Natasha Hamilton she has been suffering with ‘intense’ Braxton Hicks contractions

Natasha Hamilton has candidly revealed that she has been suffering with ‘intense’ Braxton Hicks contractions, with 14 weeks still to go until her due date. 

The Atomic Kitten singer, 40, who is currently expecting a baby girl with husband Charles Gay, took to Instagram to share that her body is preparing for labour already.

She shared a glowing selfie as she showed off her growing baby bump in a black sports bra and opened up about the challenging time in a caption.

Natasha told how she woke up in the early hours of the morning with ‘really intense Braxton Hicks contractions, which took her breath away.

Braxton Hicks occurs towards the end of the pregnancy and sees the womb tighten and relax to cause contractions.

Detailing her experience, Natasha said: ‘Well today was a bit of a challenge. Woke at 4am too really intense Braxton Hicks that took my breath away and nearly made me pee.

‘The heat really got to me after my PT class and some running round so needed an afternoon nap and had another BH that was really intense.’ 

‘Although I’m 14 weeks away from my due date, my body is definitely preparing for labour already.’

‘I wonder if she’ll be an August baby or September baby?’ 

Natasha is already a mother-of-four, sharing son Josh, 20, with her bodyguard ex Fran Cosgrave, Harry, 18, with actor Gavin Hatcher, Alfie, 12, with ex-husband Riad Erraji, and Ella, eight, with boyband star Ritchie Neville.

In an interview with MailOnline last month, Natasha gushed about how her pregnancy ‘hasn’t been difficult at all’, despite her fears that it would be.

She said: ‘Touch wood… everything’s been great. Yes, I had morning sickness at the beginning and I was really tired. But I actually did think because of my age, maybe it would be a more difficult pregnancy, but it hasn’t. 

Pregnancy: In an interview with MailOnline last month, Natasha gushed about how her pregnancy ‘hasn’t been difficult at all’, despite her fears that it would be

Family: She is already a mum of four, sharing son Josh, 20, with ex Fran Cosgrave, Harry, 18, with actor Gavin Hatcher, Alfie, 12, with ex Riad Erraji, and Ella, eight, with Ritchie Neville

‘I’m still doing all the things I would have done when I was younger. I’m managing to go to the gym sporadically. I’d like to go more, actually. I’ve just started getting lots of energy now. I’m like in my 23rd week, so I am going to go back to the gym. 

On the reaction from her four children when she told them of her exciting news, she explained: ‘They knew that me and Charlie have been trying for quite a while since we got married.

‘From the second we were getting married, we knew we wanted to start family and that was September 2021.

‘So they understood, to a certain extent depending on their age that it wasn’t actually happening for us. We did do a round of IVF last summer, which didn’t work. So when we did tell the children, they were over the moon.’