Coronation Street favourite Helen Flanagan has opened up to her Instagram followers about the changes to her body while stopping breastfeeding her son Charlie. The Rosie Webster actress previously revealed that she felt emotional after making the decision because Charlie is likely to be her last baby.
The mother-of-three has now updated to say she is feeling a difference now that she is feeding less regularly. Sharing a photo of the doting mum and her adorable baby on her Instagram Stories she wrote: "Feel such a massive hormone drip now I've stopped feeding Charlie so regularly."
And the soap star, who played Rosie Webster in Corrie before going on maternity leave in 2018 to have her second child Delilah, three, reached out to fellow mums. "Any other woman experience this?" she asked. "I know I won't be on my own with it."
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Helen, who also has a six-year-old daughter Matilda, added: "No idea how I'm going to cut out my night feed. You wouldn't think Charlie was my third. I can't remember having this problem with my girls."
Helen, who regularly shares about her journey as a parent on her social media, earlier this month told how she has been weaning off breastfeeding during the day. "Totally off my milk all through out the day and just having a feed before bed and when he wakes up a milky feed," she said. "Had to do it gradual for Charlie and also for me that I don’t get mastitis."
Reflecting on her time breastfeeding her son she wrote lovingly: "One year of feeding you my precious baby boy. I’m not too sure when our feeding journey will come to an end. I am thinking I will keep nursing through the summer. I think it’s a comfort to him with his teething... it’s great for flying to calm him."
She added: "I love breastfeeding as I like the bonding ( I know you can bond with your babies in lots of ways of course). I like that it’s just something that I can do and that my baby needs just me.
"He’s likely my last baby and I want to soak this all up. I feel quite emotional about stopping. My hormones are stable when I breastfeed and I love not having a period and pms. I love looking down and seeing his cute little face and big brown eyes. I think it calms me if I feel anxious."
Helen has also spoken frankly about co-sleeping with her children - a practice in which babies and young children sleep close to one or both parents in the same room. And she revealed that she's aiming to share a bed with her fiance Scott Sinclair after seven years.
She explained to her followers: " I’ve always co slept with Charlie and the breast feeding went hand in hand. I’m doing my house up at the moment (hence why most of my pics are taken in lounge area as I haven’t got round to the rest).
"One of my next jobs is mine and Scott’s room and after seven years it would be nice as a couple to actually share a bed and not feel like flat mates."
