Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan has revealed she’s been hospitalised with severe morning sickness during her third pregnancy.
Helenannounced she was expecting with fiancé Scott Sinclair again earlier this month, sharing the news with an adorable Instagram post of their two daughters holding up an ultrasound scan and wrote, “Our 3rd baby arriving March 2021 @scotty__sinclair❤️".
But it sounds as though her first trimester has been far from smooth as she’s now taken to the platform to share her experience of severe morning sickness, known as hyperemesis gravidarum, and informed fans she’d been in hospital.
“I’ve been a lot quieter on my social recently as I’ve had hyperemesis gravidarum,” she wrote.
“I had this with both girls but this time was on another level. I am so relieved to be over the worst and so very happy and so grateful for my baby❤️✨.
“My mum has just been the best and I have no idea how I would have got through it without her. Scott’s been amazing with the girls and the nurses at the Royal Bolton Hospital were so lovely which I’m so grateful for.”
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Helen’s fans and famous friends took to the comments to wish her well, with former Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge saying, “Congratulations. Hyperemesis is the worst. Just a whole other level of sick. I’m so glad you’re feeling better x.”
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“I’m 15 weeks pregnant due in March with hyperemesis too,” wrote a fan. “This pregnancy has been much more severe than my first. It’s so horrible and takes all the specialness of the pregnancy away.”
Another commented, “Thank you so much for bringing awareness to this horrible, debilitating condition. I’ve had it with all 3 of my babies, 3rd being the worst. There are so many people who don’t understand it and pass it off as just ‘morning sickness.’.”