Gemma Atkinson has sent a public 'FYI' to her fiance Gorka Marquez after he returned home properly for the first time in six weeks. The couple welcomed their second child into the world in July and shortly afterwards, Gorka had to leave for work.
12.08.2023 - 16:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Gemma Atkinson has shared how she's been hit with an emotional double whammy when it comes to being a parent. The Hits Radio host has been reunited with her fiance Gorka Marquez this weekend after he's been spending the weekdays away in London rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing.
It means the new family of four has been together only a handful of times since Gemma, 38, and Gorka, 32, welcomed their second child together. The couple, who met on Strictly in 2017, announced their son, Thiago Thomas Marquez, had arrived on July 17.
They said at the time of sharing the happy news that their family was 'complete' just over four years after their first child, daughter Mia, was born.
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And while they soak up their limited time together before Gorka has to head back down to London for work on Strictly ahead of its return next month following the announcement of the full celebrity line-up for 2023, Gemma appeared emotional.
She took to her Instagram Story on Saturday (August 12) as she shared a double whammy when it comes to parenting milestones. Bury-born Gemma shared a video of Mia, four, doting on her baby brother as he lay in his cot.
"Tio is a month old on Monday and yesterday we took Mia to buy her 'big school' uniform," the new mum-of-two typed alongside the sweet video with a face holding back tears emoji with the clip set to the Britney Spears track 'My Baby'.
"Parenting is wanting your kids to grow and thrive but at the same time stay little always," she added alongside a red heart emoji. But Gemma was soon distracted from her feelings as she got stuck into some work.
While still on maternity leave, the former Hollyoaks and
Gemma Atkinson has sent a public 'FYI' to her fiance Gorka Marquez after he returned home properly for the first time in six weeks. The couple welcomed their second child into the world in July and shortly afterwards, Gorka had to leave for work.
Gemma Atkinson appeared to be feeling a little emotional as she was flooded with messages after sharing a 'first' with her fiance Gorka Marquez. The Hits Radio host and Strictly Come Dancing star have appeared in their first reality show together with the first episode airing on Wednesday night (August 30).
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Strictly Come Dancing super couple Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez have brought cameras into their homes to give fans an insight into their life as a family of four.
While Gemma Atkinson is at home in Manchester with her newborn son Thiago and four-year-old daughter Mia this September, her partner Gorka Márquez will be in London teaching a top celebrity to tango on Strictly Come Dancing . However, the couple isn't worried that the show's legendary curse will tear their perfect family apart. The actress, 38, met Gorka on the show when she was partnered with his pal Aljaž Škorjanec, and soon fell in love.
When Gemma Atkinson gave birth to her first baby Mia she needed an emergency C-section and then suffered a scary postpartum haemorrhage as her partner Gorka Márquez anxiously looked on. So when baby Thiago Thomas Márquez was born, Gemma wanted things to be different and decided to hire her own private midwife to monitor the pregnancy and help after the baby was born.The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress – who has been filming her pregnancy story for her forthcoming W channel documentary Gemma And Gorka: Life Behind The Lens – hoped to have a vaginal birth this time around However, when her contractions stopped after 24 hours of active labour, she elected to have another C-section. In her documentary, Gemma answers the questions she was too shy to ask as a first-time mum and goes back to NHS Bolton where Mia was born to find out why she suffered a postpartum haemorrhage.
Gemma Atkinson says she has ruled out having any more children with partner Gorka Marquez after the recent birth of their second baby. The Channel 4 Hollyoaks actress appeared on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2017, where she met professional dancer Gorka, and the two began a relationship before getting engaged in 2021.
Actress Gemma Atkinson has revealed that she nearly died while giving birth after losing a lot of blood. She also admitted that her Strictly professional dancing star fiance Gorka Marquez was in tears as doctors fought to keep her alive.This was during the birth of her first child back in 2019 as her daughter, Mia's, heart rate suddenly dropped which plunged Gemma into an emergency caesarean. Gemma, 38, has opened up about the traumatic experience of her firstborn child as she had to re-live it all as she welcomed her baby boy Thiago last month.
Gemma Atkinson has gotten honest about life with Gorka Marquez including the 'resentment' she once felt about her situation with her other half. The pair met back in 2017 when Gemma was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing where fans are used to seeing Gorka as one of the pro dancers.
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Doting mum Gemma Atkinson has clapped back at mum-shaming trolls who criticised how she is raising her daughter Mia on social media. The 38 year old star, who recently became a mum for a second time with baby Thiago, received an unsolicited message on Instagram that questioned whether allowing her daughter Mia to watch certain kinds of programmes on TV was healthy.
Gemma Atkinson told her fiance Gorka Marquez that she's 'never fancied him more' as the dad-of-two shared a series of sweet new snaps as he spent time at home with his daughters. Hits Radio host Gemma has been reunited with her beau this weekend after he's been spending the weekdays away in London rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing.
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Gorka Marquez has got his Strictly Come Dancing co-stars and fans rushing to comment as he distracted them with an 'early bird' post. The dancer has returned to work on the hit BBC One dance contest as the group of professional dancers rehearse for the upcoming series.
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Gemma Atkinson has been praised by her fans as she proudly showed off her postpartum body after having a C-section when she welcomed her second child into the world.The 38 year old former Hollyoaks star gave birth to her son earlier this month. She shares him with her fiancé, Strictly star Gorka Márquez, with whom she also shares daughter Mia, three.Two weeks after the birth of her son, Thiago, Gemma took to Instagram to share a video of the realities of being postpartum, as she showed off her stomach in a candid video. In the caption, Gemma talked about wearing breast pads, an 'industrial size sanitary pad' and having a swollen tummy.