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Glowing Charlotte Crosby packs hospital bag as she prepares to welcome first child via planned C-section-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro
There’s not long to go now.
Charlotte Crosby is all packed as she awaits her planned C-section (Picture: Facebook)
Charlotte Crosby is preparing to become a mum for the first time as she packs her overnight bag for the hospital.
The Geordie Shore star, 32, is expecting her first child with with boyfriend Jake Ankers, having announced the exciting news back in April.
Charlotte has spoken openly about her pregnancy journey over the last few months, sharing her hopes, joy and excitement – as well as her fears and worries – as she gets ready for their new arrival.
The reality icon previously revealed she was opting for a planned caesarean rather than a natural birth, admitting she wasn’t keen on ‘pushing a baby out of my vagina.’
It comes after she suffered a devastating ectopic pregnancy in 2016 which left her struggling with post-traumatic stress.
Now, with just days to go until she welcomes her little one, Charlotte has been updating fans on social media and teasing a due date as she dared followers to guess when her C-section might be.
The star shared a snap of her packing a tiny babygro as she and Jake make the final preparations (Picture: Facebook)
Taking to Facebook on Friday, Charlotte shared a gorgeous snap of her holding up a tiny babygro, positively glowing as she smiled for the camera.
She wrote: ‘HOSPITAL BAG ❤️ it’s that time 👶🏼.’
‘Me and Jake have been getting our bags together! I’m having a planned section so we have date and time of the arrival of our little girl! 💕 so we have now officially packed our bags!’
The star has been sharing her pregnancy journey with fans through social media (Picture: Instagram)
The excited mum-to-be added: ‘CAN YOU GUYS GUESS HOW MANY DAYS WE HAVE LEFT?!? Guess in comments!’
Speaking about her choice to have a caesarean in a recent interview with new! magazine, the Geordie Shore favourite admitted: ‘I’ve never really been keen to push a baby out of my vagina.
‘I’m too scared to have a natural birth. There’s always been something scary about it for me and when I had the ectopic pregnancy it scared me even more.’
Charlotte spoke openly about her fears of a natural birth and why she opted for a cesarean (Picture: Instagram/Backgrid)
She added she found it ‘pathetic’ that C-sections are ‘frowned upon’ by some people, as ‘it doesn’t matter how your baby comes into this world as long as it gets here safely.’
‘I don’t have any bad words for anyone who wants to experience natural labour and I in turn have nothing bad to say about someone who chooses to have a C-section,’ she explained.
The star recently had a baby shower with her nearest and dearest, including some of her former MTV co-stars, and earlier this year hosted a gender reveal party where it was found she was expecting a baby girl.
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Upon sharing her pregnancy with the world, Charlotte – who is planning to show her birth on TV – said she ‘couldn’t be happier’, in disbelief that the moment was real.
She and Jake met through mutual friends and started dating last year, making their romance Instagram official in January.
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