Lauren Goodger feared she would lose her baby after testing positive for coronavirus.
Lauren Goodger
The 34-year-old star is currently preparing to welcome her first child with builder Charles Drury, but Lauren was left in a terrified state after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Lauren shared: "I thought, ‘Oh no, I’ve got COVID, what if I lose the baby?’ It was terrifying.
"I was worried about my baby, I was worried I was going to get worse again and die."
The TV star was diagnosed with coronavirus in October, after being confined to bed with flu-like symptoms.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I spent a lot of time at home in bed recovering and eventually started to get better.
"Me and Charlie went food shopping on my first outing and we were hungry so we stopped at a drive-through McDonald’s.
"When the order arrived I couldn’t taste a thing, not an inkling - and I know what McDonald’s tastes like, please believe me.
"When we arrived home I said to Charlie, ‘I need to know’. I bit into a lemon and couldn’t even taste that.
"It was the same when I gargled with Listerine. If I’d been on 'I’m A Celeb' I’d have won all the challenges.
"It wasn’t until then that I realised it was coronavirus. It was the weirdest experience - and what a waste of calories. I was fuming!"
But after overcoming the illness, Lauren is now looking forward to motherhood.
The brunette beauty joked that making babies was one of few things she could do during the coronavirus lockdown.
She said: "We were having quite a lot of sex - what else is there to do right now?
"We didn’t plan it but it feels as if it was just meant to happen. We had spoken about kids and family and getting married and we were on the same page, even though it was a surprise."
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