Molly-Mae Hague has been delighting fans after her joyous pregnancy announcement with a series of stunning photos showcasing her blossoming baby bump. Now the 23-year-old mum-to-be has opened up about expecting her first baby in a candid Q&A with fans revealing that she's more than five months pregnant and addressing pregnancy cravings, baby names and how she found out she was expecting.
The former Love Island star shared the happy news that she's expecting with boyfriend Tommy Fury on Sunday. The loved-up couple, who met on Love Island in 2019, shared an adorable black and white video clip showing an emotional Molly-Mae giving a speech to her man during the final days of the ITV dating show three years ago.
In the video, captioned "I can't wait for the adventures that we haven't even dreamed of yet", Molly-Mae was in tears as she said the same words to Tommy in the famous Love Island villa where they met and fell in love. The clip then cut to mum-to-be Molly gently stroking her blossoming bump as Manchester boxer Tommy held her.
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Molly-Mae Hague followed the announcement with a gorgeous black and white video charting her pregnancy journey. She shared a tearjerking video on YouTube showing the life-changing moment she found out that she was to become a mum.
Molly-Mae, creative director for Manchester-based global fashion brand PrettyLittleThing, has since invited fans to pose questions to her on her Instagram Stories. "I think we may have some catching up to do!" she said on Wednesday. "I'm going to do a huge Q&A on my YouTube but I'll answer a few on my stories today... it still doesn't feel real that I can talk about my pregnancy."
After one fan asked "was it hard to hide it?" Molly-Mae told that she got beyond five months before announcing the pregnancy, which means their little-one could be due in December or January. She replied: "Strangely ...no. It wasn't. I set myself a goal to try to get to five months without people knowing and I didn't really think I would get that far.
"But we actually went past that point! It was so special having it as mine and Tommy's secret. I also have some amazing secret keeping friends/family too."
Asked if she's suffered from morning sickness she said: "I have been insanely lucky and haven't had any sickness. Any small amounts of nausea I had at the start were cured instantly by eating a meal/snacks.
I was able to keep working and living life as usual which really helped me to keep it a secret. I know a lot of women experience such horrendous sickness through pregnancy and my heart truly goes ut to them because I can imagine it's just awful."
Molly-Mae says they've already started work on the nursery and, as for the baby name, she says they had it picked out from their very first meeting. "We had a baby and a girl name picked out from basically the day we met. We are sticking with the name we had planned all along," she said.
Sharing how she found out she was pregnant, Molly-Mae says her period was just a day late when she decided to do a test. "I was one day late on my period but I'm usually bang on time!" she explained. "I had a test in the drawer anyway so I just took it. I probably wouldn't have actively gone to get a test for a while because I didn't feel any different AT ALL."
And she revealed she didn't tell her man straight away. "I didn't tell Tommy the night I found out ... I waited until the next day. It was absolute torture but I wanted to find the right way to tell him," she said.
Molly-Mae says she hasn't had any weird pregnancy cravings but has been more hungry. "To be honesy I've craved absolutely everything. The amount of food I ate in the first trimester was actually obscene," she said. The hunger really caught me by surprise and I'd say has been my main pregnancy symptom."
Asked "have you started baby shopping? she said: "No but I can now! I can't wait. Tommy and I would try and sneakily go into the baby section of shops and have loud convos like 'what do you think your cousin would like for her baby shower?' whilst looking at all the cute clothes we wanted to get. I'm so excited to start getting the things we need."
Earlier this year Molly-Mae and Tommy moved into their first home bought together. It took them three years to find their dream home, named 'Molly Maison'.
In the heart-warming YouTube video the former Love Island star holds up her positive pregnancy test to the camera. She then blows an excited kiss as she prepares to spring the best surprise on her man as he returns home.
As he walks into the room he unwraps the test, which Molly-Mae has placed out on the table for him. As he looks up in wide-eyed amazement, Molly-Mae nods and goes over to hug him. The video shows the couple already know the gender of their unborn baby as Molly-Mae jumps for joy holding a huge balloon reading 'Boy or Girl? and Tommy holds the pin.
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