Model Danielle Lloyd has opened up about her worries over the birth of her fourth child and said that she is “panicking” over some complications that could make it quite a stressful delivery.
Doctors have told the 33-year-old that her baby is breech, which means that instead of the baby’s head facing downwards ready for Danielle to go into labour, the baby is the other way around so the feet will be the first part of the baby to show when she gives birth.
Danielle is eight months pregnant and has been told that although her baby is in the breech position, there is still time for that to change and hopefully the baby will move to the right position.
She told OK! magazine: “I’ve got sciatica, my nerves are sore, I’m fed up of going to the toilet every five minutes. That stuff I’m not going to miss, but I will miss my bump a bit.
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“They also told me that the baby was breech, so I was panicking a lot. None of my kids have ever been breech. But they put my mind at ease and told me I’ve got plenty of time so hopefully the baby can turn.”
If the baby stays in the breech position, Danielle might have to have a cesarean section, as natural delivery can be dangerous with breech babies. Another treatment she might be offered is called ECV and is where the obstetrician applies pressure to the abdomen to try and physically turn the baby around.
Although this baby will be her first child with fiance Michael O’Neill, Danielle has three sons, Archie, seven, Harry, six, and George, three, with her ex-husband, footballer Jamie O’Hara.
Her fiance Michael is not in the limelight, he’s an electrician from a town near Birmingham, and the two met in a gym.
Danielle has spoken out about how she might give up on fame to live a quiet life with Michael. She said on TV programme, In Therapy: “I have the opportunity to live a normal life with a normal man who’s got a normal job. Deep down that’s really what I want to do. I’m fed up of this life.”
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The pair got engaged last year and announced their pregnancy in February. She found out live on Loose Women that she was having another baby boy. It’ll be her fourth son and she has admitted she would love to have a girl. She told Closer magazine she would consider gender selection in the future if she got pregnant again.
She said: “It’s always been my dream to have a girl but I’d be fine with the four boys. Michael wants another baby, but I wouldn’t risk another boy.
“He’s looked at gender selection, so we could do that. I was shocked when I first learned I was having a son. Michael was scared I was going to be disappointed but I’ve come to terms with the fact I’m having a boy.”
She has thought about names for the baby and said she likes the name Arthur because it is her dad’s name. She said in one of her blog posts: “We like loads of different names at the moment. I think boy names are so much easier to come up with than girl names, we’ve got loads of boys names.
“I like traditional names though it’s hard because until you see the baby you don’t actually know.”
She’s already had a bit of a stressful time being pregnant as she has moved house and even suffered a water infection which could have caused a premature birth, something she has already experienced with her son Harry who was born very early weighing just over 4lbs.
She told OK! magazine: “Because of what I went through with Harry, I knew the baby could come at any time.”