Ali Bastian, 41, welcomed her second daughter Isabella in February with her West End actor husband David O’Mahony, 40.

The couple are already parents to daughter Isla, three, but have spoken in a new interview about their second daughter’s worrying birth.

Ali detailed the “overwhelmingly emotional” birth of her second daughter on February 11 via caesarean section at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.

The “emotional rollercoaster” birth story saw the couple show up for a pre-booked C-section at the hospital on February 9, only to be turned away due to a lack of space.

However, Ali has gestational diabetes and her blood sugar levels began to drop very low, leaving the couple to stay at the hospital until later that day.

When Ali returned to the hospital two days later, the actress had gone hypoglycaemic as her blood sugar levels had dropped.

After the injection of sugar, she was rushed to the theatre, but this was not the end of the complications.

She said to OK! magazine: “Isabella was in a really awkward position so it was quite a struggle to get her out.

“She was a little bit black and blue when she came out. She had bruises on one side of her face and a little cut on the other side from the forceps.

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“And then I had a haemorrhage. I lost more blood than they were happy with but they treated me for that and got it under control quickly.”

She burst into tears after the emotional ordeal as the couple happily welcomed their healthy baby.

The soap star starred as Becca Dean in Hollyoaks until 2007 when her character was killed off.

She has since done voiceover work, leaving Doctors in 2019 and recently featured on her co-star Sarah Jayne Dunn’s podcast Hot and Bothered.

Her husband, David is starring in Amazon Prime’s The Three Musketeers and has recently appeared in several West End shows.

The happy couple married in 2019 at The Star & Garter which boasts a Victorian ballroom with views over the Thames.

The wedding was attended by Hollyoaks co-stars Sarah-Jayne Dunn and Jodi Albert, who both posted pictures of the nuptials on Instagram.

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