Love Island star Shaughna Phillips, who only recently announced her pregnancy, teased her baby’s gender in a recent social media post
Love Island star Shaughna Phillips teased the gender of her baby in a social media post shared with fans during a Q&A session. The TV personality, who got pregnant with her second child with boyfriend Billy Webb while he was still serving prison time, announced her pregnancy last week.
During a Q&A with her Instagram followers, one fan asked: “So pleased for you! Are you going to find out the gender?” Shaughna shared a screengrab of herself from a longer video where she was seen with her mouth wide open in shock. She wrote: “We do know the gender, this was my reaction.”
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The star added she’s due to give birth in November but will be undergoing a C-Section after having a ‘rough’ birth with daughter Lucia, who she also shared with convicted drug dealer Billy.
Speaking about Lucia’s birth, she said: “Induction, 2 days labour, pushed for an hour and she was not moving, She got really stressed and was rushed for forceps which FAILED because she turned around, and then she was rushed for an emergency C-Section and ended up with a postpartum haemorrhage.”
The star got pregnant during a brief home visit from her boyfriend Billy Webb – who’s currently serving a nine-year sentence for Class A drug offences.
Billy was sentenced to nine years in prison pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply 4.5 kilograms of cocaine worth at least £360,000.
Shaughna said she planned the pregnancy, even tracking her ovulation to boost her chances of conceiving, but was stunned that her baby dream came true so quickly.
“It was the first time that my ovulation window coincided with Billy being home,” Shaughna said to The Mirror. “I was like, ‘You know what? Why not? Let’s just see’. And literally, the next day, I said to Billy, ‘I think I’m pregnant.’”
Her gut feeling was confirmed ten days later, when multiple pregnancy tests showed up positive. “I found out very, very early on,” she added. “I was doing maybe five tests a day. I’m not even exaggerating.”
Shaughna said Billy, who went to jail in 2023, is allowed out on home visits “a few days” every month.
And while she has so far been forced to raise her daughter as a single parent, the star says Billy is due for early release and should be reunited with his family in time for their new arrival.
“I know the date that he’s due to be home, but I’m not saying it just because anything could happen,” she added. “But hopefully he will be fully home before my baby is due.”
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