Shaughna Phillips kept her fans up to date on her new motherhood journey by sharing her emotional reaction to having her placenta brought to her home.
The Love Island actress tweeted on Thursday that she had given birth to a beautiful baby girl.
The 28-year-old reality actress announced on Instagram that her daughter, Lucia, was born on Tuesday at 8:10 p.m., weighing 8lb 8oz.
Shaughna informed her followers on Wednesday morning, just over a week after becoming a mother, that she had received her placenta back following the encapsulation procedure.
‘Look what’s arrived,’ she shared on her Instagram Stories, with a picture of the box from Placenta Plus.
‘Actually feel quite emotional having this delivered!’ she added.
‘Knowing my placenta kept my little darling healthy and safe for nine months. Wow the hormones are real lol, going to sterilise some bottles and then show you what @placentaplus have made me.’
Placenta Plus claims to be the UK’s first laboratory-based firm that wraps placentas, collecting them just hours after birth and transforming them into vitamins, sweets, and beauty items.
Celebrity mothers such as Rochelle Humes, Coleen Rooney, Amy Childs, and Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent, according to their website, are all delighted clients.
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She subsequently cooed over Lucia’s toes, tweeting a photo of her cradling the little tot’s foot as she commented: ‘Ignore the obvious need for an infill but omg I could kiss these beautiful feet all day long.
‘And the lil noises she’s making my heart might actually explode [sic].’
Shaughna, on the other hand, was determined to portray the less glamorous side of being a new parent, as she tweeted a photo of herself from last week, slumped over sleeping as she sat up in bed in a T-shirt and pregnancy nappies while clutching a cup.
Little Lucia could be seen dozing off in the crib next to her.
‘Thought I’d bless your timeline with some reality 🙈,’ she joked.
‘Breast feeding top, maternity nappy, peppermint tea to help the trapped wind in my shoulder (that pain is worse than any contraction I had btw), legs swollen from surgery and tired beyond belief!’ she wrote, sharing all the details.
The new mum continued: ‘Can we also appreciate how I was able to fall asleep while keeping my cup upright?! Talent 💪🏼’
‘I don’t know if I’ll ever feel like I’m not winging it? But thank god for my village ❤️,’ Shaughna also admitted.
‘Go on mama – super proud of you & you brought such a perfect little lady into this world 🥰👏👏!!!’ cheered on Paige Turley in the comments.
Anna Williamson chimed in: ‘You’re doing brilliantly my love!!!! Totally been there and can 💯 relate. Don’t worry if it’s hard to enjoy this early bit…I promise it gets easier ❤️❤️’
