Emily Maynard had Bell’s palsy while pregnant
“Bachelorette” alum Emily Maynard had Bell’s palsy while she was pregnant along with her fifth little one final fall, she revealed.
The former actuality present star, 34, opened up over the weekend in a series of Instagram Stories about realizing that she was experiencing the identical signs as when she was recognized with the situation as a young person.
“It started with a bad headache that got progressively worse and went into my jaw,” she recalled. “Thought it was an ear infection but then woke up one morning and couldn’t spit out my toothpaste or put on mascara.”
Bell’s palsy is described by the Mayo Clinic as a “sudden weakness in your facial muscles,” making half the face seem to droop. It can happen at any age and is momentary, “rarely” recurring although a small variety of these recognized can proceed to expertise some signs for the remainder of their lives.
Maynard stated she “knew exactly what it was” and had a health care provider prescribe her a steroid, however skilled worsening signs earlier than it was fastened.
“I thought by age 34, I was free from the vanity I cherished so much in my 20s but there’s something very humbling about being 9 months pregnant and not being able to move half your face!” she added. “I cried a lot and felt horrible but thankfully it got better day by day.”
Maynard and husband Tyler Johnson introduced on Oct. 21 that she had welcomed her fifth child, daughter Magnolia Belle Johnson.
“You are the most perfect addition to our family and to say your brothers and sister are already in love would be an understatement,” Maynard wrote on Instagram. “My sweet Nola Belle, you are absolute magic and I can’t wait to see God uncover your personality each day. I’m so happy He picked me to be your mommy!”
They even have Gatlin, 3; Gibson, 4; Jennings, 5; and Josephine, 15, the daughter of NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick, Maynard’s fiancé who died in a 2004 plane crash.
Maynard first appeared on the 2011 season of “The Bachelor,” the place she acquired engaged to star Brad Womack earlier than the 2 cut up just a few months later. The following 12 months, she starred on “The Bachelorette” and acquired engaged to Jef Holm, once more calling it quits just a few months after the present accomplished airing. She and Johnson married in 2014.
More stars together with Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and Pierce Brosnan have opened up in the past about their own experiences with Bell’s palsy.
“Sometimes women in families put themselves last until it manifests itself in their own health,” Jolie advised Vanity Fair in 2017, noting she had momentary facial paralysis the 12 months prior and recovered absolutely thanks partly to acupuncture.
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