Florence Welch Says She Had Life-saving Surgery After Ectopic Pregnancy

Singer Florence Welch has revealed she underwent life-saving emergency room aft experiencing an ectopic gestation successful August 2023.

The Grammy nominee told nan Guardian she was unknowingly suffering superior soul bleeding while performing connected shape astatine a festival, telling nan insubstantial her gestation was "the closest I came to death".

She was diagnosed pinch a ruptured fallopian conduit aft suffering a miscarriage, which required room "within nan hour".

At nan time, Welch, 39, cancelled immoderate planned concerts, telling fans she was doing truthful for "reasons I don't really consciousness beardown capable to spell into yet".

She told nan Guardian she was near devastated aft experiencing a miscarriage but was advised by a expert that she would beryllium capable to honour her capacity schedule.

On nan time of a header show successful Cornwall, Welch said she felt unwell but was capable to complete her group arsenic planned.

However, nan vocalist said a scan soon aft revealed location was "a Coke can's worthy of humor successful my abdomen".

She was told she would request to instantly acquisition emergency room to person her fallopian conduit removed.

According to nan NHS, 1 successful 90 pregnancies successful nan UK are ectopic, and hap erstwhile a fertilised ovum implants itself extracurricular of nan womb.

Symptoms for women usually commencement betwixt 4 and 12 weeks, and tin see symptom debased down connected 1 broadside of nan abdomen and symptom successful nan extremity of nan shoulder.

If undiagnosed, nan fallopian conduit tin burst, starring to life-threatening soul bleeding. In those circumstances, contiguous room to either repair aliases region nan organ is required.

Welch, who performs pinch Florence and nan Machine, is owed to merchandise a caller album, Everybody Scream, successful October.