‘I didn’t expect it to happen on the first try… it was still a shock’ — Love Island’s Shaughna Phillips reveals emotional pregnancy twist after non-stop testing spree, confirms baby’s gender and opens up as jailed boyfriend’s release looms - suong

   

SHAUGHNA Phillips revealed why she was shocked to find out about her pregnancy.

The former Love Island star featured in the sixth series of the hit ITV2 dating show.

Shaughna Phillips at the Love Island: Aftersun TV Show.
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Shaughna Phillips opened up on her pregnancyCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Pregnant woman taking a selfie, text overlay reads, "Check on your pregnant friends, we're not okay."
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She confirmed that she knows the gender of her forthcoming arrivalCredit: Eroteme

Back in June, Shaughna, 31, revealed that she was pregnant with her second child.

Now, the star has admitted that although she wanted to have another baby, she wasn't expecting to get pregnant so quickly.

She told The Sun: "I was trying. It was my first attempt at, I guess, getting pregnant, like actively trying.

"And so I knew that there was a chance, but I've probably kept Clear Blue in business.jail ‘in weeks’

"If you saw my Amazon orders, I was ordering test after test after test. It was actually ridiculous. So, yeah, I knew that there was a chance.

"But I really didn't expect it to happen on the first try. Like, I'm very lucky in that sense."

 

The star admitted that she used to continuously take tests, but it was still a shock when she saw that positive line.

"I was testing, testing and testing, and it was coming back negative because I was so early," Shaughna revealed.

"Then it got to the point where, because I was testing so much, I would do one and not even think twice about it because I was doing them about seven times a day."

The TV personality continued: "And so I did one, first thing in the morning, and I left it in the toilets for about half an hour.

Island’s Shaughna Phillips announces she’s pregnant with baby number two and says daughter will be ‘best big sister’

"I think only when I went back in there to brush my teeth, I was like, oh, yeah, there it is, let's have a look."

"I was thinking it’s going to be negative, obviously. And then there was the faintest positive line; I was over the moon."

The star admitted she was stunned by the news, but she conducted yet another test to make sure the news was definite.

"But I just really didn't expect it'd be the first try. So, it was a shock. It was still a shock, even though I was trying," she added.

"The next day I did another and I thought right, I’m going to film this, and it came up with a stronger line, and even then I was still in shock.

Shaughna is already a mum to two-year-old daughter Lucia, whom she shares with her jailbird boyfriend Billy Webb.

We also asked the star if she knows the gender of her baby, ahead of the forthcoming arrival in November after her partner was jailed in 2023 on drugs charges.

 

She told The Sun: "Yes. So I do know the gender. I didn’t find out with Lucia, and so I wanted to find out this time.

 

I just really didn't expect it'd be the first try. So, it was a shock. It was still a shock, even though I was trying

Shaughna PhillipsThe Sun

"I wanted to be able to tell her, like, you're going to have a brother or you're going to have a sister."

Two Clearblue pregnancy tests, one positive, one negative.
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The star admitted that she kept on purchasing tests over the internetCredit: Instagram
Woman holding a baby wearing a strawberry swimsuit.
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Shaughna is already a mum to two-year-old daughter LuciaCredit: Instagram
Pregnant Shaughna Phillips by the water.
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She is preparing to give birth in NovemerCredit: Instagram