Pregnant Shaughna Phillips has revealed her plans to have a c-section as she recalled having a ‘traumatic’ birth with her daughter Lucia.
The Love Island star, 31, is expecting a baby girl with her jailed boyfriend Billy Webb, who is also father to two-year-old Lucia.
Following the birth of Lucia in April 2023, Billy, 29, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply 4.5kg of cocaine worth at least £360,000. Currently held in a Category D prison, he’s been allowed home visits for a few days each month.
But on Wednesday, Shaughna opened up about how she has planned a c-section for the birth of her second child.
She said this was after suffering a ‘traumatic’ birth with Lucia where she was 10 days overdue so went in to be induced, before being rushed for a c-section and suffering a post-birth haemorrhage.
Taking to her Instagram Story for a Q&A with fans, Shaughna said: ‘I absolutely plan on having a c section so I really hope baby girl gets the memo and stays inside until served the eviction notice.
Pregnant Shaughna Phillips has revealed her plans to have a c-section as she recalled having a ‘traumatic’ birth with her daughter Lucia on Instagram on Wednesday
The Love Island star, 31, is expecting a baby girl with her jailed boyfriend Billy Webb, who is also father to two-year-old Lucia
‘I had a pretty traumatic birth with Lucia and it got pretty scary towards the end so I don’t want to risk that happening again.’
Going on to explain her birth, she said in another slide: ‘So I was 10 days overdue and when I went in to begin my induction, I opted for a non hormonal method which was the rods, they essentially are placed inside you and expand and should kick start labour (as well as having your waters broke).
‘They’re supposed to be taken out after 12 hours I believe and mine were left in for 18 hours because no one was available to remove them, which led to painful, bloody removal… on the ward… with no pain relief.
‘Then I laboured as normal, had an epidural which was fab, started pushing after about 10 hours and she was coming down and sliding back every time I stopped pushing.’
Shaughna continued: ‘She started getting really distressed after about an hour of pushing, so I was rushed for a c-section. Before they done that they tried forceps (?????) as soon as they put them on her head she twisted so they stopped and went ahead with the c-section.
‘I then had a post-birth haemorrhage which was the cherry on top of a 48hr ordeal lol.’
Elsewhere Shaughna revealed she had been struggling to decide on baby names for her second daughter.
‘GUYS the name situation is really killing me. We’ve narrowed it down to two, one traditional and one very random and slyly made up… I don’t know if I have the nerve to use it,’ she wrote.
But on Wednesday, Shaughna opened up about how she has planned a c-section for the birth of her second child
She said this was after suffering a ‘traumatic’ birth with Lucia where she was 10 days overdue so went in to be induced, before being rushed for a c-section and suffering a post-birth haemorrhage
‘Two names we loved but have taken out of the running are Misse and Miley, still love them though.’
Shaughna revealed the gender of her second baby in a sweet new Instagram video she shared on Tuesday.
Thrilled to announce the gender, Shaughna posted a video of a fury pink baby grow ahead of welcoming her baby girl.
Sharing her excitement, she told Closer magazine: ‘I’m going to be a girl mum – I can’t believe it. I really can’t, because I was absolutely convinced I was having a boy!’
‘It was a huge shock, it took me a minute to be like “Right okay”. Because not only did I think it was a boy, but I did want a boy. I thought if I had one of each I am done, as I’ll have the best of both’, she added.
‘I can’t imagine having a boy now and I won’t try again – two is perfect. Having three is expensive.’
Shaughna recently revealed she got to a point where she was doing pregnancy tests ‘seven times a day’ while opening up about her very unexpected second pregnancy.
Admitting she wasn’t expecting to get pregnant so quickly on her ‘first attempt’, the TV star explained she ‘kept Clear Blue in business’ due to the very high amount of tests she ordered.
Elsewhere Shaughna revealed she had been struggling to decide on baby names for her second daughter
‘Then it got to the point where, because I was testing so much, I would do one and not even think twice about it because I was doing them about seven times a day,’ she told The Sun.
Yet Shaughna was shocked to see the positive line when she found out she was pregnant and felt ‘over the moon’, calling herself ‘very lucky’.
She admitted she could barely believe it and decided to conduct yet another test to make sure the news was definite.
‘But I just really didn’t expect it’d be the first try. So, it was a shock. It was still a shock, even though I was trying.
‘The next day I did another and I thought right, I’m going to film this, and it came up with a stronger line, and even then I was still in shock.’
The TV personality recently revealed how she planned her pregnancy with Billy after her ovulation period had coincided with him being home from prison.
Speaking to the Mirror last month, Shaughna said: ‘It was the first time that my ovulation window coincided with Billy being home.
‘I was like, “You know what? Why not? Let’s just see” – and literally, the next day, I said to Billy, “I think I’m pregnant”.’
