Myleene Klass shared a photo of herself in her iconic white bikini, while claiming she “gets more done in swimwear than MPs in power suits.”
The former Hear’Say singer, 45, made history in July by amending pregnancy loss laws, with changes that mean women no longer have to wait until after three miscarriages to get medical help and pre-conception advice.
She spent four years campaigning for changes to UK miscarriage laws with Labor MP Olivia Blake.
Myleene shared a video on Instagram on Friday defiantly saying “it’s not what you wear, it’s what you do while wearing it,” as she hit back at critics who criticized her for the swimwear.
She wrote, “Don’t let the bikini fool you. This has blown up in my stories and your DMs made me laugh (except for the Rishi in a DM in a bikini), so posted it here too.”
Famous: Myleene Klass, 45, shared a photo of herself in her iconic white bikini as she claimed she ‘gets more done in swimwear than MPs in power suits’
Amazing: The singer made history in July by amending pregnancy loss laws, with changes that mean women no longer have to wait until they’ve had three miscarriages to get help
Myleene continued, “Trigger: businesswoman and mother in bikini. I fought to change the law for women and I won. I beat Athletes and Olympians to be crowned jungle legend and donated £100,000 to @savethechildren.
“I wrote a Sunday Times bestseller that continues to strengthen our children and save lives.
“I’ve seen first hand what happens in parliament and how people behave and it’s quite depressing and actually surprising that something is being done!
‘I have the longest running celebrity brand in the UK, I sell 1 item every 35 seconds (smash the 45 second record) and give others jobs and as the breadwinner for my children, safety… and it’s my body so criticize me all you want, I get more done in a bikini than MPs in their sudo ‘power suits’.
“It’s not about what you wear, it’s about what you do while wearing it.”
Myleene recently recalled her experience of four “torturous” miscarriages when she changed pregnancy loss laws and shared how happy she was when a series of changes were approved.
The changes were revealed in the highly anticipated Pregnancy Loss Review – an independent report on NHS miscarriage care and how it can be improved, which came about following a campaign by baby loss charity Tommy’s, with whom Myleene works.
Speaking about the milestone exclusively with MailOnline, Myleene boldly reflected on her own devastating experience of losing four babies and shared how the changes would have helped her.
Inspiration: When she shared a video on Instagram on Friday, Myleene defiantly said “it’s not what you wear, it’s what you do while wearing it,” as she hit back at critics
Amazing: She spent four years campaigning for changes to UK miscarriage laws with Labor MP Olivia Blake
Myleene described the “barbaric” trauma she endured each time she miscarried, telling how she was left “shaking with fear” after hearing the devastating news.
She explained how, shortly after being told she had lost her child, she had to decide what she wanted the hospital to do with the fetal remains, detailing the trauma of the moment.
She told MailOnline what changes needed to be made and said, “You’re standing there in your surgical socks shaking with fear of everything and the upset, with your dead baby on the scan, and you have to decide,” I put them in a in the blink of an eye, or do I put them in a slide?”‘
“How do you refer to the baby that got lost in the paperwork you have to fill out? It’s torturous,” she continued.
“The products of pregnancy, “how would you like them to be disposed of? Do you want ashes and prayers or do you want slides and scientific contributions?”.
“It’s barbaric and it’s all going to stop now. The fact that I’ve been arguing for it for years and now saying there’s an end to it, that’s unbelievable.’
Myleene also recalled how she was expected to walk through a waiting room full of expectant mothers after receiving the heartbreaking news of her miscarriage.
She said, “That suffering, sitting in a room and being told there’s no heartbeat and having to walk out through a room of expectant mothers holding their scans, it’s barbaric!”
She shared how the charity will provide Tommy’s support after a first miscarriage and better mental health support.
Myleene was heartbroken by her miscarriages and described the experience as “isolating” due to the “taboo” surrounding baby loss, with women feeling unable to openly talk about it – despite it affecting one in four women, according to Tommy’s.
She confessed that for a long time she felt unable to utter the word “miscarriage” and struggled to put her experience into words, even while filming her 2021 Sky documentary, Miscarriage & Me.
“On my first day filming my miscarriage documentary, I couldn’t say, ‘I miscarried,'” she said.
“I couldn’t say the word, they just let the tape run until I could say the word miscarriage.
“Even the terminology around women’s health and reproduction and sexual health, it’s so negative. A ‘miscarriage’ or a ‘failed pregnancy’, everything is already written for us to fail.’
Myleene praised the results of the assessment for confessing that she had “no idea” what to do after her first miscarriage, and criticized the taboo surrounding the loss of babies.
“I had no idea what to do after my first miscarriage, none,” she admitted.
“We found that the women who miscarry have as much PTSD as a soldier returning from Afghanistan nine months later — the cruel irony of nine months!
“We let out women — who are more prone to suicide, who are extremely vulnerable, we don’t give any of them away. This new 24/7 care ensures that they don’t end up in the wrong place.’
Myleene also explained how “isolated” she felt in the midst of her miscarriages, sharing how she felt she had nothing to hold onto from the pregnancy.
Upset: In an exclusive conversation with MailOnline, Myleene courageously reflected on her own devastating experience of losing four babies and shared how the changes would have helped her
Family: Myleene has two daughters Ava, 15, and Hero, 12, with ex-husband Graham Quinn and had ‘rainbow baby’ Apollo, three, with her fiancé Simon Motson after four miscarriages
“The problem with a miscarriage is that it’s extremely isolating because you don’t have anything but a scan or a pregnancy stick or whatever you’ve built in your head,” she said.
“You don’t even have the memories to look back on. It’s the memories that never were. You don’t have anything tangible, which is why it’s easier for a lot of people to lock that pain in and expect women to disappear.”
Myleene shared how lonely she felt after each of her four miscarriages and said it was her friends and family who helped her through the difficult time.
She shared how DJ Lauren Laverne was there for her, while also reaching out to Amanda Holden, who recommended her own midwife to help Myleene through her pregnancy with her “rainbow baby” Apollo, now three.