Helen Flanagan says she feels 'quite emotional' about no longer breastfeeding

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Helen Flanagan has admitted she feels "quite emotional" about stopping breastfeeding her one-year-old son Charlie, saying he is likely to be her last baby.

The former Coronation Street star has three children with her fiancé — Preston North End winger Scott Sinclair — with Charlie born in March 2021.

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In a post to her one million followers on Instagram, the 31-year-old actor said she has mixed feelings about the prospect of stopping nursing her child.

"I’m not too sure when our feeding journey will come to an end. I am thinking I will keep nursing through the summer," she wrote.

Flanagan added: "I love breastfeeding as I like the bonding (I know you can bond with your babies in lots of ways of course). I like that it’s just something that I can do and that my baby needs just me.

"He’s likely my last baby and I want to soak this all up. I feel quite emotional about stopping."

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The star said that breastfeeding "calms me if I feel anxious", but said there are things she'll be able to enjoy when she stops doing it.

Flanagan said: "I miss being able to have more time on my own with Scott, being on my own (not for a long period I suppose just having more freedom), being able to take the girls for one and one trips on their own.

"I would say having perky boobs but that’s a long time gone now."

Best known for playing Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, Flanagan also appeared on the 12th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2012.

After starting a second Corrie stint in 2017, she left the cobbles on maternity leave in 2018 but has not yet returned to the role of Rosie.

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Flanagan began dating Sinclair in 2009 and they announced their engagement in 2018.

The couple welcomed their first daughter Matilda, who arrived almost two weeks overdue in June 2015, followed by Delilah in 2018.

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