Shaughna Phillips details birth story with emergency c-section after 2-day labour

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Shaughna Phillips has told her birth story for the first time since welcoming her daughter Lucia. The Love Island star has been settling into mum life after Lucia was born earlier this month, and now she has opened up about her daughter's birth, revealing she was advised to have an epidural – telling fans it is "the best thing ever invented".

Shaughna - who has been praised for keeping her motherhood posts real since becoming a new mother - began by writing: "I was induced at 41+3 and had the dilapan rods for 24 hours, when they were taken out I was 2cm dilated and had my waters broke.That wasn't fun but gas and air deffo helped! "I then went 4 hours in Labour with just gas and air and when I was next examined I hadn't dilated anymore.The pain was manageable but when I realised I hadn't dilated any more I felt so deflated." Shaughna said further: "I was then offered the hormone drip and was strongly advised to have an epidural because the hormone drip sends your contractions from 0-100!

The epidural is the best thing ever invented and I'm so glad I had it! From 6am to 3pm I went from 2cm to 9cm with minimal pain!" The star went on to say that despite starting to push after her contractions really kicked in, her baby girl's heart rate started to skyrocket – and had to have an emergency c-section. "I started pushing at 6:30pm for over an hour but Lucia would come down and slide straight back up and her heart rate was rocketing," she said.