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'My soul left me' – Hollyoaks' Kirsty-Leigh Porter on surviving devastating loss of unborn daughter


Kirsty-Lee Porter on the pain of losing her unborn daughter, the joy her rainbow baby Nala Rai brings and why she decided to play out her trauma on Hollyoaks

When Hollyoaks actress Kirsty-Leigh Porter held baby Nala Rai in her arms for the first time, she was overwhelmed with relief, joy and inescapable sadness. This week her character Leela Lomax will get married to her fiancé Joel Dexter and later take herself to hospital for a check-up after realising she hasn’t felt the baby kick for a while. Kirsty-Leigh Porter would love to have more children - but fears another pregnancy (Image: Rachel Joseph) “Even during the week of filming we were breaking the taboo and the stigma.

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