Pregnant Montana Brown says she has been experiencing bad cramps and they have ‘gone up a notch’

Montana Brown has opened up about how she has been experiencing severe cramps during her pregnancy.

The Love Island star, 27, who is expecting a baby with boyfriend Mark O’Connor, said she is “tired all the time” and wants to stay in bed.

Taking to her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Montana shared a video from bed asking her followers for advice.

She said: ‘I woke up last night because I had cramps. I have had cramps from the beginning and they feel like my normal period cramps.

“I don’t hear a lot of people talk about it during pregnancy. Unfortunately, he has leveled up in the last few days.

“I’m so tired all the time and I don’t need an extra excuse to stay in bed because I was a lazy bitch before pregnancy too.”

The star announced her pregnancy on Christmas Eve when she shared her positive pregnancy test with her followers.

Montana recently revealed that she and Mark have yet to find out the gender of their son.

She wrote: ‘Also we don’t know the gender for everyone who asks…a lot of people say they can tell because of the bump which is cool.

‘I’m not sure you can tell my tummy is pretty small right now, but I’d love to hear your theories! I feel like it can be a girl tbh just feeling in my bones! Place your bets on her!’

It comes after Montana admitted she has “thought a lot” about how her heritage and race will affect her unborn baby.

She said she sometimes forgets where she’s from after being raised in “predominantly white areas” when she took to her Instagram Stories on New Year’s Day to share her thoughts.

Montana shared a snap of her burgeoning baby bump as she got candid in sharing her thoughts on race and parenthood.

She wrote: ‘So excited for this new year, so many feelings went through my head at the stroke of midnight. I’m so excited and can’t wait for this new chapter.

“I am grateful for this year and all that it has brought to our lives. It’s crazy how your body is changing and growing something so special. I feel very blessed because I know that it is not possible for many people.

“I also feel that I am growing a lot as a person and my values ​​are changing. I see much more importance in the things that happen in the world and how, on an individual level, we can make the world a better place.

‘I would like to do more for racial inequality. Sometimes I forget where I’m from because I’ve grown up in predominantly white areas my entire life!

‘Especially since I’m pregnant; I have thought a lot about my race, my heritage, and how that will affect my son.

“It’s crazy how bringing life into the world makes you look inward and made me realize I still have a lot of personal development and a lot of work to do.”

It comes after the reality star revealed she was “very surprised” to find out she was pregnant because she had been trying to conceive earlier in the year, but it didn’t happen.

She took to Instagram to do a Q&A when she recounted how she and her boyfriend Mark struggled to get pregnant due to their low estrogen levels.

Montana took to Instagram on Christmas Eve to share the joyous news of her pregnancy with her 1.2 million followers.

She shared a video montage documenting the early stages of her pregnancy, including her and her boyfriend smiling at her positive test.

In her caption, she wrote: ‘Baby O’Connor is coming next summer [white heart, baby emoji].’

Other clips in the post saw the reality star getting an ultrasound and snuggling up with Mark on the beach as he cradled her tummy during a recent getaway.

Montana was seen holding a toddler in her arms, whose identity is unknown, before writing ‘Baby O’Connor’ in the sand.