Gemma Atkinson has shared her daughter's hilarious and unapologetic remarks after she told her she was pregnant. The Hits Radio revealed over the weekend that she is expecting her second child with her Strictly Come Dancing star fiance Gorka Marquez.
Gemma, from Bury, and Spanish dancer Gorka met on the BBC One dance show when Gemma was a contestant in 2017. While the pair didn't dance together, love blossomed behind the scenes and they went public with their relationship following the live tour in early 2018.
A year later, in July 2019, the couple welcomed their first child together, daughter Mia Louise, and Gorka, 32, popped the question to Gemma, 38, on Valentine's Day 2021. Sharing the wonderful news that their family was growing, Gemma and Gorka shared a string of black and white snaps on Instagram.
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It showed Gemma gazing at her blossoming bump before she grinned for a selfie with her husband-to-be and their little girl as they wait to become a family-of-four - or six if you include Gemma's beloved dogs Ollie and Norman. "Impossible to hide my belly any longer. I’ve officially 'popped'," she wrote in the caption to her millions of followers.
"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 congratulatory messages came flooding in including from Stacey Solomon, who is expecting her fifth child, who wrote: "Aw congratulations." Friend and Gorka's Strictly co-star Giovanni Pernice replied: "Congratulations!!! The best family and def the best parents." Meanwhile, Gorka's most recent dance partner Helen Skelton said: "The best news. Lucky baby."
Since the announcement Gemma has shared a few details about how she found out, saying she had to make "cringey" in order to make appointments for scans due to Gorka's working commitments and wanting to keep the new private until they felt safe and ready to announce. She explained that Hey Baby 4D pregnancy scanning clinic in Radcliffe helped by opening early for them after she said: "My fella is currently working on a massive show and we don't know if we're okay."
Now, Gemma has given fans a look into her workout routine as she shared why her trainer was one of the first people she told about her pregnancy. Sharing a video of herself in her home gym at her Greater Manchester home, the former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star said: "Slow and steady until summer! Today I did 4x10 reverse lunges, 4x10 back squats and then some stretches that for me help with my back pain.
"I didn’t have any back trouble with Mia but little man is already so different. I’ve found the below stretches have really helped me. Obv I’ve been training for over 15 years and I’ve had the all clear from my midwife & doctor to continue, you must do the same before starting anything new in pregnancy. My coach @ellsimmo93 was one of the first ppl I told so he could adjust things accordingly. Weirdly my back feels worse when I do nothing. Moving / exercising really helps with it. I also see my physio for check ups too."
She went on to type: "I’ve learnt that Athleticism doesn’t have to stop completely if you don’t want it to, but it does have to be adjusted and you need to be smart and mentally accept 'stepping down from the norm for a while' the weights I’m currently lifting aren’t heavy for me, but they are heavy for my pelvis and vagina. And that’s what’s important. I also monitor my heart rate throughout my cardio too."
Gemma went on to share how cellulite has returned, and in "full force", just like when she was pregnant with Mia. Then sharing how daughter Mia took the news, the former soap star revealed: "When we told Mia she was going to be a sister she said 'is that why your belly is a bit like Daddy pigs' [crying laughing emojis]. It did make me laugh, and I’m excited to see the changes take place again and show Mia proudly what her mum's body is doing."
Gorka, meanwhile, shared on Monday's edition of BBC One show Morning Live how Mia is 'excited' to become a big sister and has been kissing and talking to Gemma's growing baby bump.
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