Billie Faiers broke down in tears as she recalled the terrifying moment her baby daughter Margot stopped breathing after her recent health scare. 

The 15-month-old was rushed to hospital by an ambulance earlier this month after suffering a febrile seizure. 

A febrile seizure can sometimes happen when a child has a high temperature. It’s not usually serious, but it’s important to get medical help if your child has a seizure, explains the NHS

Opening up about the family emergency with her sister Sam, 33, on the pair’s podcast The Sam & Billie Show, Billie, 34, struggled to contain her emotions as she broke down in tears. 

‘Margot, one, had a febrile seizure she actually did stop breathing for a couple of minutes,’ began Billie before she covered her face and tried to gather her emotions. 

Billie Faiers, 34, broke down in tears as she detailed the heartbreaking moment her daughter Margot, 15 months, stopped breathing after a terrifying seizure earlier this month

Billie Faiers, 34, broke down in tears as she detailed the heartbreaking moment her daughter Margot, 15 months, stopped breathing after a terrifying seizure earlier this month

The 15-month-old was rushed to hospital by an ambulance earlier this month after suffering a febrile seizure as the result of a high temperate

The 15-month-old was rushed to hospital by an ambulance earlier this month after suffering a febrile seizure as the result of a high temperate 

Her supportive sister added: ‘Aaaaaw don’t cry. Actually cry let it out. It’s so scary.’  

The mother-of-three continued: ‘You can imagine as a parent you just think the worst, the panic. If anyone does nay research into it you maybe won’t be prepared but won’t panic as much as I did’. 

Billie described it as ‘the most horrendous, scary moment of my whole entire life’ and added: ‘I feel like that’s really made me run down and ill as well because it’s just so scary and worrying.’

Confirming that Margot is recovering well she told fans: ‘She is actually on the mend now. She has tonsillitis.’

Billie explained that she knew something wasn’t right after her daughter continued to feel ill after a few days and came out in a rash. 

‘I was freaking out,’ she added: ‘I felt like I was floating, it felt surreal. The worst was just going through my head.

‘I went back to A&E with her and they ran so many tests…. and then they said she has had a really nasty flu virus and she’s got tonsillitis.’ 

Margot is now on antibiotics, has ‘perked up’ and has her appetite back.

Opening up about the family emergency with her sister Sam on the pair's podcast The Sam & Billie Show, Billie struggled to contain her emotions as she covered her face

'You can imagine as a parent you just think the worst, the panic. If anyone does nay research into it you maybe won't be prepared but won't panic as much as I did'

Opening up about the family emergency with her sister Sam on the pair’s podcast The Sam & Billie Show, Billie struggled to contain her emotions as covered her face 

Her supportive sister Sam added: 'Aaaaaw don't cry. Actually cry let it out. It's so scary'

Her supportive sister Sam added: ‘Aaaaaw don’t cry. Actually cry let it out. It’s so scary’

Billie explained that she knew something wasn't right after her daughter continued to feel ill after a few days and came out in a rash (pictured with son Arthur)

Billie explained that she knew something wasn’t right after her daughter continued to feel ill after a few days and came out in a rash (pictured with son Arthur)

The star shared the terrifying news on Instagram last week as she took to social media to raise awareness

The star shared the terrifying news on Instagram last week as she took to social media to raise awareness 

What is Febrile seizures? 

A febrile seizure (febrile convulsion or fit) can sometimes happen when a child has a high temperature. 

It’s not usually serious, but it’s important to get medical help.

They usually affect children between 6 months and 6 years old.

Symptoms include:

  •  becoming stiff and twitch, shake, or have jerking movements
  • becoming unconscious not respond or look at you when you talk to them 
  • be sick or wet themselves 
  • be sleepy, irritable or confused for up to 1 hour afterwards 

‘She still isn’t 100%, she is still groggy. But this time last week I was so worried about her. She was so poorly but already a week on she’s already recovered so much,’ explained Billie. 

‘Aaaaw it must have been so scary,’ added Sam. 

Billie also confirmed that the seizure went on for seven minutes, ‘I can’t even go through it’ she added as she struggled to recount the situation. 

The star shared the terrifying news on Instagram last week as she took to social media to raise awareness. 

She wrote: ‘One exhausted mumma. My little darling Margot has had a nasty virus, on Sunday Margot had a febrile seizure, it was the most terrifying moment of my life. 

‘It was caused due to a spike in her temperature, I was so scared and didn’t know what to do, we of course called an ambulance and Margot was examined at the hospital. 

‘After speaking to numerous doctors since they all said the same thing to me, that they are quite common but not spoken about, So I’m sharing this because it may encourage some of you to research what to do in this situation.

‘Margot is slowly getting better ❤️’.

Billie shares Margot as well as daughter Nelly, nine, and son Arthur, six, with her husband Greg Shepherd. 

Billie shares Margot as well as daughter Nelly, nine, and son Arthur, six, with her husband Greg Shepherd

Billie shares Margot as well as daughter Nelly, nine, and son Arthur, six, with her husband Greg Shepherd

Post source: Daily mail

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