Brittany Higgins has shown off her growing baby bump for the first time and revealed that she’s having a baby boy.
The former Liberal party political staffer and her husband David announced in July that they were expecting their first child after a lavish wedding on the Gold Coast a month earlier.
On Sunday night, Higgins took to Instagram to give an update on her pregnancy.
She also shared a series of recent pics, including her in a brown dress that showed off her baby bump at their home in Bordeaux, France.
She also shared an image from a recent ultrasound, a selfie with her husband and a picture of their cavoodle
She admitted it had been an ‘acutely stressful’ pregnancy, on top of a recent defamation trial against her former boss, Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds.
‘A fortnight ago, David and I had the shock of our lives after the midwife told us halfway through my second trimester my blood test had raised some red flags,’ Higgins wrote.
‘Our baby had a high probability of a genetic disorder – which wouldn’t have mattered to us – but scarily could mean he may be incompatible with life outside of the womb.
‘After an amniocentesis and a seemingly never ending wait our prayers were answered. Our little guy is perfectly fine and healthy.
The news made grateful for our little boy.
‘My mind can’t help but drifting back to that waiting room in the hospital, full of pregnant women, who were all having the same test as us and whether they had been so fortunate.’
More to come
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