Stephanie Davis definitely hasn’t had the easiest of pregnancies.
From trolls questioning if she was pregnant at all, to the brutal breakdown of her relationship with the baby’s father Jeremy McConnell, to emergency scans and the stress of having to go through it all alone, the last thing Steph needs is more worries.
However, Steph is also keen to share her pregnancy with her loyal fans (us!), keeping followers up to date with all the highs and lows of pregnancy - including revealing the sex: a little boy!
We’ve had so many baby bump pictures lately – we love it! Writing in her OK! magazine column, Steph revealed that she’s getting worried about the size of her bump and if it will lead to her having to have an emergency caesarean.
“My bump is really big for my size and my hips are small too so they need to keep a close eye on him.
“Having a C-section is something I dread because I want to be straight up and active with my baby when he gets here and I know there's a long recovery period after the operation.”
This, she adds, is partly because she's going to have to be a hands-on single mum, with no boyfriend on hand to help.
“Picking the baby up and stuff will be a struggle so I'm hoping for a natural birth as much as possible. I'm really into the idea of a water birth actually because it looks so relaxing but I know you can't have an epidural.
“I think I'm going to be okay though; I'm going to get as far as I can before plan b which is taking whatever pain relief they can give me!”
Steph recently revealed that she has already picked a name for her baby boy, after meeting a stranger in a pub. She hasn't revealed the name just yet, but has hintd that it has a ‘movie star’ ring to it.
She’s also reportedly planning to write a tell-all bookabout her experiences on CBB, Hollyoaks and her celebrity exes Zayn Malik and Jeremy McConnell.
Ooooooooo!
Let’s hope the rest of Steph's pregnancy is a lot less stressful.
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