Chloe Radford has relayed a “scary” update on her pregnancy as she nears the due date for her second child.
The 29-year-old 22 Kids and Counting star is expected to give birth in two weeks, and in a new update she explained her health had been a concern.
The Channel 5 show has followed Britain’s biggest family for years, and now several of the older Radford children are parents themselves.
Chloe is already mother to daughter Mila, and she and security guard boyfriend Jacob Wallace are set to welcome another child imminently – Sue and Noel’s 16th grandchild.
She has shared a few updates on her pregnancy journey on social media, and in the latest she explained that while the baby is thankfully “absolutely fine,” she’s been suffering from high blood pressure.
Chloe went on to say how she now has an induction date booked in due to the health issues.
Speaking on her TikTok account, Chloe told fans: “Hey, guys, so update on where we’re at with pregnancy and everything like that – I went to the day assessment unit today and they were monitoring my blood pressure again and I was on the monitor as well.
“Baby boy is very happy in there – he’s absolutely fine. My blood pressure – so they do it four times over the space of an hour – and it was okay the first two times, and then the other two times it was high again.
“I don’t know why, because I was literally just sat relaxing, so I have no idea why.”
The third Radford child continued: “I also had my bloods taken, which I should get the results in the next day or so, and I think that’s just testing for pre-eclampsia.
“My blood pressure is still high for some reason, so they’ve upped it to three blood pressure tablets instead of two a day.”
Seeming more upbeat, she went on to talk about her induction date but also admitted the experience has been “nerve-racking”.
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“And [the] exciting news is that we have an induction date which is not far away,” she informed viewers.
“It’s really, really exciting, but it’s also really scary and nerve-racking. I know that we’ve really not got long now until we meet him and have him in our arms, so that’s exciting.
“That is obviously only if he doesn’t come beforehand, which I don’t think he will, to be honest.”
Fans flooded the comments section with support and their own experiences of being induced.
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Last month, Chloe shared in a candid post how she felt “uncomfortable all the time”.
Cradling her baby bump in the Instagram post from March, she penned in the caption: “Feeling very uncomfortable, braxton hicks all the time, constantly being kicked in the ribs, lots of heartburn and so many aches.”
Looking on the bright side, the soon-to-be mother-of-two added sweetly: “All worth it though and everyday is closer to meeting him.”
