Cara De La Hoyde shares stunning family snap as she marks what should have been Delilah’s due date

She gave birth to daughter Delilah three weeks early on 28 July, after midwives diagnosed her with the early stages of pre-eclampsia. 

And Cara De La Hoyde shared a stunning snap with her newborn baby and husband Nathan Massey as she marked what should have been Delilah’s due date on Thursday.

The former Love Island star, 30, doted on her little one in the snap as she remarked: ‘I cannot believe baby girl is already over 2 weeks old.’

The sweet image sees Cara looking stunning in a ruffled cornflower blue dress as she cradled the newest addition to her family. 

Delilah looked adorable in a white baby grow as she slept in her mother’s arms, while Nathan, 28, kept things casual in a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

Captioning the snap, Cara wrote: ‘Happy due date Delilah. August 13th my due date and I cannot believe baby girl is already over 2 weeks old, crazy.’

The couple also share two-year-old son Freddie.

The sweet post comes shortly after Cara revealed her husband Nathan nearly missed the birth of their daughter because he was asleep at home. 

Cara spent an anxious four days in hospital trying to be induced, while Nathan had to patiently wait by the phone at home due to coronavirus restrictions. 

After three days trying various methods to induce labour, Cara started getting strong contractions at 3am in the morning. 

The reality star was taken to the delivery suite and rang Nathan, who was at home, to tell him she was in labour – but it went straight to voicemail. 

Nathan said: ‘I nodded off. If I had missed it I don’t think I would be sitting here now. I just saw the look in her eyes as I walked through the doors and she was like “you’re late”.’ 

Cara added: ‘They broke my waters at 4.30am and by 5.30am she was here. I had two pushing contractions and she came out- no-one expected her to come out the quick.’ 

Discussing her pre-eclampsia scare, the reality star said people started commenting on how swollen her face was, but Cara put that down to ‘people telling me I was fat’.

But when she went for a check-up, her midwife said the same thing and asked her if she had been experiencing headaches and seeing spots. 

After a test, doctors ruled it was best to induce Cara. 

She said: ‘I’m not going to lie, I was relieved. My pregnancy with Fred was so easy but with her I’d had indigestion, backache, sciatica and pre-eclampsia so I was quite relieved’.