Celebrity Big Brother star Lateysha Grace is celebrating some happy news (Picture: Channel 5)
Celebrity Big Brother legend Lateysha Grace has revealed she’s pregnant with her third baby, after ‘nearly dying’ from an ectopic pregnancy last year.
The 31-year-old model, who first rose to fame on The Valleys before appearing on Big Brother in 2016, alongside the likes of Andrew Tate and Jason Burrill, shared the happy news of her ‘magic’ baby on Instagram.
She announced she was engaged to ‘the love of [her] life’ in June, keeping the identity of her mystery man a secret.
Just two months before her due date, Lateysha has taken to social media with a series of stunning pictures, which saw her posing and cradling her bump in a dazzling pink outfit.
She wrote: ‘I can’t hide this bump any longer 🤰🏽🍼😄 I can’t believe I’m even writing these words !! But we’re pregnant 🙊!!
‘Just under a year ago, as many of you knew, we lost our baby along with my tube.
‘I honestly gave up on the thought of ever having another baby, but God worked his magic and blessed me with another.
‘I’m honestly so grateful and thankful to be creating another life and growing my family!
‘I kept it quiet for as long as I could to make sure everything was good and healthy with the baby and NOW I’m ready to share it with you guys! It still doesn’t even feel real 🥹💕.’
Lateysha opened up about suffering an ectopic pregnancy last year (Picture: @lateysha_grace / Instagram)
She appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 (Picture: Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for SHEIN)
She was showered in congratulatory messages from friends and fans alike, and spoke of her ‘absolute shock’ in a new interview, sharing why she wanted to keep it quiet for ‘so long’.
The TV personality shares daughter Wynter, 9, with her ex, and two-year-old Layke with her fiancé, and regularly shares pictures of her children on social media, while keeping her romantic life out of the spotlight.
She gave birth to Layke in March 2022, after being rushed to hospital with pre-eclampsia during her pregnancy.
In October 2023, she also suffered an ectopic pregnancy, after being ‘incorrectly told’ she miscarried one month before.
After suffering from severe blood clots and pain, she was rushed to urgent surgery and had a tube removed, and was also told her chances of conceiving again were slim.
Lateysha is already mum to two daughters (Picture: @lateysha_grace / Instagram)
Recalling the horrific time in her life, she told MailOnline: ‘I remember one day I woke up, I think I was about three or maybe four months pregnant, and just collapsed on the bathroom floor.
‘I was like something doesn’t feel right. I will never forget the feeling, it was the worst feeling in the world.
‘I just thought that like I’m dying. Like I’m actually dying. It does make me emotional when I think about it.’
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes. It’s not possible to save the pregnancy in these instances.
In the UK, around 1 in every 90 pregnancies is ectopic, according to the NHS.
The TV personality was told she ‘would have died’ had she not been rushed to hospital last year (Picture: @lateysha_grace / Instagram)
Lateysha was told by doctors that she ‘would have died’ had she not been rushed to hospital.
She went on: ‘I remember looking down at my stomach and I had all these scars. And they came in and they were like, we took one of your tubes. It just makes you feel like less of a woman. But you aren’t obviously.
‘It was one of the most depressing things I’ve ever been through. I think for months I would just sit there and every time I would think about it, I would just literally cry my eyes out. I don’t wish it on anyone. It was horrific. Absolutely horrific.’
She thought she would never get pregnant again, and said she was ‘negative about it’ and ‘scarred’ from the experience.
Lateysha kept her pregnancy a secret for seven months (Picture: @lateysha_grace / Instagram)
With this pregnancy, she wanted to keep it quiet to ensure she and her baby were healthy.
‘I’ve been very worried, I think this is why I’ve kept it quiet for so long. Like when I found out I was pregnant, obviously I was really happy, but it’s it’s such a strange feeling,’ she said.
‘Like I still feel sadness for the baby that I lost, if that makes sense. I do feel so lucky and blessed that I’ve been given an opportunity to carry again. But yeah, it’s it’s it’s a strange one. It’s a very strange. I’m very nervous, very on edge and thinking.’
Lateysha – who provided one of the wildest TV moments of all time after splitting her dress while twerking and revealing her bottom and thong on Rylan Clark’s Bit On The Side – also appeared on Million Dollar Baby in 2018 and Celebrity Ex on the Beach in 2020.
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