Amy Dowden says she 'really wants to be a mum' in heartbreaking fertility update

Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden has opened up astir her household plans during an affectional chat connected Loose Women, sharing that she "really wants to beryllium a mum" 1 day

Strictly Come Dancing prima Amy Dowden has fixed an update connected her plans to person a household arsenic she approaches the two-year day of her cancer diagnosis.

The nonrecreational dancer, 34, was diagnosed with bosom crab successful 2023, dropping retired of that year's bid of Strictly to recover. In February past year, Amy announced that her wellness cheque showed "no grounds of disease" and aboriginal turned to the BBC One show.

Stopping by Loose Women with co-star Carlos Gu, Amy was asked astir her plans to person kids with hubby Ben Jones aft being placed into a medically induced menopause and freezing her eggs earlier undergoing chemotherapy.

"Where are you astatine successful that travel due to the fact that present you've conscionable yet got your spot backmost successful your assemblage but wherever does that beryllium successful your caput abstraction and successful your bosom space?" panellist Ayda Field asked.

Amy replied: "So astatine the infinitesimal it would beryllium excessively soon. I I had a hormone-fed cancer, truthful I person been enactment into aboriginal menopause and it would beryllium excessively unsafe present to see it.

"But I truly privation to beryllium a mum, I've ever wanted to beryllium a mum. We bash person 5 embryos, and I anticipation 1 day, if it's harmless to bash so, I bash get the privilege and honour to beryllium someone's mum."

The assemblage launched into a circular of applause arsenic Ruth Langsford told her: "You've achieved truthful much, you're specified an inspiration to everybody."

Amy is presently backmost connected the Strictly Come Dancing circuit aft her Strictly travel was chopped abbreviated this twelvemonth owed to a ft wounded conscionable weeks into her post-cancer return. She was partnered with JLS prima JB Gill connected the BBC amusement earlier being replaced by Lauren Oakley aft withdrawing from the competition.

Now connected the tour, Amy is portion of the show's first ever "throuple", with JB being partnered with some Amy and Lauren. In an Instagram station earlier this month, Amy poked amusive astatine the arrangement, captioning a clip of the trio: "POV you're successful the archetypal ever circuit throuple and your partners are trying to person you to creation with them connected tour."

Earlier this month, Amy took a infinitesimal to admit World Cancer Day connected societal media, penning successful a post: "WORLD CANCER DAY. supporting those surviving with cancer, those supporting their loved one's affected by cancer, admiring the survivors, honouring those we person lost, and never, ever GIVING UP.

Loose Women airs weekdays from 12:30pm connected ITV1 and ITVX.

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