Shaughna Phillips has disclosed a ‘traumatizing’ hospital journey she had during her pregnancy after experiencing decreased movement with her infant.
The Love Island actress, 28, is expecting her first child with partner Billy Webb, 29, and has opened up about her pregnancy experiences, particularly her challenges with her changing figure.
Now, the reality star is looking forward to meeting her baby of joy, sharing that she has scheduled an induction after her March 25 due date has passed.
Shaughna also disclosed that she was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago after her infant ceased moving.
In her piece with OK!, the actress said she went the hospital as she experienced reduced movements, but that fortunately everything ‘turned out to be ok’.
She was left terrified, however, when a doctor confronted her about induction and she was presented with the possibility of giving birth to her child.
‘As I was 38 weeks pregnant, the doctor told me they would induce me,’ she began.
‘It massively made me panic and I told them I didn’t feel ready to give birth, but they kept me overnight and put me in a post-natal ward where babies had already been born.’
Shaughna stated that she thought she was “pushed into getting an induction when [she] wasn’t ready” and that the experience was “traumatizing.”
After an overnight stay in the hospital, the actress was given other choices for her baby.
‘Thankfully another doctor came the next day and told me I had other options, but now I am definitely ready for the baby to come,’ she added.
Shaughna has taken to Instagram to request that her ‘horror tales’ not be submitted advance of her induction rite on Sunday.
‘Polite request,’ she wrote in an Instagram story update. ‘Please do not email me your nightmare tales about being induced or your thoughts on why my being induced is bad for my baby.’
‘I appreciate you may mean well, but it is not helpful. As a first-time mum, you will know the anxiety I am already feeling, and the last thing I need to hear is horrible experiences or being mum-shamed.
‘Thank you for all the lovely messages I’ve received, they far outweigh the negative ones.’
