Helen Flanagan has revealed that she's had a secret boob job after stopping breastfeeding. Helen. who breastfed all three of her children, took to Instagram to share her news.
The 32-year-old former Coronation Street star, who played Rosie Webster in the soap, posted a frank video on her social media page as she waited to be reunited with her kids after the surgery. The star admitted she was nervous as she explained about having the procedure to boost her confidence after noticing that her breasts had changed after breastfeeding.
The actress, from Bury, said she was always "really busty" but decided to take action when her boobs became "saggy" after nursing for three years in total. "Hi, so I wanted to pop on here. I'm actually really nervous about sharing this actually but I've had a boob job," said Helen as she recuperated in a comfy-looking green hooded top.
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"I had it done on Thursday. Yeah, so I'm in recovery at the moment. I have been really nervous about sharing this, because you always get some, like, not very nice comments or what have you."
Helen explained: "But yeah, it's just something that I did for myself, I really wanted to do it for my confidence. I have been really nervous about sharing this.
"Obviously I very much am for body confidence, and very much for supporting other women, but supporting women in all choices that they decide to do. I think if something really is bothering you, then I think, you know, it's a good thing to do something about it."
She said about her recovery: "I'm on day two of recovery. My friend just helped me wash my hair and dry it because you can't actually. You can't shower properly, you have to keep the wounds dry. I have this kind of like, support bra on, and you can't get it wet."
Helen says she never thought she would have a boob job, explaining: "I never thought I would have a boob job. I was always like, really, busty. I never thought that I would be someone that would need or have a boob job.
"Basically, my boobs just changed so much from pregnancy and breastfeeding. And it's a really tricky one here, because I loved all my breastfeeding journeys. I'm a massive supporter of breastfeeding.
"I think it's an amazing experience that you can have your children and I would do it, you know, time and time again. But in total, I probably breastfed for about, I would say about three years."
Helen has three children with Bristol Rovers footballer Scott Sinclair - daughters Matilda, seven and Delilah, four and a one-year-old son Charlie. "I've had my babies all kind of like close together," she recalled. "Matilda was eight months, Delilah was 13 months and, yeah, Charlie was 14 months. So it's all in together really about three years of breastfeeding."
She added: "'I think it's because I was quite big and busty before. There's no other nice way, I keep trying to think of a nicer way to say it. But they just sagged. There's no nicer way to say it, but they just became really saggy and I can't think of a better way to say it and it just affected my confidence."
Helen played Rosie in Corrie from 2000 before going on maternity leave in 2018 to have her second child Delilah. She says having children changed her body as her frame changed and she lost weight from hyperemesis gravidarum, a pregnancy complication that causes excessive nausea and vomiting in all of her pregnancies.
"When I first had Matilda, my boobs were fine. In fact, they went they went smaller, which I really liked," she said. "I think my frame changed, having children. I've always been slim and small but I kind of lost quite a lot of weight from having children.
"I always had hyperemesis when I was pregnant and I just lost weight with my kids. I think I went down to maybe about a C cup after breastfeeding Matilda from being like a natural E cup to a C cup and I just kind of felt like it really suited my frame.
"I didn't feel like I needed a boob job after pregnancy with Matilda and feeding Matilda. And then when I fell pregnant with Delilah, obviously through pregnancy, I felt totally confident. And I breastfed Delilah for 13 months. And I really, really, really, really, really noticed the difference.
"I really, really, really don't want to be getting messages from other women saying that I'm not supporting breastfeeding because I really am, like breastfeeding is amazing. I will do it time and time again.
"It's so special for bonding. I loved my feeding journeys and would not change it for the world. I'm just being honest about it because I just breastfed for such a long time and I've had three children close together."
She continued: "With Delilah, I had for 14 months and then I noticed a real difference. I loved the size of them. I went down to a B cup. And I loved being small because I feel like it suited the rest of my frame because I'm like natural size six, so I felt like it suited my body.
"But again, it was just they dramatically... I think it's the right word, the breast tissue like it really did sag and, yeah, I remember being in the shower and being like 'oh, wow, like, what is this?'"
"So I remember thinking I do want to have a boob job, but I knew that I wasn't done having children. I really knew that there was still another baby in me and I wanted to have my children close together.
"Charlie was a surprise. I knew that after feeding Charlie that I would go and have a boob job. So I fed Charlie for 14 months and my boobs to be honest with you, they weren't much different, really, from feeding Delilah afterwards, it was just feeding Delilah really that kind of... and yeah, I wanted them done.
"I finished feeding end of May, early June. And I was told I had to wait six months after breastfeeding till I could have a boob job. I was a bit disappointed because I remember I filmed something early autumn that I wanted to have my boobs done for, to feel more confident.
"But yeah, it's just been the right time really January, because there's not so much going on. And it's a good time to recover. The kids are with Scott and his mum and I miss them so much.
"I get them back tomorrow. Well, when I post these, it will be today, so I get them back. All I wanted to do was cuddle Charlie, I know I can't cuddle them for a little while with recovery. But I'm gonna keep you all updated about my recovery."
She said about the procedure with Pall Mall Medical: "I went through many consultations because I was really nervous about this. And basically what I wanted is, I wanted to keep quite small because I felt like it kind of suits my frame. But I just basically wanted them lifted. I wanted them up."
She added: "I don't know if I'm explaining it correctly, but I just had an implant, he said that, because I think to uplift it would be a bit would be more of an operation, so we tried basically just putting the implant in to lift.
'I had to basically, because my boobs were naturally big before, I had to go with a similar implant to kind of fill out all that skin. But we went for something that basically would suit my frame."
Helen says she's been binge watching Footballers' Wives while resting. "I like to share my life on here, I like to be as honest as I can. I was nervous because people can be unkind. I'm very much for supporting other women and the choices that they decide to do, and supporting other women," she said.
"I feel passionately about breastfeeding. I don't regret breastfeeding at all. I would always do it again and I love that. I just wanted to be honest about my experiences because other women might be able to relate to me. But yeah, I'll keep you updated with my recovery."
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