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Amy Dowden Opens Primrose Centre Room, Shares Candid Update on Fertility After Double Mastectomy

The Strictly professional describes lasting effects of treatment, from no option to breastfeed to unresolved questions about becoming a parent.

Overview

  • Dowden officially opened The Amy Dowden Room at The Primrose Centre in Kent, with the charity thanking her for her time and advocacy.
  • In new Instagram posts, she said she mourns her old body after a double mastectomy but is grateful the surgery saved her life.
  • She disclosed that breastfeeding will never be possible following her surgery.
  • She said she and her husband remain unsure about having children and are keeping options open, noting uncertainty about chemotherapy’s impact on fertility.
  • Dowden, who was told in February 2024 there was no evidence of disease, continues monthly hospital injections for hormone‑fed cancer and vowed to campaign for more centres like Primrose.