Simon Thomas has announced his daughter has been born eight weeks early.
The former Sky Sports pundit issued the update on Instagram. The 49-year-old shared a snap of his wife, Derrina, in a hospital gown after they welcomed their new baby into the world.
Simon revealed Derrina "fell rapidly ill" as she went into labour as he thanked the hospital staff for their incredible care. He said: "Not everything in life goes quite according to plan. One moment we think we’ve got eight weeks until our little one arrives; the next, after Derrina fell rapidly ill, we’re suddenly welcoming into the world a very tiny, but hugely precious baby girl weighing just over three pounds.
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"The #neonatal team at #stokemandeville hospital were simply incredible and held our hands physically and in spirit the whole way through a very fear filled and stressful day yesterday."
He added: "I cannot express how proud and blessed I feel right now - I have a beautiful, brave wife in @derrina , a precious son and now a tiny, wonderful daughter and sister for our boy Ethan. We have a long road ahead of being in hospital for the next few weeks; but we have the best team around us. Thank you Stoke Mandeville and thank you #nhs for being there for us and thank you God for blessing us as a family so much."
Celebrity friends and followers flooded the comments to send messages of support after the update.
Matt Baker said: "Sending lots of love to you all X"
David Jones added: "Sending love to you all @simonthomastv @derrina and Ethan … born to be a brother xx"
Ed Chamberlain commented: "Wow! Huge congratulations & love to the FOUR of you xx"
Natalie Pirks posted: " Wonderful news that she’s here safe and in the best hands. Lots of love to the four of you"
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