{"id":618614,"date":"2025-12-07T20:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618614\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T20:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:23:16","slug":"pregnant-paloma-faith-hospitalised-with-flu-after-confessing-fears-over-welcoming-baby-aged-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618614\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Paloma Faith hospitalised with flu after confessing fears over welcoming baby aged 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEC_277204211-0eb2.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25253771\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tPaloma Faith has shared a picture from hospital while thanking staff (Picture: palomafaith\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/paloma-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paloma Faith<\/a> has revealed she\u2019s been hospitalised with the flu after announcing her pregnancy in October.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old singer, <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/10\/10\/celebrity-traitors-star-reveals-four-year-old-daughters-brutal-message-alan-carr-murder-24396566\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who recently appeared on The Celebrity Traitors<\/a>, has taken to <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> to share a picture of her in hospital as she thanked staff for treating her flu. <\/p>\n<p>Sharing a photo of her in a black jumper and wearing a mask, Paloma wrote: \u2018Thanks Homerton Hospital for nebulising me for flu.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Hours later Paloma took to social media again with another post, in which she shared black and white photos of herself, writing alongside them: \u2018Pregnancy at 44. Ngl that\u2019s a bit worrying but I\u2019m trying to pretend to myself I\u2019m calm So that eventually that comes true.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I couldn\u2019t be more happy about another baby and I\u2019m bracing myself for the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/storms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm<\/a>\u2026.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Paloma already shares two daughters, born in 2016 and 2021, with her ex-partner Leyman Lahcine.<\/p>\n<p>However in 2023<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/08\/06\/paloma-faith-finally-confirms-split-from-partner-leyman-lahcine-19286810\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0she confirmed they\u2019d split after a 10-year relationship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"484\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-93f0.png\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25253466\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tPaloma posted this picture on social media today (Picture: Paloma Faith\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>She has not revealed who the father of her third child is, however earlier this year it was reported that she was dating Stevie Thomas, the director of a music venue in Birmingham after he joined her at a Brit Awards afterparty.<\/p>\n<p>The singer, who has never revealed her children\u2019s names publicly, has previously spoken about the \u2018harrowing\u2019 struggle to conceive.<\/p>\n<p>Before welcoming her daughters, she faced six rounds of IVF treatment, during which she suffered an ectopic pregnancy and a devastating miscarriage,\u00a0<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/02\/15\/paloma-faith-miscarriage-fight-scene-tv-show-20286834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which occurred while she was on set filming the TV series Pennyworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When we first started trying, I had previously become pregnant quite easily and so I was concerned,\u2019 she told Davina McCall on her Begin Again podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2152673266.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25253986\" alt=\"BFC\/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Winner Announcement\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tPaloma has two children with her ex partner (Picture: Dave Benett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It does irritate me that science, because it is mainly dominated by men, is that if it is a male fertility problem, which it was in our case, it is still the woman that has to endure the brunt of the stuff.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There has been no breakthrough. He was devastated the whole time and said, \u201cIf there\u2019s something I can take, or I can do injections. Why does it have to fall on you?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the split from her ex, she also once said: \u2018You either grow together, adapting to one another like expandable foam and filling the gaps where it\u2019s empty \u2013 or one person grows and the other stays the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And I think for me, becoming a mother was such a massively life-changing experience that for the first time in my life, I needed more than nothing \u2013 and the expandable foam just wasn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tWhat are flu symptoms?\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/nhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS<\/a>\u00a0bosses have<a href=\"http:\/\/NHS%20bosses%20have%20reported%20a%20record%20number%20of%20patients%20in%20hospitals%20after%20an%20%E2%80%98unprecedented%20flu%20wave%E2%80%99%20this%20winter%20%E2%80%93%20but%20the%20UK%20is%20not%20alone%20in%20this.\"> reported a record number of patients in hospitals <\/a>after an \u2018unprecedented flu wave\u2019 this winter. <\/p>\n<p>Flu symptoms come on suddenly and can include:<\/p>\n<p>Nausea (feeling sick)<\/p>\n<p>A sudden high temperature<\/p>\n<p>An aching body<\/p>\n<p>Tiredness or exhaustion<\/p>\n<p>Dry cough<\/p>\n<p>Sore throat<\/p>\n<p>Headache<\/p>\n<p>Insomnia (difficulty sleeping)<\/p>\n<p>Loss of appetite<\/p>\n<p>Diarrhoea or stomach pain<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our relationship ended because we have those children. And I think that was worth it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Paloma recently starred in Celebrity Traitors, but was livid when she was \u2018killed off\u2019 from the show by none other than her friend Alan Carr, who ultimately went on to win the whole show. <\/p>\n<p>Underneath Paloma\u2019s \u2018worried\u2019 pregnancy confession today, Alan posted three supportive love hearts, while Jamie Laing \u2013 who just welcomed a baby with Sophie Habboo \u2013 did the same. <\/p>\n<p>Announcing her pregnancy news in October, Paloma said: \u2018\u2018Plot twist , mother is mothering (again) #morethangeriatricpregnancy #oappregnancy #oapmilf\u00a0#18weekspregnant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/21\/alan-carr-reveals-celebrity-traitors-murder-left-sobbing-wasnt-paloma-24767447\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Carr says he \u2018got abuse from the gays\u2019 after murdering Tom Daley on Celebrity Traitors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tComment now<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tComments<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paloma Faith has shared a picture from hospital while thanking staff (Picture: palomafaith\/Instagram) Paloma Faith has revealed she\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,108741,693,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-618614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-paloma-faith","10":"tag-showbiz","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115680158204591175","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}