The former Love Island contestant has experienced one-upmanship over her birth story. Read more on Grazia.
has opened up to her followers about the trauma of her daughter Bonnie’s birth in an honest video, where she candidly describes the ‘horrendous’ experience.
Laura, 34, announced she was pregnant with her then-partner Gary Lucy, 41, back in February this year. They confirmed they had split up shortly afterwards, but that they planned to raise the child together amicably. Bonnie was welcomed into the world after three pushes, but Laura’s ordeal was not over yet. She suffered a second-degree tear which needed stitches, and five hours later she experienced an ‘awful’ haemorrhage which left her feeling faint. ‘I just stayed calm because I thought, ‘I’ve got everybody around me that needs to be here doing everything they can’ so I am a bit better in emergencies like that than like smaller things, if I stub my toe it’s the end of the world,'" she said.
Why has a woman bravely sharing details of her labour generated this discourse online? Birth stories are not the place for one-upmanship and Laura's experience will feel relatable to many new mothers. A poll released this week by Mumsnet found that 79% of those surveyed had experienced birth trauma.
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