleeding internally\u2019, and I had to go for immediate surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Dooley admitted it took a long time to emotionally process the loss, revealing she struggled to speak about it without becoming overwhelmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t talk about it for such a long time without bursting into floods of tears,\u201d she said. \u201cBut now I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Luton-born documentary maker described how events unfolded rapidly once medical staff identified the internal bleeding, calling the experience deeply challenging.<\/p>\n
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Ms Dooley admitted it took a long time to emotionally process the loss<\/p>\n
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She has previously spoken emotionally about the loss during an episode of her BBC series Stacey Sleeps Over, where she said: \u201cIt was ectopic and it was really f****** difficult,\u201d apologising as she became tearful.<\/p>\n
According to NHS figures, ectopic pregnancies affect around 11,000 women each year in the UK.<\/p>\n
Despite the frightening circumstances, Ms Dooley said she found comfort in the humour and warmth of hospital staff caring for her.<\/p>\n
Recalling a moment just before being put under anaesthetic, she said: \u201cI remember I was lying on the bed, about to go under, because it was all going t*** up. The girl goes to me, \u2018here you are girl, have some lovely Scouse air\u2019, as the mask was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The remark reassured her during the ordeal. \u201cI thought, do you know what, I\u2019m in capable hands,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Podcast host Jackson Westwick agreed, noting the hospital\u2019s strong reputation for care.<\/p>\n
Ms Dooley shares daughter Minnie with her partner Kevin Clifton, whom she met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018. <\/p>\n
The pair won the series together before beginning a relationship the following year.<\/p>\n
Their daughter was born in January 2023, and the family now live in Merseyside, having relocated to be closer to Dooley\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n
She has since embraced life in Liverpool, even describing herself as an \u201chonorary Scouser\u201d.<\/p>\n
Speaking previously about the loss, Ms Dooley said the experience forced her to consider alternative paths to expanding her family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you go through something like that, you are forced to think of alternatives,\u201d she said. \u201cS**** happens, and if you want a bigger family, you have to think how you\u2019re going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ms Dooley said she found comfort in the humour and warmth of hospital staff caring for her<\/p>\n
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Ms Dooley has previously spoken openly about a range of personal health experiences, from reproductive health emergencies to long-term mental health challenges. <\/p>\n
Following the birth of her daughter Minnie in 2023, she described the intense physical and emotional toll of sleep deprivation and the unexpected vulnerability that came with new motherhood. <\/p>\n
While filming and reporting on Britain\u2019s mental health crisis, Dooley has also reflected on her own history with anxiety and panic. <\/p>\n
In late 2025, she announced a new series for 2026, The Clickbait Clinic, which will see her investigate unverified social media health trends in a bid to tackle health-related misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stacey Dooley has revealed she suffered an ectopic pregnancy last year that resulted in emergency surgery after doctors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,830,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-381200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}