Hollyoaks star says pregnancy was ‘like a nine month hangover’

Hollyoaks' Jennifer Metcalfe compared her pregnancy to a "nine month hangover" as she revealed she felt sick every day.

The soap actress and former Geordie Shore star Greg Lake welcomed their son Daye into the world in June. But now the new mum has now revealed she was ill throughout her whole pregnancy. She told the Daily Mail:

“I just felt pants every day. I just felt like I had a nine month hangover without the fun in-between obviously. "Every day I just felt a bit sick. “Basically I had a bit of every pregnancy symptom you can get. I had a bit of constipation, I was beyond tired. "The nausea was the worst because that started after six weeks and went right through until the end. I'm glad it's over!”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYjHW1UgaXh/?taken-by=missjenjomet https://www.instagram.com/p/BYWJPvVAPyf/?taken-by=missjenjomet But the 35 year old, who has placed Mercedes McQueen in Hollyoaks since 2006, has also told how she's never felt more confident since giving birth. She explained:

“I think I always feel confident now, I guess I don't care as much as I get older.

 “I do care about my health and I don't want to be severely overweight or underweight but I think as long as it's functioning properly and I'm at a nice healthy weight then I don't really care if I look absolutely perfect in a bikini.

“For the last few years I've felt very confident in my own skin and since having the baby and I suppose seeing what the woman's body can do I've got a new found respect for it.”