Gemma Atkinson has shared the exciting news that she's to be a mum for the second time with her fiance Gorka Marquez. Hits Radio host Gemma, from Bury, shared the joyous news yesterday (Saturday January 21) that she is pregnant.
The couple, who met while Gemma was competing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, have a three-year-old daughter, Mia. She came into view to say hello as Gemma updated her fans with an Instagram video to say she was going shopping for new bras after growing out of her current collection.
Gemma told her followers that she's expecting to be three sizes up and, light-heartedly poking fun at the bra she was wearing, she joked that it might as well be "basketballs in socks."
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"I'm off to buy some bras today because these may as well be a basketball in a sock," she said into the camera. "I need an an oomph bra." As Mia came into view she explained: "I went up three sizes with Mia which is fine because they were full of milk to feed you."
She later confirmed that she was up by three sizes. "Three sizes up Gorka woo-hoo!" she laughingly cheered to her man. In her post Gemma played with her adorable pet dogs and said about them sensing her pregnancy: "Dogs just know don't they?"
Gym fan Gemma has been asked by fans if she's still been training while pregnant. She answered: "Absolutely although obviously my programs have been adjusted accordingly and I've listened to my body as always. I've had days of training and eating well followed by days of wantng to stay in bed eating bagels. Hormones are a crazy thing."
Thanking fans for their well wishes, Gemma, 38, said yesterday that she feels "very, very lucky." She said: "Thank you everyone for your lovely messages and well wishes. It's lovely. Number two. Number two, and a little boy. Crikey, a little boy. So lucky. Very, very lucky."
Posting on Instagram on Saturday morning Gemma shared a black and white picture of herself caressing her blooming bump as she shared her pregnancy news. She wrote: "Impossible to hide my belly any longer. I’ve officially “popped.” Our baby boy will be joining our family later this year."
She added: "We feel so incredibly blessed and Grateful to be on this journey again. Mia is absolutely thrilled! Although we may need to do some negotiating on names, as so far she’s adamant he’s going to be called Barbie."
The doting mum, who welcomed Mia with Strictly pro Gorka in July 2017, joked that she's "prepared for chaos." "My sister's got two lads and a girl so fully prepared for the chaos," she said. "Cannot wait, bring it on."
Gemma reveal when she found out about her pregnancy she was keen to keep the news quiet until they were ready to announce. She explained that Hey Baby 4D pregnancy scanning clinic in Radcliffe helped by opening early for them.
She said: "Gorka was still doing Strictly when we found out. We went for scans and I had to make that cringey phone call 'my fella is currently working on a massive show and we don't know if we're okay.' They opened up early for us to go in."
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