Shaughna Phillips opens up on pregnancy shock and gender update as boyfriend prepares for jail release

Published on July 26, 2025 at 08:53 AM

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

The former star featured in the sixth series of the hit show.

Shaughna Phillips at the Love Island: Aftersun TV Show.
Shaughna Phillips opened up on her pregnancy
Pregnant woman taking a selfie, text overlay reads,
She confirmed that she knows the gender of her forthcoming arrival

Back in June, , 31, revealed that she was.

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 .

“If you saw my 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.

“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 .

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 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.
The star admitted that she kept on purchasing tests over the internet
Woman holding a baby wearing a strawberry swimsuit.
Shaughna is already a mum to two-year-old daughter Lucia
Pregnant Shaughna Phillips by the water.
She is preparing to give birth in Novemer

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