Molly-Mae Hague has said she felt ready to have a baby when she fell pregnant with her daughter Bambi, but in hindsight, she wishes she had waited a little longer
Molly-Mae Hague has said she feels under “pressure” to have a second child while admitting that if she could go back in time, she would wait longer before having a baby.
The former Love Island star, 26, welcomed her daughter Bambi with Tommy Fury, also 26, in January 2023. The social media influencer often talks about motherhood on her YouTube and isn’t afraid to share the challenges she faces.
In a new interview for the cover story of the December/January issue of Cosmopolitan UK, Molly-Mae has shared further details on what being a mum means to her. She said she felt ready to have a baby at the age of 23 as she had travelled and built a career, but admitted that reflecting on it in hindsight has made her realise that she would have possibly wanted to wait longer.
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She told Cosmopolitan: “I felt like I’d lived so much life by 23, I felt really ready for a new chapter. Tommy and I were in an incredible place and to have something that was half him, half me, just felt really special. I’ve never had any regrets about starting a family young.
“But if I could go back and maybe go again, would I have waited a few more years? Potentially. I would love more days to just sit and do absolutely nothing. They were great for my mental health.”
Molly-Mae also touched on the possibility of having another baby and admitted that expanding her family is constantly on her mind. She said: “I think about it a lot, and I feel a real pressure around it because I’m desperate to give Bambi a sibling.”
The Maebe founder said one of the reasons why she hopes to give her daughter a sibling is the strong bond she shares with her older sister, Zoe. She said: “My life wouldn’t have been the same without my sister. I want that for Bambi.
“But I would never want to do it just for her – I would also want to do it because it is something I want to do. At the same time as being a mum, I also have huge career ambitions and when I fell pregnant with Bambi, my biggest goal was that I didn’t want to lose my identity – I didn’t want to lose myself and my goals and my dreams and my business ambitions because I was becoming a mum.”
Last month, Molly-Mae faced yet more mum-shaming for some of the content in the latest instalment of her docuseries. An early episode of Molly-May: Behind It All series two included footage of the mum struggling to encourage Bambi to use the toilet, with a blurred shot of the youngster in the bath. The scenes caused a storm online, with some people saying it was “wild” and “concerning” that Molly-Mae and the production team had decided to leave in the images, especially given that she’s going to grow up in the public eye herself.
Our source told us that the backlash has hit the former Love Islander particularly hard because Bambi’s welfare is and always will be her number one priority. “She’s had a real shock with this backlash,” they claimed. “Stardom sort of landed on Molly’s plate when she went into Love Island but she’s had to accept over the past few years that the reality of that fame isn’t always an easy life.
“She really trusts her filming team but I think she’s realising that there’s more to a reality show than just filming random scenes from your day. Viewers expect more, and of course they’re going to critique every scene – it’s the same with the Coleen Rooney and Victoria Beckham shows. No one is immune to that critique and Molly can’t afford to take her eye off the ball. When you film a show like that you need to be in control and examine every little thing that’s going out.”
