Myleene Klass shared a photo of herself in her iconic white bikini, claiming that she “gets done more in swimwear than MPs in power suits.”
The former Hear’Say singer, 45, made history in July by changing pregnancy loss laws. These changes mean women no longer have to wait until after three miscarriages to get medical help and counseling before conception.
She spent four years campaigning with Labor MP Olivia Blake for changes to Britain’s miscarriage laws.
Sharing a video on Instagram on Friday, Myleene defiantly said, “It doesn’t matter what you wear, it matters what you do while wearing it.”
She wrote, ‘Don’t let the bikini fool you.’ This blew up my stories and your DMs made me laugh (except for the rishi in the bikini DM) so posted it here too.’
Famous: Myleene Klass, 45, shared a photo of herself in her iconic white bikini as she claimed she “gets done more in swimwear than MPs in power suits”
Amazing: The singer made history in July by changing pregnancy loss laws. These changes mean women no longer have to wait until they have three miscarriages to get help
Myleene continued, “Trigger: Businesswoman and mom in bikini.” I fought to change the law for women and won. I’ve beaten athletes and Olympians to be crowned a jungle legend and donated £100,000 to @savethechildren.
“I wrote a Sunday Times bestseller that continues to empower our children and save lives.”
“I’ve seen firsthand what’s happening in Parliament and how people behave and it’s quite depressing and actually surprising that anything is being done, damn it!”
“I own the longest running celebrity brand in the UK, I sell an item every 35 seconds (broke the 45 second record) and provide security to other jobs and being the breadwinner of my children… and it’s my body so criticize Me all you want.” I get more done in a bikini than MPs in their sudo “power suits”.
“It’s not what you’re wearing that matters, it’s what you’re doing while you’re wearing it.”
Myleene recently recalled her experience after suffering four “agonizing” miscarriages when she changed pregnancy loss laws, and shared her joy when a series of changes were approved.
The changes were featured in the long-awaited Pregnancy Loss Review – an independent report on NHS miscarriage care and how it can be improved, produced following a campaign by baby loss charity Tommy’s, which Myleene works with.
Speaking exclusively to Web about the milestone, Myleene bravely reflected on her own devastating experience of losing four babies and shared how the changes had helped her.
Inspiration: Sharing a video on Instagram on Friday, Myleene defiantly said, “It’s not what you wear that matters, it’s what you do while you’re wearing it,” hitting back at critics
Amazing: She spent four years campaigning alongside Labor MP Olivia Blake for changes to Britain’s miscarriage laws
Myleene detailed the “barbaric” trauma she endured with each miscarriage and told how she “trembled with fear” after receiving the devastating news.
She explained how, shortly after being told she had lost her child, she had to decide what the hospital should do with the fetal remains, detailing the trauma of the moment.
She detailed the changes that had to be made, telling Web: “You stand there in your surgical socks shaking with fear and excitement while your dead baby is on the scan and you have to make a decision.” I hand her over in a jiffy of the ashes or do I put them in a foil?”
“How do you relate to the baby that got lost in the paperwork you have to fill out?” “It’s agony,” she continued.
“How would you like to dispose of the products of pregnancy? Would you like ashes and prayers, or would you like slides and scholarly papers?”
“It’s barbaric and now it’s all going to stop.” “The fact that I’ve been campaigning for this for years and now actually saying there is a point is incredible.”
Myleene also recalled how she was expected to walk through a waiting room full of expectant mothers after receiving the heartbreaking news of her miscarriage.
She said: “The suffering of sitting in a room and hearing that there is no heartbeat and having to walk out through a room full of expectant mothers with their scanned photos, it’s barbaric!”
She shared how the charity Tommy’s will provide support and better mental health support after a first miscarriage.
Heartbroken by her miscarriages, Myleene described the experience as “isolating” because the loss of a child is “taboo” and women feel unable to speak openly about it – although according to Tommy’s it affects one in four women.
She confessed that for a long time she felt unable to pronounce the word “miscarriage” and struggled to articulate her experience, even while filming her 2021 Sky documentary Miscarriage & Me.
“On my first day of shooting my miscarriage documentary, I couldn’t say, ‘I had a miscarriage,'” she said.
“I couldn’t say the word, they just kept the tape running until I could say the word miscarriage.”
“Even the terminology surrounding women’s health, reproductive health and sexual health is so negative.” A ‘miscarriage’ or a ‘failed pregnancy’, we’re all set to fail.’
Praising the results of the exam, Myleene admitted she had “no idea” what to do after her first miscarriage and criticized the taboo surrounding losing a child.
“I had no idea what to do after my first miscarriage, none,” she admitted.
“We found that the women who miscarried had the same level of PTSD as a soldier returning from Afghanistan nine months later – the cruel irony of nine months!”
“We’re letting women out — who are more suicidal, who are extremely vulnerable, we don’t give them a single path.” “This new 24/7 care ensures they aren’t sent to the wrong place.”
Myleene also described how “isolated” she felt amid her miscarriages, and shared that she felt like she had nothing to hold on to from the pregnancy.
Upset: In an exclusive chat with Web, Myleene bravely reflected on her own devastating experience of losing four babies and shared how the changes had helped her
Family: Myleene has daughters Ava, 15, and Hero, 12, with ex-husband Graham Quinn, and gave birth to “rainbow baby” Apollo, three, with fiancé Simon Motson after four miscarriages.
“The thing about a miscarriage is that it’s extremely isolating because you don’t have anything but a scan or a pregnancy pen or whatever you put your mind to,” she said.
“You don’t even have the memories to look back on, it’s the memories that never were, you have nothing tangible, which is why it’s easier for a lot of people to lock that pain away and expect women to go away.”
Describing how alone she felt after each of her four miscarriages, Myleene shared that it was her friends and family who supported her through this difficult time.
She shared how DJ Lauren Laverne was there for her, while also reaching out to Amanda Holden, who recommended that her own midwife support Myleene throughout her pregnancy with their now three-year-old “rainbow baby” Apollo.