Megan McKenna drops huge hint about unborn baby’s gender after hospital dash
TELEVISION personality Megan McKenna dropped a massive hint on social media about the sex of her unborn baby.
The Towie star, 31, posted a string of baby pictures on her Instagram story including one of her mother, Tanya, holding Megan as a baby.
Megan included an interesting caption drawing similarities between her and her mother’s pregnancies.
She said: “A lot of people saying I’m going to have a hairy baby. Well this was me after I came out of the womb.”
The star continued: “I wonder if our [her and fiance Oliver Burke] baby will have thick dark hair like I did. How cute is this pic of me & my mum, By the way, she suffered with heartburn too.”
The post left many of Megan’s 2.8 million Instagram followers wondering if the caption alluded to the gender of the baby, which the expecting mother has yet to reveal publicly.
If so, the Ex on the Beach star wouldn’t be the only mum-to-be to resort to myths to help predict the gender of their newborn.
Many believe the old wives tale that if you have lots of heartburn during pregnancy, this may indicate your little one has a full head of hair.
Legend also suggests that you’re having a girl, which Megan included in her baby photo caption.
According to a notable Wiley Online Library study, heartburn is a common pregnancy symptom, with their researchers discovering a correlation between heartburn and the amount of hair a baby has.
The study also determined that those who experience severe heartburn, tended to have babies with a lot more hair follicles, than mothers with little to no heartburn symptoms.
However, what they didn’t conclude, was a link between having severe heartburn and the sex of the baby.
MEGAN’S MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Megan and her football beau, announced the pregnancy earlier in the month on Instagram.
Famous friends and fans alike rushed to Megan’s social media page to congratulate the couple, including Liberty Poole, who left a beautiful message: “Congrats beautiful so excited for you!”
Earlier this week, the reality star revealed that she suffered an allergic reaction following a medicated IVF transfer. The nightmare episode, resulted in the star being rushed to A&E.
Megan said that her stomach had doubled in size, leaving her petrified for her unborn baby. She told fans online: “I’m definitely not taking that medication anymore.”
The X-Factor star told fans that the allergic reaction had been the reason for her social media hiatus.
Megan said: “My body is hypersensitive and it more scarier having that because I worry about it affecting the baby.”
She then proceeded to demonstrate the size of the baby using an avocado, before informing fans on how she went about the IVF process with her fiance.
The Country singer said: “I would go to the clinic to do acupuncture every week. You lay on the bed and they basically take your embryo out and it’s in this little tube and there being so careful and you don’t have anaesthetic.”
She continued: “I took all my medication and vitamins until I was 10 weeks and carried on taking baby aspirin until 12 weeks.”
Megan and her fiance, Birmingham City footballer Oliver, 27, got engaged last year in June in Montenegro, after just five months of dating.
MEGAN’S EARLIER CAREER
She shot to fame back in 2015 as a contestant on Ex On The Beach, but received wider recognition for appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016.
It would be ITV2’s reality show The Only Way Is Essex, which turned Megan into a household name. She was a cast member on the famed show from 2016 to 2017.
The star began her music career back in 2018, when she released her debut album Story of Me, followed by winning the X-Factor Celebrity edition the year after.
MEGAN’S CURRENT PLANS
Her baby news comes a year after Megan turned her focus to food, which along with music, has been her passion in recent years.
The reality queen also released a cookbook in 2022, called Can You Make That Gluten-Free? Showcasing the finest, guilt-free gluten options.
Megan regularly posts videos of homemade delicious meals and romantic date nights with Oliver on Instagram.