Ben Foden’s wife Jackie gives birth! See exclusive first pictures at home in New York
19.02.2024 - 08:17
/ ok.co.uk
Ben and Jackie Foden are now proud parents again after welcoming their newest child into the world on January 9.
The former Rugby player, 38, and his wife of almost five years, shared the happy news with OK! that they had welcomed a baby girl who arrived two weeks early via a planned C-section at 12pm, weighing 8lb 3oz. In the exclusive first pictures of the couple posing together with three year old daughter Farrah and their newest bundle of joy, Ben and Jackie look totally smitten after their little one's arrival. Confirming the happy news to OK!, Jackie told us: "I ended up having a planned C-section with Olympia as during my pregnancy I was diagnosed with cholestasis [linked to liver issues which results in itchiness] and I was so uncomfortable and itchy towards the end.
"I tried to wait as long as possible but the doctors advised me that 9 January was as far as I could go. Looking back, I’m glad I didn’t wait any longer. She was 8lb 3oz; if we had let her go full-term they said she’d have been over 10lb!" Ben continued: “Olympia – or, as we call her, Pia – is her mum’s double.
I’m incredibly lucky.” The couple are already parents to Farrah, three, and Ben also has two older children Aoife, 11, and nine-year-old Tadgh (from his previous marriage with Una Healy). Jackie's pregnancy, however, while carrying Olympia wasn't easy, the 39 year old explained to OK!: "Olympia felt like a huge baby. I could barely move towards the end, so I was happy to have her out.
I was limping because I had tendonitis in my hip. Plus, I was itching like crazy, especially during the night so I wasn’t getting any sleep." "We also had three miscarriages before Olympia. We started trying to get pregnant around August 2022, then tried again in
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