She welcomed her first child last month with professional footballer ex-boyfriend, Danny Simpson.
And now Ex On The Beach and The Challenge star Melissa Reeves has shared the first photos of her daughter’s face.
The 26-year-old took to social media over the weekend to properly introduce her little one named Vienna Simpson Reeves.
Baby girl: Melissa Reeve has shared the first photos of her daughter, Vienna Simpson Reeves’ face
‘I’d like to properly introduce you all to my baby girl….. Her name Vienna Simpson Reeves. Born on 24/05/2020 weighing 8lb 11,’ she began.
‘For years Iv heard people say that there’s no love like a mothers love, and for the first time in my life I finally understand that. From the second she was born I felt this lioness motherly instinct kick in.’
She continued: ‘I am completely besotted with her. I’ve known your dad for such a long time now, I never would have imagined that one day he would give me this perfect little girl. We are so lucky and blessed to have created such a beautiful, healthy baby girl. We love you Vienna ❤️’
Maternal: ‘For years Iv heard people say that there’s no love like a mothers love, and for the first time in my life I finally understand that. From the second she was born I felt this lioness motherly instinct kick in’
First born: Melissa stunned with a full face of makeup while watching her daughter sleep
Melissa stunned with a full face of makeup while adoringly looking into her daughter’s eyes.
Another shot saw the reality star stun in a robe while her daughter was wrapped in a blanket of the same print.
Her posts comes after she shared candid shots taken during her three-day labor where both Melissa and Vienna suffered from sepsis following an emergency C-section during which she ‘could feel them cutting her open!’
Taking to Instagram, the TV personality admitted ‘nothing went smoothly!’ and her ‘birth plan went out the window’ alongside photographs of her struggling with the pain while attempting to have a water birth, before sharing a link to a YouTube video.
Candid: Reeves, 26, shared candid snaps taken during THREE-DAY labour and revealed that both she and her daughter battled SEPSIS
Melissa captioned the photographs: ‘This time last week I was going through one of the most surreal experiences of my life…. Labour!
‘It was a completely different experience than I ever could have ever imagined, my birth plan went out the window & absolutely nothing went smoothly.
‘I can honestly credit my hypnobirthing course I did with @thismumliverpool for keeping me calm throughout this entire process.
‘Lots of people have messaged asking why my baby & I had to stay in hospital for 5 days so I’ve done a YouTube video just talking about my labour and explaining why we had to stay in the hospital. The link is in my bio.’
Honest! Taking to Instagram, the star admitted ‘nothing went smoothly!’ and her ‘birth plan went out the window’ before sharing a video of herself detailing her labouring journey
After posting snaps of her struggling with the pain while attempting to have a water birth, Melissa admitted she ‘could feel them cutting her open’ during her emergency C-section
Within her YouTube video, Melissa described her laboring journey, which began on Thursday, but her baby didn’t arrive until Sunday.
After struggling to get over 2 cm dilated for days, having a hormone drip to help bring on active labor and an epidural to help with the pain.
Eventually, after doctors suggested she should consider a cesarean, Melissa was taken into surgery within 20 minutes.
‘I could feel the sensation of them cutting me open and moving around trying to get the baby around.
Saying it how it is: Melissa praised hypnobirthing for helping keep her calm throughout
‘I was so scared but as soon as I heard that baby cry it was like everything just went away. I wasn’t scared anymore. Nothing mattered. And they pulled out the little curtain in front of me and I got to see the baby for the first time.
‘It was so surreal that I forgot that I was just lying on a theatre table with my belly open. Nothing mattered. The pain I’d been going through for the past three days didn’t matter. The love I felt was overwhelming.’
After the cesarian. I was 39.6 degrees celsius. Baby had a temperature. I was going a bit faint. It turned out there was an infection in my womb.
‘They took baby away and gave baby some antibiotics. They gave me some antibiotics. We were treated for sepsis. That’s why we were in hospital for 5 days.
Melissa’s babies infection rate started at a terrifying 56 but five days later was down to 6, and the pair were allowed to return home.
New mum: Melissa Reeves became a mother for the first time, taking to Instagram on Monday to announce that she had given birth to a baby girl
Baby daddy: The Liverpool-born reality star welcomed her daughter with footballer Danny Simpson, 33, after a short-lived romance between the pair
Melissa’s video comes one week after she took to Instagram on Monday to announce that she had given birth to a baby girl, sharing the happy news with her 149k followers.
The Liverpool-born reality star has welcomed her daughter with footballer Danny Simpson, 33, after a short-lived romance between the pair.
Melissa shared an adorable picture with her newborn as she discussed her traumatic labour experience.
Following her Ex On The Beach stint, the Liverpool native has carved out a successful career as a DJ and has appeared on MTV’s The Challenge.