The Bachelor star is hospitalised with pregnancy complications amid fears she’s ‘headed down the same horrible path’ she endured during the birth of her first child
Former Bachelor star Emily Ghougassian (née Simms) has been admitted to hospital after suffering pregnancy complications.
Emily, 37, who is is expecting her second child with husband Pierre Ghougassian in the coming months, said on Tuesday she’d been hospitalised with preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia is a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication characterised by high blood pressure.
Hoping for the best: Emily Ghougassian had been admitted to hospital after suffering a pregnancy complication
It affects around five to eight per cent of pregnancies in Australia and in some rare cases it can be deadly.
Emily shared a photo to Instagram Stories of herself in a hospital bed, and wrote: ‘Been admitted to hospital today with preeclampsia.
‘Things don’t look great unfortunately, and all headed down the horrible path I went down last pregnancy.’
Bumping along: The Bachelor star (née Simms), who is is expecting her second child with husband Pierre in the coming months, told fans she had been hospitalised with preeclampsia
‘Baby girl will be here soon,’ she told her followers. ‘It may take me awhile to reply to messages from here on for a little while.’
The makeup artist had been forced to seek medical treatment for preeclampsia in 2019 during her first pregnancy with daughter Laila – on the same weekend her baby shower was scheduled.
On Wednesday, Emily admitted on Instagram she was missing, Laila, one, while being treated for the condition in hospital.
‘It’s only been one day away from home and I already miss my little girl like crazy,’ she captioned an image of her eldest child.
Second time around: The makeup artist was forced to seek medical treatment for preeclampsia back in 2019 during her first pregnancy too. Pictured: daughter Laila, one
Emily first made a name for herself on Sam Wood’s season of The Bachelor in 2015.
Following her stint on the Channel 10 dating show, she tied the knot with Pierre in August 2018, one year after they first met.
The couple exchanged vows at the Melbourne Town Hall, followed by a reception at The George Ballroom in St. Kilda.
Infamy: Emily first made a name for herself on Sam Wood’s season of The Bachelor in 2015