{"id":2107958,"date":"2025-10-22T10:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2107958"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:48:13","slug":"martha-kalifatidis-mafs-star-announces-second-pregnancy-with-michael-brunelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/martha-kalifatidis-mafs-star-announces-second-pregnancy-with-michael-brunelli\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha Kalifatidis: MAFS star announces second pregnancy with Michael Brunelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ArticleContent\">\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Martha Kalifatidis is crossing her fingers for a more easy-going pregnancy with her second child after her first pregnancy was riddled with severe sickness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Married At First Sight star took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce she was pregnant with her second child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cKnocked up n\u2019 knocked out. Will be back bigger (\ud83e\udd30\ud83c\udffb) and better soon\u2026 fingers crossed,\u201d she captioned her post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Her social media announcement featured a video of her young son, Lucius, hugging and kissing her growing belly as well as photos of a rainbow and other cute life updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It comes after her first pregnancy with Lucius was not easy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e1vl0htn0 embed css-1e7dnir-StyledEmbed-StyledInstagramEmbed-PNEmbed e1kmsqkc3\">\n<section class=\"css-1jr5w2z-StyledConsentFallback epu9cz41\">\n<p>If you\u2019d like to view this content, please adjust your<!-- --> <button type=\"button\" class=\"css-rmo6w3-StyledLinkButton ezwyjwt0\">Cookie Settings<\/button>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our<!-- --> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/cookies-guide\">Cookie Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Kalifatidis revealed in September 2022 that she didn\u2019t think she would survive the first months of her pregnancy after becoming extremely sick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Her partner Michael Brunelli, shared insight into the difficult time, posting distressing videos of his love crying out for help after being diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum \u2014 a severe type of nausea that causes extreme sickness \u2014 at five weeks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"css-kn3rvr-StyledPNFigure eq8qgnw2\"><picture class=\"eq8qgnw1 image css-7ck3mb-PictureWithIntrinsicRatio-StyledPNArticleImage eosncpx0\"><source data-ratio=\"1080:1349\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-20436885\/cb55bbe32854f2962d960dd39a07dd966f19601f.jpg?imwidth=100&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 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Exciting!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Olive Cooke said: \u201cLooch as a big brother. Love you all so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The couple, met on the 2019 series of the reality show and got engaged in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Most recently, the young family was involved in a Cotton On Kids Christmas photoshoot showing off the brand\u2019s new festive sleepwear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.perthnow.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martha Kalifatidis is crossing her fingers for a more easy-going pregnancy with her second child after her first pregnancy was riddled with severe sickness. 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