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Tearful Molly-Mae packs hospital bag as she reveals she's tried to 'breastfeed herself'

Pregnant Molly-Mae Hague was left feeling incredibly emotional as she packed her hospital bag ready to give birth to her baby daughter.

The former Love Island star, 23, is due to welcome her first child with boyfriend Tommy Fury any day now - and revealed that she had tried to breastfeed herself in a bid to practice ahead of the arrival.

Hand expressing and collecting breast milk - antenatal expression - is possible from 36 weeks pregnant and is particularly useful for expectant mums who are diabetic, have a planned caesarean, are having twins or triplets, know your baby is going to be born early or have a medical condition like high blood pressure.

Pregnant mums can hand express two to three times a day for around five to 10 minutes, according to NHS England.

Concerned that her breasts were "too dry" and not "leaking", she explained that she had decided to put a nipple in her mouth to try - however she said that nothing came out.

Revealing that she had packed multiple packs of disposable underwear, Molly-Mae showed her followers her breastfeeding kit in a new YouTube video.

"I've packed a lot of nipple pads, I don't know how many I'm going to need," she said. "This is my first rodeo, guys, I don't know how much I'm going to be leaking... if the current situation is anything to go by now, I'm not going to be leaking at all!

"I have not leaked a single droplet of milk. I'm going to tell you something horrendously weird and disgusting, I actually - I don't know if this is too x-rated for the internet... oh screw it, I'm just going to say it. I tried to put my own nipple in my mouth. My boobs are actually that big that it's possible."

Laughing, she added: "I actually tried to breastfeed off myself!"

Explaining that she has spoken to Tommy saying that she had been "concerned" after some of her friends had been leaking milk since 20 weeks, she said that her boobs were "dry".

"So I thought, 'Let's give it a little test!' I gave it a little... you know... and nothing happened!"

She also revealed what was in the rest of her Louis Vuitton suitcase, which she admitted was "excessive".

Molly-Mae and Tommy are expecting their first baby together (YouTube)

"I've got a lot going on right now, guys," she said. "And I feel like there's a lot going on in here [head] and a lot going on in here [bump]. There's just a lot going on! Put it this way, I need to get this video filmed!"

To start off, she revealed that she was packing a suitcase for herself to take to the hospital in London, which she hadn't yet revealed would be the location of her giving birth.

Admitting she didn't want to speak about the reason behind it "too much", but continued: "We wanted to have it there for privacy reasons and just to make us feel the most comfortable and the most secure.

"I'm not going to go into it too much more because it's not more than that."

Showing off her bump, she said that her belly button felt "stretched to the max" and as though it was going to "pop open".

Her first essential item to put into her suitcase was her beloved Elly Belly, which she said she couldn't give birth without. She went on to show off her bag of her female care hygiene items, which included a pack of maternity pads, cold pads, witchhazel foam and a fan.

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