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Strictly star Amy Dowden reveals how she is keeping hopes alive of one day becoming a mother


Having been diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer in May 2023, followed by gruelling chemotherapy, she revealed yesterday that she has frozen five embryos.

Having been diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer in May 2023, followed by gruelling chemotherapy, she revealed yesterday that she has frozen five embryos to fulfil her dream of having a family. Ms Dowden said she had an egg retrieval procedure to give her and her husband, fellow dancer Benjamin Jones, a chance for children. Ms Dowden, who also has the bowel condition Crohn’s disease, had to drop out of Strictly in spring 2023 after discovering a lump in her breast the day before her honeymoon.

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