Olympic champion Nicola Adams and her model girlfriend Ella Baig have revealed the name of their first child and shared their first official photo together. The couple, who first announced they were expecting a child in February, announced the safe arrival of their baby boy last month.
In a joint social media post with her partner, Nicola said they felt "instant love" for their baby, who already has his own Instagram account. The 39-year-old former Strictly Come Dancing star said: "We are so excited to announce to the world that baby Adams has arrived.
"The first moment we laid eyes on you we felt an instant love and the strongest bond. We went to the moon and back to get you and we can't wait to spend the rest of our lives watching you grow." She accompanied the post with pictures that showed the couple smiling in hospital and with their hands around their son's tiny feet
Nicola and Ella, who have been together for four years, have now shared that they have named their son Taylor Nate Adams as they opened up about his early arrival as he was born a month before his due date. Nicola, who was the first woman to win a boxing Olympic gold medal, told Hello! magazine that her son being born is “the most amazing thing that’s ever happened” to her. "I can’t even explain the feeling – I felt this instant love," she added.
The couple’s journey to parenthood began in 2020 when they started IVF using Nicola's egg fertilised via a sperm donor who resembled Ella, who carried the baby and gave birth on July 9 via caesarean section. He weighed just 3lb 14oz at the time as he was born a month prematurely.
Ella recalled her shock when she woke up early on July 8 to find that her waters had broken and said that when she asked Adams to ring the hospital she replied: "Right – what’s their number?" She also feels the baby has inherited Adams’ boxing spirit, saying: “I said he was a fighter when he was in my stomach and he’s definitely come out like that."
"He’s progressing really fast. He’s trying to do things he shouldn’t be able to do yet – like holding his own bottle,” she added. "On the day he was born, I had him on my chest and he threw his head back."
The couple said they debated Taylor’s name until he was born, with Nicola explaining: “We had a few names in mind because we wanted to see what he looked like first to see if the name suited him. We didn’t want to get stuck on one name and have to think of a new one if it didn’t work."
They added that they are now looking forward to life as parents. Ella said: "I’m excited to see who he wants to be when he’s older. It will be so rewarding to see him experience everything we can offer him and see what he wants to do."
You can read the full interview in Hello! magazine, out now.
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