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Ryan Paton

Loose Women's Stacey Solomon said getting diagnoses for baby's condition could be 'life-changing'

Stacey Solomon has revealed baby Rose was diagnosed with tongue-tie.

The mum-of-four made her long-awaited return to the Loose Women on Friday's edition of the popular ITV programme.

Stacey has been away from the show since August on maternity leave and was greeted with a warm hug from her fellow panellists, Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Judi Love.

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The former X Factor contestant gave birth to her first daughter, Rose, at Pickle Cottage and she spoke about the joys of a home birth.

She said: "There's not a right or a wrong way to give birth, but I can honestly say I've never felt so calm and relaxed.

"I've always associated birth with trauma and I always feel really scared when I go into labour and being in hospital almost confirms that fear.

"I didn't just feel safe, it was the first time I ever felt in control during labour."

Stacey gushed over how similar in appearance Rose was to her youngest son, Rex, and she also revealed they had been diagnosed with the same condition.

Rex was forced to undergo an operation after he was diagnosed with posterior tongue tie, which impacted his ability to breast-feed.

The NHS describe tongue-tie as "where the strip of skin connecting the baby's tongue to the bottom of their mouth is shorter than usual."

Stacey told the panel that Rose has also been diagnosed with tongue-tie and is trying to raise more awareness of the condition.

She said: "Ultimately, I just think some people in the medical profession don't want to recognise it because they then have to put budget towards it.

"But I feel like genuinely, if people have the opportunity to know their baby has tongue tie, they should. I think it would honestly change their life.

"I watched Rose's mouth go from opening a little bit, which I thought was normal, to opening like a bird all of a sudden."

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV and the ITV Hub

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