Arabella Chi has revealed if she will show her baby on social media as she shared an update with MailOnline, three weeks before her due date.
The former Love Island star, 34, is due to give birth to a baby girl in May with boyfriend Billy Henty, who she met after appearing on the All Stars version of the show last year.
Arabella has now confirmed she will show her ‘little princess’ on social media, despite many celebrities opting not to due to privacy reasons, as the influencer opened up on her ‘tough’ final weeks of pregnancy.
Speaking at Carmex’s Pots & Prosecco lunch on Wednesday, she told MailOnline: ‘Pregnancy has been fine, but it is getting tougher now at the end. It is the tiredness and she’s heavy. I’m ready now.’
Sharing why she will show her baby on Instagram, Arabella added: ‘Me and Billy have had the conversation about showing her on social media as we both have to agree and we’ve decided we will.
‘My life is very much open and on social media and she’s going to be my little princess so I want to show her.’
Arabella Chi has revealed if she will show her baby on social media as she shared an update three weeks before her due date
The former Love Island star, 34, is expecting to give birth to a baby girl in May with boyfriend Billy Henty, who she met after appearing on the All Stars version of the show last year
Arabella shared that she and Billy have already picked their unborn daughter’s name, and are excited to share it with their followers.
The pair will be facing several big changes in their life this year, as they plan to move out of their flat and into a house at the end of summer, as well as Billy starting a new job just weeks after the baby is born.
She explained: ‘Billy starts a new job a week after she’s born, but it isn’t a bad thing. They all say guys are useless at the start, so he can go away and do his thing and be with me in the evening and I’ll have family and friends about during the day.
‘You can’t always decide timings in life.’
On her parents becoming grandparents for the first time, she added: ‘I’ll probably be hysterically crying seeing my mum with her first granddaughter!’
Arabella launched her own skincare brand Aura in 2024 and added that it has been tough juggling the launch of new products and preparing to welcome her first child.
She explained: ‘I’m trying to keep the momentum up. I’m trying to wind down now, but when you launch new products it is tough, it is hard because I don’t know when to switch off.
‘I’m still trying to go at full power, but I need to relax and my diary is still full until I give birth, but obviously I’m not overdoing it.’
Sharing why she will show her baby on Instagram, Arabella added: ‘Me and Billy have had the conversation about showing her on social media as we both have to agree and we’ve decided we wil’.
Speaking at Carmex’s Pots & Prosecco lunch on Wednesday, she told MailOnline: ‘Pregnancy has been fine, but it is getting tougher now at the end. It is the tiredness and she’s heavy. I’m ready now.’
At the event, Arabella showed off her bare bump in a white crop top, teamed with matching trousers and a blazer (pictured with Ellis Ranson and Ashley James)
Love Island’s Samie Elishi was also at the Carmex event, and put on a leggy display in stylish shorts and a brown bralette
At the event, Arabella showed off her bare bump in a white crop top, teamed with matching trousers and a blazer.
Love Island star Samie Elishi and This Morning’s Ashley James were also at Carmex’s lavish lunch, held at Somerset House in London.
Arabella’s upcoming due date will come after a pregnancy which the personality has described as ‘extra special’ due to her ongoing battle with an incurable condition.
Arabella suffers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – a lifelong hormonal imbalance characterised by ovarian cysts and irregular or excessive menstrual bleeding – which could have made it difficult for her to become a mother.
‘When I found out I was pregnant it was magical,’ she said in a previous interview.
‘With my PCOS I don’t know if I’ll be able to have more children so she’s special.
‘If you’d have said to me a year ago that I would be having a baby I would have laughed in your face.’
Arabella first gained fame when she entered the Love Island villa in 2015.
Arabella shared that she and Billy have picked their unborn daughter’s name, and are excited to share it with their followers
The mum-to-be first appeared on Love Island in 2015 before returning for All Stars in 2024
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In her first appearance on the show as a bombshell, she ruffled feathers but was unfortunately dumped from the island after just seven days.
In early 2023, Arabella and Manchester City defender Ruben Dias, who is now thought to be seeing Maya Jama, sparked romance rumours and even jetted off on holiday together in January of 2024.
But just days after their return it was reported that Ruben dumped the TV personality, with the shocking announcement that she was returning to the villa announced a short time later.
During her time on Love Island All Stars series one, Arabella did strike up a romance with Adam Maxted, but it was short-lived.
Arabella went public with her relationship with Billy, a regenerative medicine businessman, in October of last year after they met through mutual friends.
Their relationship came after the Love Island star admitted that she feared time was running out for her to become a mum.
Arabella first went public with her boyfriend Billy in October and announced that they are expecting their first child in December
‘I’ve learned to trust the timing of your life because life will happen how it’s supposed to happen,’ the mum-to-be said.
‘I can’t wait to become a mum to a baby girl.
‘I can’t believe that a year and three months ago I was in the Love Island villa. I feel so lucky to have found my forever partner.’
Billy added: ‘I can’t wait to be a girl dad. It’s life-changing. It’s my own little family. Arabella’s amazing. She’s got a heart of gold.’