Laura Kenny: Cyclist had miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy in past five months

Laura Kenny has had a number of health issues in the past five months.

Great Britain's most successful female Olympic athlete said on Instagram that she became pregnant after last summer's Tokyo Games.

At nine weeks, the 29-year-old miscarried.

After catching Covid, she was rushed into surgery with an ectopic pregnancy.

"Scared" doesn't come close. She said that she lost a fallopian tube.

I have always known I was tough, but sometimes life pushes you to an unbearable limit.

Kenny and his cyclist husband have a son.

When a fertilised egg implants itself outside the womb, it can lead to an ectopic pregnancy.

Since the Olympics we haven't had much luck and it has been the hardest few months of her life.

We were absolutely thrilled to have a baby immediately after the Games. Our baby died at nine weeks when I was commentating at the track league. I have never felt so sad or lost. It felt like a part of me had been taken away.

I grabbed for my safety blanket. I returned to my happy place to train again. I caught Covid in mid-January and found myself very unwell. I didn't have typical Covid symptoms, but I needed to go to the hospital.

I was rushed to the theatre because I was having an ectopic pregnancy a day later.

I would have been broken if it wasn't for Albie and Jason getting me through the day.

Kenny won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the Track Nations Cup in Glasgow.

It feels brave to talk about the loss of a baby. It should not be.

We had taken the happiness away from our families by not telling them, so we felt lonely going through it.

They were sad when they thought another baby was on the way.

Miscarriage is more common than people realize, so we decided to share our pain to help others.

After she miscarried twice and had an ectopic pregnancy in the previous two years, it was time to start a conversation.

The former head coach of the Roses had a baby a day after leading England to a Commonwealth gold medal.

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