First Time Mum EXCLUSIVE: Ferne McCann urges pregnant pal Danielle Armstrong to do pelvic floor exercises after revealing her incontinence battle
The debut series of her reality show documented her journey to single motherhood.
And Ferne McCann shows how far she’s come in an upcoming episode of First Time Mum, as she’s the one giving out pregnancy advice this time around.
In scenes due to air on Wednesday’s episode, the mother-of-one warns her pregnant pal Danielle Armstrong not to make the same mistakes as in her in a candid chat.
Experienced: Ferne McCann shows how far she’s come in an upcoming episode of First Time Mum, as she’s the one giving out pregnancy advice this time around
Ferne, 29, explains: ‘There’s no secrets between me and Danielle. We overshare with each other’.
The former TOWIE star, who welcomed daughter Sunday in 2017, goes on to grill Danielle about her pelvic floor episodes.
As Danielle, 31, sheepishly admits she isn’t doing them as much as she should be, Ferne warns, ‘You should do them every single day… two to three times’.
Mum-to-be: In scenes due to air on Wednesday’s episode, the mother-of-one warns her pregnant pal Danielle Armstrong not to make the same mistakes as in her in a candid chat
As the expectant mum reasons, ‘I do the thing with the wee, like you told me’, Ferne hits back, ‘No, they need to be separate! Actively do the pulses, squeezes…
‘It must be extremely difficult when you’re pregnant. I wouldn’t know because I didn’t do them when I was pregnant.
‘Babe, seriously, you’ve got to otherwise you’ll end up in a world of bother’.
Satisfied that she’s hammered home the importance of pelvic floor exercises, Ferne goes on to ask a baffled Danielle if she has been doing her perineal massages (deigned to reduce the risk of tearing in childbirth).
Oops: The former TOWIE star goes on to grill Danielle about her pelvic floor episodes, as Danielle, 31, sheepishly admits she isn’t doing them as much as she should be
Oversharing: Satisfied that she’s hammered home the importance of pelvic floor exercises, Ferne goes on to ask a baffled Danielle if she has been doing her perineal massages
Ferne has previously spoken about the importance of doing pelvic floor exercises, which help to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor, which come under great strain in pregnancy and childbirth.
If the pelvic floor muscles are weak, it can be common to leak urine after a cough, sneeze or strain.
Last year, Ferne detailed her ’embarrassing’ incontinence battle, as she admitted she didn’t think she’d be experiencing the problem in her late 20s as she ‘associated it with the elderly’ and is currently ‘in my prime’.
In a bid to raise awareness on how to help treat incontinence, the TV star then practised pelvic floor exercises with panellists Coleen Nolan, Brenda Edwards, Jane Moore and Ayda Field.
Embarrassed: Ferne has previously spoken about the importance of doing pelvic floor exercises after she detailed her ’embarrassing’ incontinence battle
Urinary incontinence is the loss of bladder control and affects up to six million people in the UK and 17 million in the US.
On developing the problem after childbirth, the reality star admitted: ‘It is really embarrassing there’s no two ways about it.
The former TOWIE personality admitted that while she’s been brave enough to speak about the issue ‘openly’, she still finds her battle ’embarrassing’.
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Mum life: Ferne welcomed daughter Sunday in 2017, with her reality series documenting her life as a mother