Pregnant Helen Flanagan reveals she’s struggling with rosacea and wonders if it’s due to ‘carrying through the winter’ after being bed-bound with extreme morning sickness
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She’s currently pregnant with her third child.
And on Wednesday, Helen Flanagan took to her Instagram Stories to reveal that she’s struggling with rosacea – a common skin condition that causes redness and visible blood vessels in your face – after being bed-bound with extreme morning sickness.
The soap star, 30, confessed she wonders if it’s due to ‘carrying through the winter’ after previously having had ‘summer babies.’
Oh no! On Wednesday, Helen Flanagan, 30, took to her Instagram Stories to reveal that she’s struggling with rosacea, after being bed-bound with extreme morning sickness
Helen wrote: ‘I have started with rosacea recently apparently it’s hormonal anyone else experienced this in pregnancy? Love to know.
‘I usually have really swollen feet and ankles in pregnancy at this stage but I’ve always had summer babies… Maybe it’s because this time I’m carrying through the winter.’
It comes after Helen admitted her third pregnancy will be her last after being left bed-bound with extreme morning sickness.
The actress has suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) and revealed the symptoms have put her off having more children.
Changes with the seasons? The soap star confessed she wonders if it’s due to ‘carrying through the winter’ after previously having had ‘summer babies’
Pregnancy symptoms: The actress asked her followers if they’d had the same experience
The condition, which Kate Middleton also suffered from, is characterised by severe nausea, vomiting, weight loss and possibly dehydration.
Helen also suffered from the complication during her first two pregnancies but told how it has been far worse on her third.
Speaking to Fabulous magazine, she said: ‘I always really wanted four children, but after the hyperemesis this time, I could never go through it again. So the decision about having more children after this one has been taken out of my hands, really.
Difficult: Helen has admitted her third pregnancy will be her last after being left bed-bound with extreme morning sickness
‘It’s funny, I always thought if I knew I was carrying my last baby I would feel really sad about it, but because of what happened, I don’t see it like that. I see it as a positive decision and one I’m completely happy with.’
Helen was forced to move back in with her parents while she was suffering with the condition as she needed help looking after daughters Matilda, five, and Delilah, two, while footballer fiancé Scott Sinclair goes to work.
She said: ‘It started as soon as I found out I was pregnant and I was in and out of hospital where they would give me anti-sickness jabs.
‘I wasn’t able to look after the girls because I literally couldn’t get my head off the pillow. I was constantly being sick and couldn’t keep anything down.’
Ordeal: The actress has suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) and revealed the symptoms have put her off having more children
Helen added that she found it ‘so tough’ being bed-bound for so long and couldn’t even have the lights on at home because they made her feel dizzy.
The actress, who is due in March, also said that none of the medication she was given worked after she was on it for seven months when pregnant with Deliliah.
Her condition has improved as of late and she now experiences ‘normal’ morning sickness and can carry on with her day.
Helen postponed her wedding to Scott last year due to the coronavirus pandemic and now the star reckons they won’t tie the knot until 2022.
Family: Helen was forced to move back in with her parents while she was suffering with the condition as she needed help looking after daughters Matilda, five, and Delilah, two, while footballer fiancé Scott Sinclair goes to work