Last updated at 09:42 21 September 2006

Fashion designer Stella McCartney has been rushed to hospital over fears for her unborn baby.

The daughter of Sir Paul McCartney, seven months pregnant with her second child, complained of bleeding and shooting pains in her stomach, according to reports.

She spent Monday night at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital before tests confirmed the baby was fine and she was allowed home again on Tuesday. Things could have been 'dire' had she not gone to casualty however, reported the Sun.

Doctors gave her strict instructions to rest, insisting the active mother of 18-month-old Miller call a complete halt to all non-essential activity.

"She has been read the riot act," a source told the Sun. "Her condition was viewed as serious by doctors. Medics warned her she must rest completely up until the birth.

"This means total bed rest."

A witness at the hospital who saw Stella added: "She was completly distraught."

It is the latest drama to hit the McCartney family since her father's very public bitter split with Heather Mills.