New mum Amy Childs reveals she endured exhausting 27-hour labour and is eating her PLACENTA
Former Towie star has admitted she's in 'total shock' at new life as a mum
NEW mum Amy Childs has revealed she is finding life as a new mum "overwhelming" following a 27-hour labour which left her needing stitches.
The former Towie star admitted the birth was "bloody painful" and she spent the last few days "in shock".
Amy, 26, welcomed a daughter late last month and she has now opened up about becoming a first-time parent.
The TV star revealed she is overjoyed with her little girl, but she had a difficult birth and and spent more than a day in labour.
In her column for New! magazine, she wrote: "I've spent the last few days in total shock. I feel totally overwhelmed.
"I keep looking at her and crying...
"My labour was so long and hard - it was 27 hours!... Labour is bloody painful."
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Amy had previously told fans she would be taking a hypnobirthing course so she wouldn't need pain relief when the baby came.
But she has now revealed she gave in and had an epidural when the pain became too much.
The little girl remains without a name, but Amy revealed she looks just like her mum.
She is Amy's first child with boyfriend Bradley Wright, and she admits he cried when he saw his new daughter.
The beauty-obsessed star, who runs her own salon in Essex, is now eating her placenta after having it turned into capsules.
She has also had it turned into a cream which she has been using on her face.
Some believe the nutrients passed from mother to foetus during her nine months of pregnancy are still packed inside the organ – and eating the raw placenta could help the mum recover from giving birth and boost her strength while breastfeeding.