Eastenders star Lacey Turner 'felt alone' following heartbreaking miscarriage (2025)

Actress Lacey Turner spoke about her feelings after suffering a miscarriage on the Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast.

Eastenders actress Lacey Turner has bravely opened up about her heartbreaking experience following a misscarriage. Speaking on the Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast with Giovanna Fletcher, Lacey revealed she 'felt alone' when she lost her baby.

The 37-year-old admitted she was left unsure of where to turn after the miscarriage as she didn't know anyone who had gone through a similar experience. However, she also said this feeling of isolation actually encouraged her to share her story with others.

Using her platform, Lacey hopes she can help others to feel less alone while grieving the loss of their unborn child, while also trying to help work towards better aftercare for families who are navigating baby loss, reports the Mirror.

Speaking to host Giovanna, Lacey opened up about her own personal experience. She said: "It's funny. You don't tell anyone [you're pregnant], but then if you do tell someone, and you lose it, you've then got to tell them you lost it. And that's some awkward conversation.

"And also it makes other people feel awkward, because I became quite comfortable with saying, Oh, I've had a miscarriage, and then you watch that person go, 'Oh my God. I don't know what to say now'."

Gionvanni jumped in, saying: "It's so hard, because the only way that we can ever break that down is by just having it out there.

"But if they can hear it, then at some point it becomes that easier thing that's just out there in society that happens that actually, [people think] let's, let's talk about it. So, it's really hard."

Lacey agreed, adding: "If everybody was okay or comfortable with talking about it, like many other things, it would help so many people."

The actress and her husband Matt Kay have three children - Dusty Violet, five, Trilby Fox, four, and four month old Gipsy Olive. Lacey has frequently been honest and open about the couple's misscarriage agony in previous years.

Lacey spoke about her heartbreaking experience back in 2021 on BBC Breakfast. At the time, she said: "For me, I think you become a mother the minute you're pregnant. For that to be taken away, that's another loss.

"You grieve the fact that you aren't going to be a mother, as well as losing a baby. It was a loss at seven weeks."

She went on: "[...] I was 29, I think, and we were pregnant and I was so excited thinking of names and things like that. I just remember sitting on my bed in a ball, sobbing. At the time, I remember thinking, 'Why me? Why is this only happening to me?' I did feel so alone because nobody knew."

Lacey also revealed she went back to work the next day as if "nothing had happened". Reflecting on this memory, Lacey now feels sad looking back at herself during that time. She said: "I was probably walking around feeling so heartbroken yet nobody would have had a clue."