Lily Allen opens up about devastating loss after suffering miscarriage: ‘It's not something that you get over’
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Lily Allen has spoken for the first time about losing her first child with husband Sam Cooper when she was six months pregnant. I'd just lost my baby and that is a reflection of how numb I was.” The couple have since had two daughters, Ethel, two, and 15-month-old Marnie, and Allen said that her son will always be part of the family: "I just think that he's a part of my eldest really. Allen also thanked her husband for helping her to get through the devastating experience and for stopping her from “self-medicating with alcohol and whatever else” when they first started dating in 2009.
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