Iskra Lawrence has given birth at home amid the coronavirus lockdown.
The 29-year-old model has been isolating at home like the rest of us as the worldwide health crisis continues, but she has now discussed her experience of a home birth in a lengthy Instagram post.
The star spoke about how she had been overdue to give birth by three days before finally going into labour while at home.
Discussing the birth of her child with partner and former football athlete Philip Payne, Iskra writes: "I have no idea how to even think right now let alone 'do an announcement post' but I feel so close to so many of you - you’ve been my online fam for so many years and I’m beyond overwhelmed to tell you baby P has arrived and me and daddy are taking time to be in awe that we are now a family of three."
The new mum then went on to discuss how this huge life moment will lead to a reduction in her social media use.
She explained: "When I’m ready I cannot wait to share more details with you all on my home birth and this tiny human that we love beyond measure. I cannot thank you all enough of the love and support through this journey.
"During quarantine I made lots of content I’m still excited to share and knew that when baby arrived I’d want to take time off, so I have scheduled some YouTube videos like the one today about all my fave maternity dresses so you can have some glam options during pregnancy.
"And I’ll be uploading 2 baking videos too including my official banoffee pie that you've been asking about hehe."
Iskra chose not to show a photo of the baby or discuss its gender with her fans, saying these aren't decisions she can make lightly.
She continued: "Thanks for reading all of this, we are all safe and well and just in heaven - it’s going to be a huge decision to figure out how much to share online with millions of people and as you know most of you have shown nothing but kindness but we also have received death threats and hate so I’m feeling super protective and never want my baby to feel like we over exposed them and they never got the choice whether they wanted intimate details or photos shared.
"So it’s new territory because I’m very open with you all about many aspects of my life and health etc... so thank you again sending you all so so much love."
Iskra has been in a relationship with Philip for 17 months and they confirmed they were expecting a baby in November last year.
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