Married At First Sight star Martha Kalifatidis has shared the first update on her baby bump in a story shared to her social media followers.
MAFS power duo Martha and fiancee Michael Brunelli first announced they were expecting a baby together in early September after finding out during their trip in Rome, Italy.
Now she’s showed off her bump for the very first time, though she’s still in the early days of her pregnancy.
Her growing baby is only the size of a capsicum. (Image: Instagram)
“An update,” Martha wrote. She also placed a green capsicum emoji on her belly to represent the current size of her growing baby.
The pregnancy announcement came as a surprise after the couple drastically cut down their social media presence in July during their European holiday, when Michael later confessed Martha was seriously ill and had to return home.
Fans feared the worst for Martha’s health as she battled an unexplained illness, but the couple’s later confession that Martha was actually pregnant turned worry into excitement.
They found out about Martha’s pregnancy in Rome. (Image: Instagram)
“It’s been a minute since we’ve been online, so we wanted to explain our situation and make a little bit of an announcement, and that is that Martha is pregnant,” Michael began.
However, Martha revealed that her pregnancy has not been the most “exciting wonderful time” she had hoped for as she suffers from hyperemesis gravidarum which is a rare pregnancy condition that causes extreme morning sickness including severe nausea and vomiting.
“I don’t want to sound like I am complaining, we are so excited, we are so happy. It was a complete surprise,” she explained.
She was diagnosed with a rare pregnancy condition five weeks in. (Image: Instagram)
“But at five weeks I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum, which is basically severe chronic nausea and vomiting with no relief. It is like 24/7.
“I literally did not get out of bed for two months, I was so sick. I could not eat or drink anything. There were days that I did not even get up to pee.
“I feel really bad because I don’t really know how to navigate this and talk about this because I feel like there’s women who have the best time when they’re pregnant. And then there’s people who struggle so hard, and they will do anything to be pregnant,” she admitted.
