EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO MERCHANDISING Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock (9478224r) Michelle Heaton 'Loose Women' TV show, London, UK – 26 Mar 2018 Michelle joins us today ahead of 'The Real Full Monty Ladies' Night' which goes out on Thursday 29th March at 9pm on ITV. Along with our Coleen, Michelle is joined by other famous faces including Victoria Derbyshire, Helen Lederer and Emmerdale actress Sally Dexter. The ladies' mission is to pull together a show-stopping performance that will wow the audience as they battle to overcome their nerves and inhibitions and dare to bare for a good cause – breast cancer awareness.
A very emotional Michelle Heaton has revealed she will tell her six-year-old daughter that she may need to have her breasts and womb removed when shes older, due to the BRCA2 gene.
Michelle, 38, underwent her own preventative mastectomy and hysterectomy in 2015 after discovering she has the BRCA2 gene, which sadly can lead to breast and ovarian cancer.
Now, the former pop star is thinking ahead to her daughters future and the difficult decisions she will have to make too.
Thinking about the situation, Michelle said: “I actually get a lump in my throat. I mean its horrible to look at her… in my head, the best way to look at it is when she is 18, and she gets offered the test, I hope that science evolves, and there is another option, than what Ive had to choose.
“Or genetics has evolved, and theres no such thing as BRCA2.”
Following her experience, Michelle decided to write her book Hot Flush: Motherhood, the Menopause and Me, and says she will let Faith read it in order to understand everything a bit more.
“The best thing I can give her is my book. Because everything is in it, and Ive not lied, exaggerated, Ive been honest,” she explained.
“So when she is of an age where she can understand I will just give her the book, and wait and see if she has any questions.
“As nothing has been forgotten, and it has all been explained. Maybe then she will realise why mummy has been a bit upset.”
Unfortunately, Michelles decision meant she went through an early menopause, which she has admitted “put a strain” on her marriage to Hugh Hanley.
She also admitted it made her act irrationally towards Faith, and her four-year-old son Aaron, and sometimes even reduced them to tears.
“Obviously its not an intentional thing, but to watch my six-yeary-old cry because of what her mummy has irrationally done – like throw her toy out because she was naughty.
“But was she really that naughty? Probably not… But its difficult to understand what the difference is. I talk to other mums they do that as well and theyre not going through menopause,” she said.
“Is it me being a b**** of a wife, or a really annoyed mummy? Or is it the hormones. The answer is I really dont know.”
However, Michelle has her own ways of dealing with the early menopause and said: “If I take Femarelle, it helps me feel a bit better, with exercise, eating right, and a glass or two of wine!”
