Lucy Fallon on 'horrible' birth: 'It could have been a lot worse'

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Delighted new mum Lucy Fallon has opened the lid on the dramatic birth of her first son Sonny Jude, during which she had a ventouse delivery after being induced early.

A ventouse (or vacuum cup) uses suction to attach a cup onto a baby’s head to help the mother give birth, with midwives or obstetrician encouraging her to push in line with contractions.

After previously disclosing that much of the experience was ‘horrible’, and she was being sick the actress, best known as Coronation Street’s Bethany Platt, has now reasoned that it could have been worse.

Appearing on Loose Women, Lucy was full of smiles as she discussed life with Sonny Jude and footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson.

‘He’s really good, he is. We don’t get as much sleep as we used to do, obviously. But he is actually really good.’

Asked how she is feeling after the emotional birth, which saw her induced after 38 weeks when the baby’s growth started to slow down.

Lucy was on gas and air ‘for ages’ and added she made ‘a lot of noise.’

On the daytime show, she continued ‘I am actually fine, I am genuinely. Obviously it’s a massive life change, it’s huge!

‘Looking back, it could’ve been a lot worse,’ she reflected. ‘I’d made a full birth playlist that I wanted to be played but that went out of the window!’

Previously, Lucy told OK! Magazine: ‘I was pushing for an hour and a half but, between contractions, his head was going back in.

‘Having the ventouse is classed as an assisted birth, so we headed into surgery around 6pm, and he was born at 6.34pm, weighing 7lb 4oz.

‘He had a bit of a cone head for a few days, but he’s fine now.’

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Lucy is about to star in a four part ITV drama, Tom Jones, alongside Ted Lasso star, Hannah Waddingham.

And, with some intimate scenes, the actress confirmed it’s not passionate, but choreographed, adding: ‘It feels like a dance in a weird sort of way!

‘I actually was meant to have some sort of nudity in the series. However, because of all the layers and the corsets and everything, I didn’t actually get to do that!

‘They’re very, very tight. They also don’t smell great either… They are genuinely period costumes. So, they have been dry cleaned and stuff but they smell bad!’

The title of the show brings a certain singer to mind, and Lucy admitted that’s what she thought the show was about when she first heard about it.

‘Yeah, that’s so embarrassing! I didn’t take it that far in the audition but initially when I get it through I was like, “Oh! This must be about Tom Jones’ life or something!”

‘And then obviously I realised – but Sully who played Tom Jones also thought the same thing, so it’s fine.’

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