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Gemma Collins has revealed she was advised to terminate a pregnancy after learning her unborn baby was intersex.

Speaking during a candid interview on the new Everything I Know About Me podcast, the former TOWIE star broke down in tears as she claimed doctors advised her to end her pregnancy.  

'Hermaphrodite' is a term that is no longer used because it to be deemed misleading and stigmatising. Instead, intersex, is the correct medical definition for an organism that produces both male and female reproductive organs.

The condition of being 'Intersex' affects one in every 2,000 births in the UK (although figures may be much higher) and there are an estimated 30,000 intersex people in the UK.

In the first two episodes of Everything I Know About Me, Gemma also shares insight into her childhood growing up in Essex, candidly detailing the bullying she endured at school. 

The former TOWIE star also opens up on her struggles with self-harming during her teenage years, detailing how she would take slimming pills when she was just 13 years old after facing cruel jibes about her weight.

Listen to our shocking interview with Gemma Collins on our podcast, Everything I Know About Me:

Gemma has been open about past fertility struggles and has previously suffered three miscarriages. 

She suffered her first heartbreaking loss in 2012, finding the strength to speak out about it publicly eight years later in 2020. 

The reality star did not realise she was pregnant at the time, said that the baby 'died in front of her' after giving birth at home on her landing.

Gemma suffered her second pregnancy loss in 2020 during the Covid pandemic. 

Tragically, just a few months later, Gemma endured a third devastating miscarriage in July 2020 after falling pregnant with her ex-boyfriend James Argent's baby. 

In a poignant essay at the time, Gemma detailed the beginning of her miscarriage and said she had no idea she was pregnant with on-off boyfriend Arg's baby, before she started experiencing sharp cramps one morning.

The reality star said she had dismissed the pains as a heavy period, and tried to push on through the excruciating pain, before her sister forced her to visit her doctor.

After being sent to hospital, Gemma was given the tragic news that she had suffered a miscarriage.