Overview
- Appearing on Tuesday's episode of ITV's Loose Women, the Emmerdale actor revisited her long struggle to conceive and the toll of IVF.
- She said she "would have given everything" to have a child and described feeling "like a jigsaw with a missing piece."
- Riley recounted that her partner, Al, urged her to stop treatment because it was "diminishing" her and "taking [her] personality away."
- She connected the timing of her attempts to religious teachings on sex and contraception, a career-first focus, and the absence of cycle-tracking apps when she was younger.
- She reiterated that she did not pursue adoption and said she has found contentment through her relationship with Al and the role her nephews and niece play in her life.