Lauren Goodger reveals plans to foster a child after devastating baby loss
LAUREN Goodger has revealed plans to have more children next year – despite being single.
The Towie favourite, who was left “broken” after she lost her second daughter Lorena in July 2022, said she is looking to foster or adopt a child.
Lauren, who shares three-year-old Larose with ex Charles Drury, said that she’d love to give Larose a baby brother.
She said: “I’m still young, I still can have my own baby, but I’m not with anyone and time is going on.
“I feel like it’s such a beautiful thing to be able to do and I’ve got the space,” she told OK! magazine.
Lauren, who split from Charles Drury two years ago, said she is ready to welcome another child to her family and is happy to do it alone.
“I’ve always known I wanted more,” she said.
“Even when I lost Lorena, it never put me off the idea.”.
The Essex star admitted that things would have been different if she was still with her ex – and confessed she’s remained single since him.
She explained that she’s in the process of “healing” from her past heartbreak, before she attempts to move on with someone else.
Lauren said she would happily take on a baby under the age of one – saying a baby would help “Larose to feel more settled”.
She said: ” I think she’d have to be the older one – she’s baby obsessed.”
Lauren has already got advice from former Towie star Debbie Bright, who has fostered over 200 kids.
The reality star said she loves being a mum and has the perfect home and lifestyle to welcome another child.
But the TV star admitted it would have a huge impact on her dating life – saying she’d end up staying in most day, instead of looking for a new beau to settle down with.
Lauren made her huge return to The Only Way is Essex after seven years off the show.
She was one of the original cast of names to help make the ITVBe show the institution we know today.
The longtime reality personality originally left the show in 2012 and made a brief return in 2016.
During her latest break from the show she became a mum to Larose and Lorena with her ex Charles.
The pair started dating in 2020 and split four months after Larose was welcomed into the world.
Months later Lauren revealed that she fell pregnant just eight weeks after welcoming Larose in July 2021.
Lauren was left “broken” after they lost their second daughter Lorena in July 2022.
In an emotional Instagram post, Lauren said: “She was the most beautiful healthy baby I’ve ever seen just like her sister @babylarose.x …
“Words can’t describe as a mother losing your baby that I carried for all these months perfectly and gave birth too for my angel to be taken from me.”
The brave star opened up about her loss on This Morning earlier this year.
“I went through a very traumatic time, sort of lost myself completely.
“I was sort of in the healing process, which I still am.”