Pregnant Paloma Faith reveals she is undergoing further tests for gestational diabetes and has cancelled her Christmas break to be closer to her hospital
Pregnant Paloma Faith is undergoing further tests for gestational diabetes after revealing to fans she failed her first check.
The Voice Kids judge, 39, who is expecting her second child with partner Lehman Lahcine after six rounds of IVF treatment, took to Instagram on Sunday to announce she has cancelled her Christmas break to attend necessary hospital appointments.
Sharing a photo of herself displaying her growing bump, she wrote: ‘So this week I failed a gestational diabetes test and need to do the 4 hour one next week.
Check: Pregnant Paloma Faith is undergoing further tests for gestational diabetes after revealing to fans she failed her first check (pictured last month)
‘I had booked to go to a cottage in the country 4 hours outside of London during the Xmas holiday, but due to my panic about getting Covid and the potential double act of gestational diabetes and Placenta Previa, I decided to stay home to be near the hospital I know.’
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that affects pregnant women, usually during the second or third trimester. It can affect people who didn’t have diabetes before their pregnancy and usually goes away after the birth.
It occurs when the hormones produced during pregnancy make it difficult for your body to use insulin properly, putting you at an increased risk of insulin resistance.
Placenta Previa (low-lying placenta) occurs when the placenta covers part or all of the cervix during the last months of pregnancy, and can cause severe bleeding before or during labour.
Baby number 2: The Voice Kids judge, 39, who is expecting her second child with partner Lehman Lahcine after six months of IVF treatment, took to Instagram on Sunday to announce she has cancelled her Christmas break to attend necessary hospital appointments
The singer who is already mum to a four-year-old daughter added: ‘It’s a fine line between trying to continue life and juggling the trauma of my previous birth experience and the panic I face negotiating this one.
‘All the time trying to work and bat away the little voice in my head that tells me every day my career is failing/my body is failing/my pregnancy is failing… And staying optimistic without being able to see friends and loved ones, and to be honest most of all an audience! ‘
Paloma also revealed she doesn’t expect to get back performing until September 2021, adding: ‘I miss seeing your faces knowing the words and I miss that escapism we have together when I’m performing. September 2021 seems too far away.
Growing family: The singer who is already mum to a four-year-old daughter added: ‘It’s a fine line between trying to continue life and juggling the trauma of my previous birth experience and the panic I face negotiating this one (pictured December 1)
‘Sending love to you, the greatest audience in the world. I miss you my lifeline… x’
Last month Paloma spoke out about her rollercoaster pregnancy during an appearance on Lorraine to promote her new album Infinite Things.
‘I don’t have easy pregnancies, so it’s been emotional rollercoaster. If you look on the NHS website of things that could be irking you, I’ve got all of them!’ she explained.
The star admitted though that being a mum helps fuel her creative process, revealing that after she had her daughter four years ago, her work ethic changed. ‘
‘I became way more efficient and my output changed, you become more compartmentalised and you don’t become whimsically slow,’ she said.
Journey: The singer announced that she was expecting her second child with partner Leyman Lahcine in September after six rounds of IVF, four years after the birth of their daughter