She gave birth to her first child a week ago but has only just returned home from hospital.
And on Sunday, Ex On The Beach star Melissa Reeves, 26, shared candid snaps taken during THREE-DAY labour and revealed that both she and her daughter battled SEPSIS following an emergency C-section during which she ‘could feel them cutting her open!’
Taking to Instagram, the TV personality admitted ‘nothing went smoothly!’ and her ‘birth plan went out the window’ alongside photographs of her struggling with the pain while attempting to have a water birth, before sharing a link to a YouTube video.
Candid: On Sunday, Ex On The Beach star Melissa Reeves, 26, shared candid snaps taken during THREE-DAY labour and revealed that both she and her daughter battled SEPSIS
Melissa captioned the photographs: ‘This time last week I was going through one of the most surreal experiences of my life…. Labour!
‘It was a completely different experience than I ever could have ever imagined, my birth plan went out the window & absolutely nothing went smoothly.
‘I can honestly credit my hypnobirthing course I did with @thismumliverpool for keeping me calm throughout this entire process.
‘Lots of people have messaged asking why my baby & I had to stay in hospital for 5 days so I’ve done a YouTube video just talking about my labour and explaining why we had to stay in the hospital. The link is in my bio.’
Honest! Taking to Instagram, the star admitted ‘nothing went smoothly!’ and her ‘birth plan went out the window’ before sharing a video of herself detailing her labouring journey
OMG! After posting snaps of her struggling with the pain while attempting to have a water birth, Melissa admitted she ‘could feel them cutting her open’ during her emergency C-section
Within her YouTube video, Melissa described her labouring journey, which began on Thursday, but her baby didn’t arrive until Sunday.
After struggling to get over 2cm dilated for days, having a hormone drip to help bring on active labour and an epidural to help with the pain.
Eventually, after doctors suggested she should consider a caesarean, Melissa was taken into surgery within 20 minutes.
‘I could feel the sensation of them cutting me open and moving around trying to get the baby around.
Saying it how it is: Melissa praised hypnobirthing for helping keep her calm throughout
Thee days! Within her YouTube video, Melissa described her labouring journey, which began on Thursday, but her baby didn’t arrive until Sunday via emergency C-section
Scary! ‘After the cesarian…It turned out there was an infection in my womb’ explained the star before revealing that both she and her daughter endured battles with sepsis
‘I was so scared but as soon as I heard that baby cry it was like everything just went away. I wasn’t scared anymore. Nothing mattered. And they pulled out the little curtain in front of me and I got to see the baby for the first time.
‘It was so surreal that I forgot that I was just lying on a theatre table with my belly open. Nothing mattered. The pain I’d been going through for the past three days didn’t matter. The love I felt was overwhelming.’
After the cesarian. I was 39.6 degrees celsius. Baby had a temperature. I was going a bit faint. It turned out there was an infection in my womb.
‘They took baby away and gave baby some antibiotics. They gave me some antibiotics. We were treated for sepsis. That’s why we were in hospital for 5 days.
Melissa’s babies infection rate started at a terrifying 56 but five days later was down to 6, and the pair were allowed to return home.
New mum: Melissa Reeves became a mother for the first time, taking to Instagram on Monday to announce that she had given birth to a baby girl
Baby daddy: The Liverpool-born reality star welcomed her daughter with footballer Danny Simpson, 33, after a short-lived romance between the pair
Melissa’s video comes one week after she took to Instagram on Monday to announce that she had given birth to a baby girl, sharing the happy news with her 149k followers.
The Liverpool-born reality star has welcomed her daughter with footballer Danny Simpson, 33, after a short-lived romance between the pair.
Melissa shared an adorable picture with her newborn as she discussed her traumatic labour experience.
She penned: ’24/05/2020 My world changed forever my baby girl arrived right on her due date words can’t describe how in love with this little angle [angel] I am. I feel so happy and blessed.
‘I was in labour for 3 days, then we had to opt for a C section because it turns out she is one big baby, she’s 8lb 11!!’
It’s a girl! Melissa revealed in March that she was expecting a baby girl, taking to Instagram to make the announcement with a sun-drenched bikini snap
Mum-to-be: Mel excitedly revealed she was expecting her first child in a sweet Instagram snap posted in January
Melissa revealed in March that she was expecting a baby girl, taking to Instagram to make the announcement with a sun-drenched bikini snap.
She starred in series two of the MTV show in 2015, before returning for a stint in series five.
During her time on the show, in which she appeared as Gaz Beadle’s ex, she clashed spectacularly with Kayleigh Morris after hooking up with her love interest Ashley Cain.
Following her Ex On The Beach stint, the Liverpool native has carved out a successful career as a DJ and has appeared on MTV’s The Challenge.