Celebrity Big Brother’s Lateysha Grace reveals heartbreaking reason behind life-saving surgery and hospital dash
CELEBRITY Big Brother’s Lateysha Grace suffered a secret ectopic pregnancy that landed her in hospital.
The reality TV star last week told how she was undergoing life-saving surgery – and now the heartbreaking reason has been revealed.
In an emotional statement, Lateysha says she believed she had miscarried after falling pregnant three months ago.
But after collapsing on her bathroom floor and being rushed to hospital last week, she was stunned to discover the baby was alive.
Sadly her unborn child was unable to survive the ectopic pregnancy, which puts the mother’s life in serious danger when a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in the fallopian tube.
In an emotional statement, Lateysha told how she has been forced to mourn her unborn baby twice.
The star said: “This week has been one of the scariest most heartbreaking of my life.
“I found out I was pregnant 3 months ago. I was shocked and surprised but so happy to add to my family, unfortunately I thought I had lost the baby a couple weeks after but in fact I hadn’t.
“I woke up one morning with the most awful pain in my stomach and collapsed on my bathroom floor, I got rushed to hospital to find out I hadn’t lost my baby it was in fact growing in the wrong place and was an ectopic pregnancy.
“The scans showed that I had severe internal bleeding! to be told that they have blood transfusion on standby was so scary, I was rushed down to theatre straight away to be operated on as my tube was about to rupture at an minute.”
She added: “I’m so thankful to the hospital staff for saving my life, drs and nurses are true angels in disguise.
“Not only have I had to mourn my unborn baby twice but I’ve also lost my tube in the process.
“If anyone has been through this and has any advice on how they dealt with such an awful situation would be much appreciated.
“Also if anyone has any of the symptoms included in this post please seek medical advice asap.”
Lateysha first appeared on our screens in The Valleys, which saw her and a handful of other young people move to Cardiff in Wales to pursue their dreams.
After starting in 2012, the series ran for three seasons before being axed in 2014.
When the show ended she released her autobiography Valleywood, attempted to launch a music career and created her own fashion range.
She then made an appearance on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 and went viral when her dress burst open across her bum while she twerked on Big Brother’s Bit on the Side.
Two years later she landed her own MTV reality show called Million Dollar Baby, in which she tried to launch a modelling career for her daughter.
Lateysha also had appearances in Ex On The Beach and Just Tattoo Of Us.