Martha Kalifatidis, star of Married At First Sight, reveals the gender of her unborn child

By Liam On Feb 9, 2023

Martha Kalifatidis has shared the sex of her unborn child just weeks away from her due date.

The Married At First Sight star, who is heavily pregnant and expecting her first child with fiance Michael Brunelli, posted on Instagram Stories on Thursday night, sharing a video of the moment she found out if she was having a boy or a girl. little girl.

The footage opens with Martha in a black bikini bottom floating in the water, before showing an ultrasound scan of her son.

Married At First Sight star Martha Kalifatidis revealed the gender of her unborn child on Thursday night, sharing the images on Instagram alongside her partner Michael Brunelli. both in the photo

Michael is then seen gifting his love with what appears to be a jewelry box, before several intimate family moments flash across the footage, before Martha soon realizes the gender of her son.

“Oh wow, we have news,” he captioned the video.

Martha’s post was quickly inundated with well wishes.

“Oh my gosh,” wrote Big Brother’s Tilly Whitfeld along with two red love heart emojis.

The footage opens with Martha in a black bikini bottom floating in the water, before showing an ultrasound scan of her son.

Michael is then seen gifting his love with what appears to be a jewelry box, before several intimate family moments flash through the footage, before Martha soon realizes the gender of her son.

“Oh wow, we’ve got news,” he captioned the images, before Michael shared his own shots.

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“Congratulations,” wrote MAFS star Jules Robinson.

It wasn’t long before sexologist Chantelle Otten, author Samantha Brett, and influencer Steph Claire Smith joined the chorus.

Martha’s post was quickly inundated with well wishes. “Oh my gosh,” wrote Big Brother’s Tilly Whitfeld along with two red heart emojis.

The influencer, who hit her third trimester last month, recently admitted that her pregnancy journey had been “exciting and scary.”

“I’m fine and I’m really getting a lot bigger and I can feel the stretch,” he said of his tummy.

Martha’s pregnancy journey has not been easy for the couple.

Michael recently revealed how Martha’s hyperemesis gravidarum “almost destroyed” their relationship.

Martha’s pregnancy journey has not been easy for the couple. Michael (left) recently revealed how Martha’s hyperemesis gravidarum ‘almost destroyed’ their relationship

in one piece for Body and soulhe said that taking care of Martha had caused him to abandon healthy habits, lose muscle and gain weight.

“Not to say we’re not forever grateful that we were able to get pregnant, but this experience has nearly destroyed us, individually,” he wrote, before explaining that Martha’s health deteriorated rapidly after becoming pregnant earlier this year.

Michael said that at first he thought his symptoms were normal, but as the weeks went by his discomfort became ‘extreme’.

“He was vomiting, refusing to eat, couldn’t tolerate drinking water, nauseated 24 hours a day and couldn’t get out of bed,” he said.

“He was vomiting, refusing to eat, couldn’t tolerate drinking water, nauseated 24 hours a day and couldn’t get out of bed,” he added.

Michael stopped working as a personal trainer to care for his future wife, but he also saw his physical and mental health decline.

“I stopped exercising, I lost care of what I was eating, I was stuck in my own head and not present. He had zero motivation, zero willpower, zero self-care, and zero energy. I lost a lot of muscle, gained weight, slept badly, and my overall health got worse,” she added.

What is hyperemesis gravidarum?

Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a condition that causes persistent and excessive vomiting during pregnancy.

People with it can get sick many times every day and be unable to keep down food or water, affecting their daily lives.

It is unlikely to harm the baby, but if it causes a woman to lose weight during pregnancy, there is an increased risk of her baby having a low birth weight.

It’s different from nausea during pregnancy, often called morning sickness, which is normal and affects eight out of 10 pregnant women. For most, this stops or improves around 16 to 20 weeks.

In the meantime, the HG may not improve at this point and may last until the baby is born.

Symptoms of HG include severe and prolonged nausea and vomiting, dehydration, weight loss, and low blood pressure.

Being dehydrated increases the risk of having a blood clot (deep vein thrombosis), but this is rare.

It’s not clear what causes the condition or why some women get it and others don’t.

Some experts believe that it may be related to hormonal changes in the body that occur during pregnancy.

And there is some evidence that it runs in families, and women who had it during their first pregnancy are more likely to have it in subsequent pregnancies.

Women with HG may receive medications to improve their symptoms, such as anti-disease medications, vitamins B6 and B12, and steroids.

Some women need to be hospitalized if nausea cannot be controlled with medication at home.

They may need to give fluids and anti-nausea medications through an IV.

Fountain: National Health Service