Sophie Kasaei admits she’s ‘riddled with anxiety’ when she leaves the house after traumatic few months

THE past few months have proven a test for Sophie Kasaei. The reality star welcomed a baby boy named Brody with TOWIE co-star Jordan Brook earlier this summer. Sophie Kasaei has admitted she’s “riddled with anxiety” when she leaves the house after a traumatic few months ahead of her baby son’s birth Credit: instagram/@sophiekasaei_ But in an optimistic post on Instagram, Sophie, 36, said she was “finally feeling a little more like me” Credit: instagram/@sophiekasaei_ But in the lead up to the birth, Jordan faced a terrifying ordeal, contracting meningitis, with the virus attacking his brain, leaving him unable to speak or walk. But in an optimistic post on Instagram, Sophie, 36, said she was “finally feeling a little more like me”. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! Beside snaps of her in a double-denim ensemble, enjoying the sunshine, she wrote: “8 weeks postpartum and I’m starting to come out the other side. “Still riddled with anxiety when I leave the house but it’s getting better.” Sharing a snap with former Geordie Shore castmates Abbie Holborn and Nathan Henry, she added: “Little brunch in the sun for my girls birthday then back home for Bath and bed time” Credit: instagram/@sophiekasaei_ Beside snaps of her in a double-denim ensemble, enjoying the sunshine, she wrote: “8 weeks postpartum and I’m starting to come out the other side” Credit: instagram/@sophiekasaei_ The reality star weclomed a baby boy named Brody, with TOWIE co-star Jordan Brook earlier this summer – but the lead up was far from smooth sailing after Jordan contracted meningitis Credit: Instagram She recently returned to TOWIE, becoming tearful in heartbreaking scenes as she recounted the ordeal Credit: ITV Sharing a snap with former Geordie Shore castmates Abbie Holborn and Nathan Henry, she added: “Little brunch in the sun for my girls birthday then back home for Bath and bed time.” Musing on the changes in her life, Sophie added: “Finding the balance in mam life as this is all new! “But Im starting to feel more like me again after trying for a baby for all them years and then being pregnant. “Still early days and one step at a time.” Most read in Showbiz Jordan and Sophie recently returned to TOWIE, with Sophie becoming tearful in heartbreaking scenes as she recounted the ordeal. Filmed before she gave birth, Sophie explained that Jordan was still recovering from the virus, and that he was still not himself. “I went to the hospital days later and looked at him on the bed and he couldn’t even look me in the eyes – he was just like asleep,” she recounted in scenes with her TOWIE pals. “He was non-verbal cos his brain was swelling at such a rapid rate so it was putting pressure on the brain and on his skull.” She explained she sat beside him from 9am until 10pm because she didn’t want to leave him. “I just wanted to be in his presence,” she said through sobs. “But it’s not the same. He’s not the same. “He’s got scarring on his brain. The front part of his brain is scarred and his moods will be like really up and down. “And he’ll be really emotional and he’ll get quite forgetful and he’s obviously got like a limp now so he can’t really do much.” She added: “I don’t think we would have got through it without this little boy inside. I think that’s what kept him strong.” Jordan was sent home from A&E wrongly diagnosed with a migraine and was later blue-lighted to hospital at death’s door with meningitis. Sophie stayed by his bedside in hospital and they would talk about their unborn child they call their “miracle baby” after a gruelling two-year IVF struggle to conceive. Comment now