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Jess Wright reveals she's had to race her one-year-old son to hospital.
The former TOWIE star took the youngster to A&E on Sunday after he was suffering from a 'persistent' medical issue. Jess and husband William Lee-Kemp welcomed Presley back in May last year and things have been far from smooth sailing.
Taking to social media, the reality TV star admitted: "Day 46066 in the poorly household. Ended up going to A&E last night because his cough wouldn't let up and he already had a steroid three days prior. He's now on antibiotics. The 4.20am wake ups aren't getting easier." She's been keeping fans in the loop since last year.
Jess raced her son Presley to hospital on Sunday (Getty Images for Thirty8 London)It was earlier this year that the 38-year-old discussed her 'scary' experience with postnatal depression and how she dealt with it. Speaking on a new episode of Giovanna Fletcher ’s podcast, Happy Mum Happy Baby, Jess talked about how 'debilitating' it is calling it the 'baby blues'.
"Because I thought when they said that it was just like ‘Oh you might feel down for a couple of days because it’s called the baby blues.’ I’m like, ‘You’re just totally disguising post-natal depression, which is debilitating’," she said.
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She continued: "I had that for a month, and then all of a sudden it just lifted... It’s more scary because A, I didn’t know how long it was going to last.. Some women suffer for like 6 months and some more. And B, I just couldn’t enjoy anything with him."
She gave listeners advice and told them to 'tell someone how you're feeling' as they won't 'judge you'. Jess continued: "They’re always going to be there for you if they love you. And there are so many others who are suffering." Last year, Jess previously revealed a 'dark cloud' hung over her during the first few weeks as she adjusted to life as a first-time mum.
The reality star's self-confidence took a dive when her psoriasis flared up, leaving her feeling "ugly" and not knowing which way to turn. For about four weeks I really suffered from postpartum depression. It was just a very, very strange feeling. I couldn't really enjoy Presley as much as I wanted to because I had this cloud over me. I was feeling low and not knowing why. I was just very scared", she says.
Jess says she turned to her husband and mum Carol to support her through the rough patch. "I feel a million times better now. I think it's very underplayed the baby blues, it needs to be spoken about more. I think it needs to be addressed more. Before I had Presley I knew about the baby blues but I didn't think I'd get like that. It's something that's really, really quite hard that women go through. You just have to be strong."