Gemma Atkinson has hinted at a baby name for her son after announcing she was expecting her second child. The Hits Radio host, who is already a doting mum to daughter, Mia, revealed she was pregnant earlier this month.
She shared the news that she and fiance Gorka Marquez were expecting again on Instagram with a string of black and white images which saw Gemma showing off her blossoming bump as well as featuring a selfie of the expanding family-of-three.
On Sunday (January 29), the 38-year-old confirmed how far in to her pregnancy she actually was after previously saying she was due to welcome their baby boy into the world in the summer.
The mum-of-two-to-be, who looked glowing, took to her Instagram Story as she addressed fans in a video. She could be seen relaxing at her Greater Manchester home alongside three-year-old Mia as she said: "I'm just over fourth months now with this little fella in here who's not so little, actually. He's big."
After asking for her fans' help, the former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star decided to take part in a quick Q&A with her millions of loyal followers. One of the first questions Gemma was asked was if the thought of having two children gave her 'anxiety'.
But Gemma replied: "Nah... there's room for more chaos," adding a crying laughing emoji. "My go-to in parenting was to lower my expectations of everything always being clean and tidy," she went on to share.
"Expecting I'll be tired by knowing everything is a phase. My mum raised me and my sister quite laid back in that everything wasn't in order all the time but we were always cared for and happy and that's what matters."
The former soap star was also asked if she had been 'trying' for a second baby when she fell pregnant. "We always wanted to time it for when Mia started school," Gemma admitted. "Just so I could spend as much time as possible with her beforehand.
"When we decided to try we got caught very quickly which is something neither of us takes for granted." She went on to share how she and Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka, 32, share their gratitude every day about their impending arrival.
"Every day we wake up, laugh at my belly and actually say out loud how bloody lucky we are," she typed. "I have friends who were trying for a long time. They too got their happy ending."
And while she still has plenty time to come up with an answer, Gemma did give a hint about her son's name when asked if she had any mind. She shared: "Not yet but it'll defo be Spanish. Mia means 'mine' in Spanish and if this one was a girl she was going to be Vida as that means 'life'.
"Obv together they'd be 'my life' but boys' names are harder. It's the pronunciation, for example, The in Spain is pronounced Tao, so it can get complicated." Gemma's Q&A comes after she laughed off cruel comments that suggested her unborn child isn't fathered by her fiance Gorka.
As well as social media, the pregnancy chat has also been brought onto her Hits Radio show which she hosts alongside Mike Toolan. In a video posted to the radio station's Instagram account which Gemma also shared, she could be heard reading out some online comments in response to her happy family announcement.
Gemma proceeded to share a remark made by someone about her body, saying: "This is one from a guy called Steve-O. [He says] ‘Well, that’s her body ruined,'" to which Gemma and Mike burst out laughing. She went on: “I’m assuming Steve-O was birthed at one point. What does his mother look like?”
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