Lacey Turner and Husband Matt Share Their Baby Joy ‘After the Heartbreak We Went Through, It’S a Miracle To
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PREGNANCY EXCLUSIVE ISSUE 1256 ● 29 SEPTEMBER 2020 ● £2.40 WEEKLYWEEKKLLY SOAP STAR LACEY TURNER AND HUSBAND MATT SHARE THEIR BABY JOY ‘AFTER THE HEARTBREAK WE WENT THROUGH, IT’S A MIRACLE TO t Export £2.60/€4.90 t Esp/Por €3.30 t Italy €4.80 t Auz $8.40 inc GST t CDN $7.99 t ROI €3.35 t NL €4.75 FALL PREGNANT t FR €3.80 t Aus €6.10 t Malta €4.25 t Ger €5.30 SO QUICKLY’ EXCLUSIVE WHY KATE & WILLIAM’S EXCLUSIVE RETURN TO LONDON KIMBERLEY IS BITTERSWEET SAM FAIERS WALSH ON HER BATTLE OPENS UP WITH ACNE ABOUT ‘SOME DAYS FEELING I DIDN’T BROODY WANT ‘I’LL NEVER TO GO RULE OUT OUT’ A THIRD CHILD’ ISSUE SEPTEMBER CONTENTS THISWEEK’SCOVERSTARS NEWSAND INTERVIEWS LACEY TURNER THEROYALS BRIT CROWD LUCYLIU KYMMARSH KIMBERLEY WALSH LOVE MATTERS EMILYANDRE RACHEL RILEY CELEBRITY HOLIDAY HOMES THIS MORNING HOLLYWOOD KATIEAND LAWRENCE KENWRIGHT ADAMANT LUCIEJONES SAMFAIERS henh EastEndersE tE d star countryt home h with William and and thethhe children,chhilddren FASHIONISTA Lacey Turner spoke has been bittersweet for Kate. She knows that to OK! last year time may be something she never gets again. HIGHLANDFLING about her two I have to say, I know the feeling. My house STYLE EDIT Wdevastating miscarriages and has been very quiet since my boys went back OK! LOVES how she thought she’d never to school. There are certainly more biscuits in FASHION SPY become a mum, I know many the tin though! BEAUTY EDIT were moved by her honesty. Nevertheless, Kate and William were back BEAUTY BUZZ She was so candid and spoke so openly to their working best as they baked bagels in about her fears; she must have inspired the East End. Beigels or bagels, I’ve never been thousands of women in the same position. sure of the right spelling. And I’m a Jewish girl! LIFESTYLE Today, Lacey has much to be proud of. I once wrote an article where I had to sit in ANDCHAT After all the heartache, she is exclusively the The Ritz London and demand the manager celebrating the news with us that she is bring me a smoked OK! ICONS pregnant with her second child. salmon bagel even OK! REVIEWS She says it’s a miracle. We say, Lacey you though it wasn’t on OK! HEALTH deserve it. Enjoy your precious family. the menu. The poor OK! RECIPES It seems that the Duchess of Cambridge has man rushed out to OK! TRAVEL really been enjoying her family! the nearest bakery! CHARLOTTE SELIGMAN OK! HOTSPOT According to our royal expert Katie Nicholl, That’s what you call OK! EDITOR OK! STARS returning to London, after months spent at her five-star service! charloe_seligman OK! VINTAGE VISITOURWEBSITEWWWOKCOUK /OKMAGAZINEUK @OK_MAGAZINE @OK_MAG PHOTOS: CATHERINE HACK, CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES, DAVID ENGLISH, GETTY, LORNA ENGLISH, GETTY, HACK, CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES, DAVID PHOTOS: CATHERINE WEISS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK, ROACH, MARK THOMAS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK, SARA JAYE WWW.OK.CO.UK 3 BABYJOY ‘IFTHEY WEREALL LIKEDUSTY WE’DHAVE LOADSOF KIDS!’ EASTENDERSSTARLACEYTURNER ANDHERHUSBANDMATTKAY EXCLUSIVELYREVEALTOOK!’S ANNABELZAMMITTHEY’RE EXPECTINGTHEIRSECONDCHILD 4 WWW.OK.CO.UK 5 acey Turner is sitting in the kitchen of her Hertfordshire home, chatting, while her husband, Matt Kay, is dancing around the room with their one-year-old daughter, LDusty. “When you see a man be so amazing with their daughter it makes you love them even more,” the EastEnders actress says as she watches her husband of three years make Dusty giggle with delight. It’s no surprise, then, that the couple decided to try for another baby – and now they can exclusively reveal to OK! that Lacey is 16 weeks pregnant. “We feel so lucky to be expecting our second baby, as it took so long to get Dusty,” says Lacey, 32, who’s due in February. The journey to parenthood was a long and heartbreaking one for the couple. Lacey suffered two miscarriages before becoming pregnant with Dusty. Both were at seven weeks. Afterwards, Lacey underwent tests to determine any medical issues (there weren’t any) and a period of six months where they didn’t fall pregnant, before having Dusty in July 2019. “We didn’t know if it was going to take years again so it was an amazing surprise,” says barber Matt, also 32. Following lockdown, EastEnders recently returned to our screens and this week viewers will see Lacey’s character Stacey Slater return to Walford to discover her estranged husband Martin Fowler [James Bye] is in a relationship with her best friend Ruby Allen [Louisa Lytton] and in true Albert Square style, there will be fireworks! “It’s always so much more fun to play a feisty character,” laughs Lacey, who’s been in the BBC show since she was 16 years old. Here, Lacey and Matt open up about their excitement at expecting their second child, parenting Dusty and Stacey’s dramatic return to Walford... 6 WWW.OK.CO.UK 7 8 ‘HAVINGDUSTYWASTHE BESTTHINGTHATEVER HAPPENEDTOUS’ Congratulations! How did you to have the attitude of ‘if it happens feel when you found out you were it happens’ – and then it did! It was expecting your second child? a lovely surprise. It took so long with Lacey: I was over the moon. I had Dusty, but now they’re coming along an inkling I was pregnant, so I took like buses! After the heartbreak we the test at home and it was positive. went through, it’s a miracle to fall We feel so lucky to be expecting pregnant so quickly. our second, as it took so long and Matt: We didn’t know if it was going there was so much heartache getting to take years again so it was an Dusty here. amazing surprise. Matt: When Lacey told me, I was so happy. Having Dusty was the best You went through a very traumatic thing that ever happened to us, time last time. [Lacey suffered two so to have another baby is only miscarriages both at seven weeks going to be amazing. before falling pregnant with Dusty]. Were you concerned Were you trying for long? when you started trying? Lacey: No, we were lucky. After last Lacey: Yes, I was. I didn’t know time, we learned the best way was how long it would take and you WWW.OK.CO.UK 9 ‘EVERYTIME IGOFORA SCANIFEAR IT’SGOING TOBEBAD NEWS’ worry you may suffer more heartache, but, thankfully, everything’s been fine. I don’t think pregnancy will ever be an exciting experience for me as I always have that worry in the back of my mind, but the further along I go in the pregnancy, the less I worry. Matt’s more positive than me. Matt: I try not to let any negative energy creep up. Lacey: I don’t think Matt thinks too deeply about things, whereas I’ll go straight to the worst possible scenario! It must have been a relief to get past the seven-week point… Lacey: A huge relief. I still feel nervous but I think I always will. I got past seven weeks, then nine weeks, and so on. They’re all milestones. The 20-week mark is the point 10 I feel like I can breathe a bit easier, as it’s the How have your hospital appointments been going to be bad news. After what we went halfway point. Although I went straight onto during the pandemic? through, it’s reassuring to have scans. When progesterone as I think that helped last time. Lacey: All of my midwife appointments have I can’t feel the baby, it’s scary, so they make been over the phone, which has been quite me feel at ease. When the baby starts kicking, What does progesterone do? nice as you can do it from home! I’ve had I’m not as worried. Lacey: It’s common for women to lose levels of all my scans privately because of what progesterone in the early stages of pregnancy happened last time. Are you going to find out the gender? and that can be a big factor of miscarriage. Matt: Because we’ve gone privately I’m able to Lacey: We’re not, as there aren’t many There’s no scientific proof it works, but it go along to the scans, which has been nice. surprises in life. I’d love Dusty to have a sister works for the majority of people. They give as I have sisters, but then I’d love her to have it to people who have IVF but for some reason You went for about 15 scans when pregnant a brother as I didn’t have brothers. they don’t offer it when you have recurrent with Dusty as you wanted reassurance. How Matt: It would be nice to have one of each but miscarriages. I’ve heard from women who many scans have you had this time? I don’t really care. It’s a win-win! were in the same position as I was; trying and Lacey: I had a scan every two weeks up trying and getting nowhere and so many have until 14 weeks. At 14 weeks they do a really When you were pregnant with Dusty, told me they’ve had successful pregnancies detailed scan where they check the baby’s you could only remove your sickness and are now parents because they asked brain, liver and heart. It’s the same scan they bands to have a bath. How do you feel about being put on progesterone early in do at 20 weeks on the NHS.