‘It you look on the NHS list of symptoms that could be irking you, I’ve got them all!’ Paloma Faith admits her pregnancy is ‘an emotional rollercoaster’
Paloma Faith has spoken out about her rollercoaster pregnancy as she awaits the arrival of her second child.
The singer announced that she was expecting her second child with partner Leyman Lahcine in September after six rounds of IVF.
Appearing on Tuesday’s Lorraine to promote her new album Infinite Things, Paloma, 39, admitted she’s been struggling recently with the emotional and physical ailments of pregnancy.
‘Emotional rollercoaster’: Paloma Faith has spoken out about her rollercoaster pregnancy as she awaits the arrival of her second child
‘I don’t have easy pregnancies, so it’s been emotional rollercoaster. If you look on the NHS website of things that could be irking you, I’ve got all of them!’ she explained.
The star admitted though that being a mum helps fuel her creative process, revealing that after she had her daughter four years ago, her work ethic changed. ‘
‘I became way more efficient and my output changed, you become more compartmentalised and you don’t become whimsically slow,’ she said.
And Paloma has been busy throughout this pregnancy too, working on her new album Infinite Things during lockdown, with many tracks inspired by her family.
Tough: Appearing on Tuesday’s Lorraine to promote her new album Infinite Things, Paloma, 39, admitted she’s been struggling recently with the emotional and physical ailments
‘The actual title track Infinite Things was about motherhood and becoming a mother for the first time,’ she told Lorraine. ‘As much about heartache as about the most joyous thing you’ve experienced, I thought it was important to encapsulate that.’
Another track struck a chord with Paloma’s artist partner as she admitted he cries ‘every time I play it, not just the first time I played it. He can’t listen to it without crying.’
‘Quite often we hear sentimental love songs and we don’t connect to it. But this was so honest, in it I said ‘I chose you’… you cant get stuck in a rut in relationships and it’s like I’m with you out of choice, not out of necessity.’
Symptoms: ‘I don’t have easy pregnancies, so it’s been emotional rollercoaster. If you look on the NHS website of things that could be irking you, I’ve got all of them!’ she explained
After announcing plans to go back in tour in September 2021 with hope the COVID-19 pandemic will be under control, the star recently revealed she’ll be juggling raising her second baby with performing across the county.
Paloma surprised fans by announcing her second pregnancy in a candid statement shared with Instagram followers on September 24th.
Breaking the news, she wrote: ‘It is with extreme pleasure I announce I am pregnant. I am going to be releasing new music at this time and wanted to feel free in my body as it changes before all our eyes!
Journey: The singer announced that she was expecting her second child with partner Leyman Lahcine in September after six rounds of IVF, four years after the birth of their daughter
‘I am not a skinny pregnant person and I am also high risk in pregnancy so would like to ask the media not to run after me ate get unflattering shots as anxiety is detrimental to me and my baby.
‘This child is so wanted, it’s my 6th round of IVF and was a struggle to get here. I had a very traumatic first birth and I am also prone to postpartum depression.
‘Being a mother is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me but I will swell up and I won’t “glow”! I intend to be very real about this with you all!
‘To all the other pregnant women out there who are as in love with their babies as me but simultaneously s***ing themselves, let’s do this’.
Big news: Paloma surprised fans by announcing her second pregnancy in a candid statement shared with Instagram followers on September 24th