Steph Davis has praised her son Caben-Albi for "giving me a reason to live"
Stephanie Davis has shared a series of photos and a video just moments before and after she welcomed her nine-month-old son into the world.
The former Hollyoaks actress welcomed her first child into the world in January following a difficult pregnancy where her ex-boyfriend Jeremy McConnell denied being the father.
Since then, the reality stars revealed they were going to co-parent their son before they got back together. They split in summer this year after they had both been arrested for allegedly assaulting each other on different counts.
WATCH: Stephanie Davis shares a video of herself moments before giving birth
Now, Steph has shared an emotional post on Instagram where she explains just how Caben-Albi has changed her life. She posted photos and a video from January this year and wrote to her 800k followers: "This was me going through what I can only describe the SCARIEST but most AMAZING experience of my LIFE!
"I couldn't believe that I was going to finally see him after my whole pregnancy was very tough and didn't think I would get through it, but I did.
"I could never imagine my life without him. My best friend in the whole wide world arrived, and now it's nearly a YEAR since he was born!! It's flown SO fast!"
The yummy mummy thanked the "strong women" in her life that include her mum, aunt and nan.
The 24-year-old mum then went on to say: "It's been me and Caben from the beginning and he will always be my one love, he truly is my best friend and my little prince I may not know what it's like to sleep anymore, brush my hair have a hot cup of tea or eat properly or have just ONE minute to myself haha but I wouldn't change it for the WORLD!
"I'm so SO blessed! I'll never forget the day I seen him come into this world... that... NOTHING can buy or ever replace, truly a miracle and blessing from above ❤ and now he's this chubby cute little character growing and doing more each day, and I don't know how we got from there to here, but we did, together, and I'm so excited to see what a beautiful caring young chap he will grow into."
Stephanie Davis shared intimate photos from before and after giving birth to Caben-Albi...
Stephanie Davis photos before and after labour
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She went on to praise her little one who "[is] just a ray of sunshine who brings so much happiness in my life".
She added: "Thank you for giving me a reason to live and showing me the wonders of life again me and you till the end baby."
Lots of her followers rushed to praise the mum-of-one, with one person writing: " Such beautiful words actually made me get a little emotional ❤️ you have been through a journey Steph. I also went through a struggle in my pregnancy with my son but it only makes you stronger. Being a mum is the most amazing gift in life. All the best 😘👶🏻"
Someone else said: "Best moment ever 💗💗💗 they change you forever and it's the best feeling in the world being a mummy xx"
Another commented: "You are a strong brave girl with a beautiful precious baby boy❤"
A fourth added: "You’ll never know how proud you’ll feel - when there older and knowing you did it all on your own @stephaniedavis88 x even tho it’s hard"
Following their split earlier this year; Jeremy has shown off his new controversial tattoo and Steph labelled him as a deadbeat dad on a Twitter rant.
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