PREGNANT EastEnders star Melissa Suffield has proudly showed off her stretch marks as her due date looms.
In September, HOAR Online revealed that the 26-year-old actress was expecting her first child with fiance Robert Brendan.
Melissa Suffield shared candid pictures of her stretchmarks with fans on Instagram
And now she’s 35 weeks pregnant, the mum to be is struggling with the reality of pregnancy and becoming a mum.
Sharing two black and white photos of the stretchmarks on her thighs, she shared: “Theyre not ideal. Theyre not what I wanted.
“But theyre what I got. And theyre mine. #loveyourself.”
Fans rushed to support the soap star, with one commenting: “I have stretch marks on my thighs and bum I call them my Mummy wounds.”
Melissa has stretch marks on her thighs and admits they’re ‘not ideal’
Another added: “I got the same on my thighs and belly too I had none until the end! You cant see them much anymore but I still love them.”
A third wrote: “Stay proud Mama Bear you earned your stripes.”
She has been keeping social media followers updated with her pregnancy and back in December she posted a photo of her baby bump as she revealed she’s battling nosebleeds.
In the snap, Melissa is wearing just a nude bra with her bare bump proudly on display.
It also reveals a delicate flower tattoo on her ribcage, with the star looking exasperated in the mirror selfie.
She captioned the post: “Moving is hard work”.
Yesterday, Melissa shared that she is suffering from nosebleeds, sharing a close-up photo of blood trickling from her nose.
The star also confessed that her cravings have included vast quantities of custard, regularly posting photos of the sweet dessert to her page.
One image showed the former child star clutching a tin of Ambrosia with the caption: “Managed to get a sh*tload of custard before the rain hit.
“Am I going to eat them all today? Yeah, probably.”
In October, Melissa admitted that she was scared her baby will be a “p***k” in a candid post about having “cellulite everywhere” and a “hairy belly”.
Melissa shot to fame playing Ian Beale’s daughter Lucy in EastEnders between 2004 and 2010, joining the BBC One soap at the age of 11.
She and 37-year-old Robert previously told us that they are due to welcome their bundle of joy in mid-March.
The pair met in 2017 while performing in a production of Beauty and the Beast together.
The romance has since gone from strength to strength, with the loved-up couple buying a house together earlier this year.
In July, the star announced that she is engaged on her social media page, sharing a snap of her dazzling diamond ring and the caption: “#ISaidYaass @mrrobertbrendan.”
Although the third actress to put their face to Ian Beale’s only daughter in ‘Enders, Melissa was the first recognisable star to take on the role and appeared as a series regular for six years.
She was axed nine years ago after being caught boozing underage – just weeks before her 18th birthday.
The role was reprised by Hetti Bywater, with the character murdered by little brother Bobby Beale in 2014.
