Lateysha Grace has revealed she has suffered an ectopic pregnancy in a heartbreaking update.
It comes after last week the Celebrity Big Brother, 30, told how she was rushed to hospital for life saving surgery but didn’t specify what had happened.
But in Monday the star shared with fans exactly what she had been through as she told how she had found out she was pregnant three months ago.
Then soon after the mother-of-two woke up with ‘awful pain’ in her stomach and collapsed on the bathroom floor before being taken to hospital.
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in the fallopian tube, meaning a baby is unable to develop and leaving the mother’s health in danger.
Tough: Lateysha Grace has revealed she has suffered an ectopic pregnancy in a heartbreaking update
Sad: It comes after last week the Celebrity Big Brother , 30, told how she was rushed to hospital for life saving surgery but didn’t specify what had happened
She penned in the caption: ‘This week has been one of the scariest most heartbreaking of my life.
‘I found out I was pregnant 3 months ago! I was shocked and surprised but so happy to add to my family, unfortunately I thought I had lost the baby a couple weeks after but in fact I hadn’t.
‘I woke up one morning with the most awful pain in my stomach and collapsed on my bathroom floor, I got rushed to hospital to find out I hadn’t lost my baby it was in fact growing in the wrong place and was an ectopic pregnancy.
‘The scans showed that I had severe internal bleeding! to be told that they have blood transfusion on standby was so scary, I was rushed down to theatre straight away to be operated on as my tube was about to rupture at an minute.’
In her post she shared a snap of her stomach with bandages on it and a snap of herself crying in her hospital bed.
She added: ‘I’m so thankful to the hospital staff for saving my life, drs and nurses are true angels in disguise.
‘Not only have I had to mourn my unborn baby twice but I’ve also lost my tube in the process.
‘If anyone has been through this and has any advice on how they dealt with such an awful situation would be much appreciated.
‘Also if anyone has any of the symptoms included in this post please seek medical advice asap.’
Difficult: But in Monday the star shared with fans exactly what she had been through as she told how she had found out she was pregnant three months ago
Scary: Then soon after the mother-of-two woke up with ‘awful pain’ in her stomach and collapsed on the bathroom floor before being taken to hospital
‘Life changing surgery’: It comes after last week she was rushed to hospital for the life saving surgery but didn’t say what had happened
Recovery: Lateysha later updated fans following the operation and wrote: ‘Thank you for everyone’s well wishes! I appreciate you all so much. My op went well thank the lord’
Roots: Lateysha found fame when she starred in The Valleys in 2012, until it was axed two years later
It comes after last week she was rushed to hospital for the life saving surgery but didn’t say what had happened.
Posting a picture in her hospital bed, she penned: ‘Life comes at you so fast, about to go down for life saving surgery, I’m so scared right now. Please pray for me.’
However, Lateysha later updated fans following the operation and wrote: ‘Thank you for everyone’s well wishes! I appreciate you all so much. My op went well thank the lord.
‘These last 24 hours have been traumatising. I can’t wait to get home to my girls.
‘I can’t thank the drs and nurses enough. They truly are angles.
‘I’m going to take a little break to process what’s gone on. Again thank you I love you all xx’
The mother-of-two, also shared a picture of her two daughters Wynter and Layke while she was in hospital and wrote: ‘My babies. I love them so much’.
Lateysha found fame when she starred in The Valleys in 2012, until it was axed two years later.
The show followed the raucous antics of hopefuls from across the valleys in South Wales, as they relocated to Cardiff with plans to make it in modelling, singing and club promoting.
The influencer appeared on the Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 and is famed for when her dress burst open, flashing her bottom, as she twerked on the spin-off show, Bit on the Side.
Lateysha recently shared the video on her Instagram page ahead of the launch of the latest Big Brother, writing: ‘It’s only right that I throw this iconic moment back!’
‘The moment I wanted the ground to swallow me up but also the moment that changed my life ! So grateful that I got to have the big brother experience.’
Family: The mother-of-two, also shared a picture of her two daughters Wynter and Layke while she was in hospital and wrote: ‘My babies. I love them so much’
After making her debut in the series, she presented her own MTV reality show Million Dollar Baby.
The model has also appeared on Ex On The Beach and Just Tattoo Of Us.
Now Lateysha, who lives in London with a ‘normal job’, recently revealed she works as a casting agent for MTV.
Announcing the news to her 1 million Instagram followers, she wrote: ‘Working on a new exciting @mtv show! Feels so surreal to be working behind the camera it’s always been a dream of mine to be a tv producer one day!’
WHAT IS AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY?
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes.
The fallopian tubes are the tubes connecting the ovaries to the womb. If an egg gets stuck in them, it won’t develop into a baby.
In the UK, around one in every 90 pregnancies is ectopic. This is around 11,000 pregnancies a year.
An ectopic pregnancy doesn’t always cause symptoms and may only be detected during a routine pregnancy scan.
Symptoms can include a combination of:
- a missed period and other signs of pregnancy
- tummy pain low down on 1 side
- vaginal bleeding or a brown watery discharge
- pain in the tip of your shoulder
- discomfort when peeing or pooing
Symptoms of a fallopian tube rupturing or splitting open are:
- a sharp, sudden and intense pain in your tummy
- feeling very dizzy, sick, or fainting
- looking very pale
This is very serious and surgery to repair the fallopian tube needs to be carried out as soon as possible.
A rupture can be life-threatening, but fortunately they’re uncommon and treatable, if dealt with quickly. Deaths from ruptures are extremely rare in the UK.
Source: NHS