Lydia Bright revealed her daughter Loretta was rushed to hospital on her birthday after suffering a ‘harrowing accident.’
The former TOWIE star, 33, who shares the four-year-old with her ex-boyfriend Lee Cronin, said she felt ‘completely shell-shocked and emotional’ following the events.
Sharing an update to Instagram on Friday, she uploaded a photo of Loretta with her leg in a cast and explained what had happened.
Lydia captioned the post: ‘Loretta’s fourth birthday, how it started vs how it ended.
‘The morning was spent at home, unwrapping all her birthday presents with Stevie Wonder “Happy Birthday,” on repeat. Nanny also knocked on the door with her first-ever pets (without my permission I will save that for a whole other post.)’
Lydia Bright, 33, revealed her daughter Loretta was rushed to hospital on her birthday after suffering a ‘harrowing accident’ (pictured with her daughter in September)
The former TOWIE star who shares the four-year-old with her ex-boyfriend Lee Cronin, said she felt ‘completely shell-shocked and emotional’ following the events
The TV personality continued: ‘We then got ready for what was suppose to be her dream birthday party. Soft play and trampolining with 30 of her best friends. However, 30 minutes into the fun she fell on her leg and the screams were harrowing.
‘I knew something was wrong because Loretta is one tough kid. I scooped her up unknown to most of the guests and rushed her to hospital. A few hours later in A&E, the doctor confirmed she has a hairline fracture in her tibia.
‘Lots of tears were shed, especially by me. I fractured my ankle on a trampoline when I was younger and I couldn’t believe I had allowed my daughter to do the same.
‘By 11 pm we were discharged, with a leg in a cast and pain relief. We drove straight to McDonalds and spent the evening unwrapping her present on the sofa over nuggets and chips.
‘I still feel completely shell-shocked and very emotional. Thank goodness she has lots of new presents to keep her occupied and we have our family and friends who have been amazing, because I can’t even leave the sofa to wee without tears. I suppose it’s all part of childhood.’
It comes after Lydia admitted she ‘feels overwhelmed’ being a single parent due to putting herself under ‘enormous pressure’.
The former TOWIE star, who is a single mother to daughter Loretta admitted she faced ‘mum guilt’ when turning to family and friends for help.
Speaking to Kate Ferdinand on her Blended podcast, Lydia said she ‘doesn’t actually feel like a single parent’ anymore as she has a ‘village’ who helps raise her little girl.
Sharing an update to Instagram on Friday, she uploaded a photo of Loretta with her leg in a cast and explained what had happened
Lydia captioned the post: ‘Loretta’s fourth birthday, how it started vs how it ended’
The TV personality continued: ‘We got ready for what was suppose to be her dream birthday party. However, 30 minutes into the fun she fell on her leg and the screams were harrowing’
Lydia explained: ‘Sometimes I find things overwhelming. I don’t feel like I’m a single mum, they say it takes a village and my family are incredible. We live so close to each other and they are very hands on as well.
‘I sent Loretta to nursery and I felt so guilty. At times you do have to rely on friends, family and childcare. You can’t achieve everything by yourself but you get mum guilt and put enormous pressure on yourself as a parent when your working and busy.’
Lydia shares Loretta with ex-boyfriend, mechanic Lee Cronin, who she split from when she was 11 weeks pregnant – but now has a ‘great relationship’ with.
She said it is the ‘best thing’ that their daughter never saw them together but did reveal he was in the delivery room when she gave birth.
The TV personality continued: ‘Me and her dad have a great relationship now, we have had our ups and downs but we get on fine.
‘It’s the best thing that we aren’t together and it’s good Loretta has not experienced us together.’
Lydia went on to reveal the hardest part about being a single mother was ‘definitely doing the pregnancy alone’.
She detailed how she ‘was scared’ and ‘petrified’ when she announced the news publicly.
She said: ‘I never dreamed of being a single mum I thought I’d get married and have kids and that is how it goes. You didn’t see the stories back then of the single parents fronting it and being proud of it.
‘I’m so proud to say I’m a single mum but back then I was so nervous that people would judge me. I was petrified.
It comes after Lydia admitted she ‘feels overwhelmed’ being a single parent due to putting herself under ‘enormous pressure’
The former TOWIE star, who is a single mother to daughter Loretta, admitted she faced ‘mum guilt’ when turning to family and friends for help
Lydia shares Loretta with ex-boyfriend Lee Cronin who she split with when she was 11 weeks pregnant
‘The hardest thing was definitely doing the pregnancy alone. I get a bit emotional but she was the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
‘But hen I was pregnant I was scared. It was unexpected I never set out to do it by myself and it was hard and I was nervous and heartbroken.’
After welcoming her daughter, Lydia said her attitude soon changed and she learnt ‘not really to care what anyone else thinks’.
She was pregnant alongside a few of her friends who were in relationships and now they have playdates with their kids and she feels no different to them.
Lydia added: ‘Having a child made me not really care what anyone else thinks because at the end of the day you’re the only person living your life and if you let everyone else have an affect, then you’ll never make choices.
‘My mum turned around to me and said, “No bad can come from having a child” and I was like, “You’re so right, it’s a blessing”.
‘I fell pregnant so quickly with Loretta which was so lucky and I was thinking “This is my chance, my body clock is ticking and all I’ve ever wanted is to be a mum”.
‘I had loads of friends around me and all of them were pregnant. I put pressure on myself and I had to face the reality that I wasn’t doing it like the fairytale that I imagined.
Lydia said she no longer feels ‘lonely’ and that her little girl turned into her ‘best friend’
‘I actually think the life I’m living now is better than the fairytale I dreamed. It’s the best thing that ever happened.
‘I don’t feel any different with my friends who have kids in couples, on play dates the men aren’t there, we all complain about the same thing. I don’t feel like I’m that different.’
Lydia said she no longer feels ‘lonely’ and that her little girl turned into her ‘best friend’.
She said: ‘Now she is three it’s like having a little best friend and it never feels lonely as I bounce of her now we communicate. I don’t know how I got so lucky.’