Model Nell McAndrew has spoken of her heartbreak after she was forced to terminate her pregnancy because the baby would not survive.
Doctors told the 31-year-old, who was three months pregnant, that severe complications meant the baby would die before birth.
A scan at a Leeds hospital showed the foetus had a condition known as amniotic band disruption, where the tissue which forms the amniotic sac grows in the wrong place.
It means the band can grow around any part of the child, restricting its growth and chances of survival.
McAndrew, who married 36-year-old Paul Hardcastle last year, told The Sun newspaper that doctors broke the news on 29 September.
She said: "Shortly after the scan the consultant explained that there were lots of complications and the foetus could not possibly survive.
"Yes I am very, very upset and yes I have cried because things have not turned out the way I thought they would.
"I'd been looking forward to my bump beginning to show. After the scan I was in shock because I'd been feeling fine."
McAndrew, who had the termination on Friday, said the consultant told her there was nothing she could have done differently.
She added: "I was upset afterwards because it wasn't something I ever dreamed was going to happen - but realistically it's something that happens to a lot of women and you just have to get on with it."
