Molly-Mae gives update on co-parenting with Tommy Fury after opening up on Bambi 'trauma'

Molly-Mae Hague has opened up about her first few 'traumatic' weeks as a new mother, when she was left caring for baby Bambi all by herself while ex Tommy Fury was overseas

Molly-Mae Hague has revealed that she still holds 'a lot of trauma' from her days as a new mum, as she adjusts to co-parenting life with ex Tommy Fury.

Love Island fans were left shocked and dismayed this summer to learn that the show's best loved couple had parted ways after five years together, in a split that many likened to the saga of the now-King Charles and Princess Diana. And Molly-Mae's own heartache over the end of her reality show-era fairytale was undeniable.

In a post that sent Instagram users into a frenzy back in August, the 25-year-old announced that she was 'extremely upset' to share that her relationship was over, while reflecting that she would 'forever be grateful' for her 'beautiful daughter'. From the beginning, Molly-Mae threw herself into life as a mum - delighting fans with sweet at-home updates from her £3.8 million Cheshire mansion.

However, she's also not held back from how difficult her parenting journey has been at times, with the newborn stage proving to be the most challenging.

In a recent candid chat with British Vogue, Molly confessed: "It really took me by surprise how much I struggled with becoming a mum. The newborn trenches were… I don't think I'm over them yet. I still hold a lot of trauma from that time of my life."

For the first few weeks of Bambi's life, Molly cared for her daughter alone, with boxer Tommy having jetted off to Saudi Arabia for his fight against Jake Paul shortly after she gave birth. Looking back on time in a March 2023 vlog uploaded to her YouTube channel, Molly revealed that the day Tommy returned home was one of the best days her life.

Molly admitted: "I almost feel like the day he came home from Saudi Arabia from the fight, it sounds crazy, but it was almost better than the day Bambi was born. The day Bambi was born was the best day of my entire life, but on that day I knew that our journey as a family hadn't started yet because Tommy had to go away again.

"Tommy was like gone. I knew we weren't going to be a family until the fight was done and he got back. We had four weeks of that until he was going to be home. The first four weeks of Bambi's life I really did do by myself and I was home alone with her."

In a Q&A session held with her sister Zoe last month, Molly, who had only held one other baby before welcoming Bambi to the world, also reflected that, with hindsight, she would have done things slightly differently. She shared: "I basically said no visitors and I wanted to be able to say I had all this time with just me and her to bond. The first night with Bambi in the house, I was by myself. Now I look back, it sends shivers down my spine, I had no idea what I was doing.”

During her recent chat with Vogue, Molly also spoke about co-parenting with Tommy, with the two exes recently settled Bambi into nursery together as a team. Revealing their arrangement was going well, she said: "We’re both being, like, really mature about it."

Molly also spoke of how she was loving the toddler stage, declaring: "I absolutely adore it. If I could have a million more babies that are at this stage, I would do it."

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