As if Billie Faiers hasn’t had enough on her plate with becoming a mum for the third time last month, she’s also been dealing with the fall out of an illness that took its toll on most of her family over Christmas.
The 32-year-old welcomed Margot Shepherd at the beginning of last month - the third child she shares with Greg Shepherd.
And while she’s been settling into life with a newborn again, Billie has been through the mill with illness over Christmas.
Her mum Suzie and her sister Sam have told how their loved ones got sick with the same flu that Sam and her young family had, but things took a turn when Billie's daughter Nelly, eight, caught it too.
In a terrifying ordeal, just weeks after giving birth, Suzie told how she came to her daughter’s rescue as they rushed little Nelly to the doctors to get her seen after she lost consciousness when her temperature spiked.
Talking on their podcast The Sam and Billie Show, which Billie is taking a break from to focus on her new addition, her mum Suzie explained: “Billie had it and then Nelly had it. We had to take her down the doctors because she passed out where her temperature went so high. “
Sam said: “I know, it’s so scary with the kids.
Mum Suzie went on: “Billie wasn’t feeling great, it was just one thing after the other.”
The illness also ruined Sam’s Christmas as she revealed she was floored for eight days.
The mum-of-three, 31, revealed she'd also suffered from the severe bout of flu.
She said: “I was so wiped out, wasn’t I, mum? I was just so ill.”
Suzie replied: “Oh my god, yeah, when you come to me you was like a limp lettuce leaf. Didn’t want to move did you.”
“It was a good eight days of the worst strain of flu and big Paul also got it and Edward was also poorly but we’re all better. Onwards and upwards,” Sam told listeners.
Billie and her husband Greg have been showered with messages of love since revealing they had welcomed their third child and told fans the unique name they had chosen for their new addition.
The birth of their daughter came after Billie said she suffered a 'really difficult' pregnancy as she struggled to sleep at night.
The reality star said she was feeling 'lots of emotions' just five weeks before giving birth and struggled to find a moment to put her feet up.
