Molly-Mae Hague ‘reassured’ to learn she has anterior placenta after struggling to feel unborn baby move

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Molly-Mae Hague has spoken about her worry after she struggled to feel her unborn baby move.The PrettyLittleThing creative director, 23, is expecting her first child with boxer boyfriend Tommy Fury, with the couple making the overjoyed announcement in September.Loved-up Molly and Tommy have been together for three years, having first met on ITV2 reality dating show Love Island.Their relationship has gone from strength to strength since, with the couple often speaking about how they’d like to have a family together in the future.Now that the famous couple are confirmed to be expecting a baby girl, Molly has been keeping fans updated on her pregnancy through social media, and this week spoke candidly about some worries she had been experiencing.The 23-year-old first shared a sweet video and photos of her ultrasound, in which she was in awe at how she could make out her baby’s facial features already.She then admitted that she had been fearful that she often struggled to feel her baby move inside her – and even when she could, dad-to-be Tommy couldn’t feel anything.Molly has now learned she has an anterior placenta – where the placenta attaches to the front wall of the uterus and makes it more difficult for the baby’s movements to be felt from outside.Taking to her Instagram Stories, Molly wrote alongside sweet snaps of her ultrasound: ‘So I actually have an anterior placenta.‘I have been getting quite disheartened at how little I’ve been able to feel her move… especially when I can feel her and Tommy can’t when he touches my belly.’She said it was ‘really reassuring to know’ the reason behind it, explaining: ‘My placenta is literally a huge sponge between me and the baby that’s absorbing all her movement and preventing me.