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<\/p>\nLAURA Anderson has bravely revealed her full birth story after welcoming baby girl Bonnie.<\/p>\n
The Love Island alumni, 34, told how she suffered a vaginal tear and a postpartum hemorrhage after she delivered her first tot with Hollyoaks\u00a0actor Gary Lucy, 41, earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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The star lost 1.6litres of blood in the process, but is now at home recovering with her medication.<\/p>\n
Laura recently opened up on her relationship status with Gary following their daughter's birth – while the actor then "confirmed" their reunion with his own sweet tribute.<\/p>\n
Laura has already showcased her painful bruises and told of suffering an infection following little Bonnie's birth.<\/p>\n
Now she has taken to her Instagram Stories to candidly "bish bash bosh" through her birth story – in a detailed description which some readers may find triggering.<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking to the camera directly with no make-up on, Laura told how she had had four sweeps.<\/p>\n She then suffered "horrendous contractions" after getting the non hormonal cervical balloon to induce labour.<\/p>\n The star told the video: "This was over a few days, we kept going into hospital and it was just exhausting and I thought 'God I've still got the full labour to go.'"<\/p>\n The ITV2 favourite then told doctors to take the hormonal induction option, in the form of a gel.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She continued: "I was in the hospital and I was only one centimetre dilated but I just felt no one was taking me seriously.<\/p>\n "I was having contractions like every minute and a half and I was like this is a lot, and I have got so long to go, and I wasn't in the labour ward yet because you have to be four centimetres."<\/p>\n She continued: "I found it mentally quite torturous because I felt it was going to be so long with no pain relief."<\/p>\n She told how she started bleeding as they reached a delivery room – leaving her mum and Gary worried.<\/p>\n Within the hour she went from four to nine centimetres dilated and using gas and air.<\/p>\n Laura added: "When I was at 9cm I said f**k this s**t give me the epidural I can't do this and then they were like 'it's too late we are going to give you something else.'"<\/p>\n She advised fans the bruises on her arms came from a catheter and constant blood taking<\/p>\n She said how the "Gods were with me" as she had the epidural eventually, and felt she had missed a contraction.<\/p>\n Laura said: "As soon as I stopped needing the gas and air I was like 'Hallelujah.'<\/p>\n "I even had a nap, they scheduled me a nap and said at half five we will begin pushing."<\/p>\n Laura told how she "pushed her out" – but "couldn't feel anything."<\/p>\n This meant she could not deliver the baby on all fours as she couldn't feel her legs, leaving the star "fuming."<\/p>\n After three pushes Laura continued: "They got her out, she cried straight away, she was really responsive and alert it was amazing.<\/p>\n "I was talking to her, she really liked that."<\/p>\n In terms of her own body, Laura told how she had a second degree tear and needed stitches.<\/p>\n Yet this was not the end of her maternity experience as five hours later she explained she had an "awful" hemorrhage.<\/p>\n She said: "I stood up I lost loads of bloods and clots and felt really, really faint."<\/p>\n Laura added: "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."<\/p>\n She ultimately avoided going to theatre and instead took on board lots of fluids.<\/p>\n She admitted: "It was pretty scary. 1.6 litres of blood I lost."<\/p>\n Admitting she was on lots of medication Laura added: "Obviously it's all worth it and I would do it all again.<\/p>\n "But I do think don't be the hero – get the epidural at 4cm."<\/p>\n Reassuring her followers, she concluded: "That's it gang, we are surviving and thriving."<\/p>\nread more laura anderson<\/span><\/h2>\n
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