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Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Márquez welcome their first child

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Author: Laura ThorntonPublished 6th Jul 2019
Last updated 6th Jul 2019

Actress Gemma Atkinson has welcomed her first child with her partner, Strictly Come Dancing dancer, Gorka Márquez.

Gemma revealed the news on her Instagram, posting a photo about family. She wrote, 'And just like that, we’re a three! Our beautiful baby daughter arrived on Thursday 4th July and myself and Gorks couldn’t be happier 💗💗💗

'She's incredible and she certainly made an entrance, giving us all quite a fright at times! Little Miss independent already! Thank you SO much to the nurses & doctors at The Royal Bolton Hospital who did the most incredible job taking care of myself and my baby. You’re all so wonderful and I’m so grateful to have had you all with me and to have been under your care these past 4 days 🙏

'Back home now for family time and to introduce little lady to her big brothers Norman & Ollie.... Let the next life chapter begin @gorka_marquez 🤱🐶🐶❤'

Strictly star Gorka shared an adorable photo with Gemma and wrote.

'𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙻𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝙿𝙸𝙲 𝙱𝙴𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝚆𝙴 𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝟹🥰

'Our beautiful baby daughter arrived on Thursday 4th July and myself and Gem couldn’t be happier 💗💗💗

'She's incredible and she certainly made an entrance, giving us all quite a fright at times.

'@glouiseatkinson my absolute HERO! After seeing you go through all you did to bring our little girl to life has made me love and respect you even more. What a trooper you are. I couldn't be more proud of you!! ♥️ Thank you SO much to the nurses & doctors at The Royal Bolton Hospital who did the most incredible job taking care of gem and our baby. 🙏

'Back home now for family time 🐶🐶 #blessed'.

Last month Gemma delighted her fans by sharing her baby scan, and revealing their unborn child looks just like Gorka when he was a baby. She wrote, 'Still in my tummy kicking away. Making me knackered and giving me way more cellulite than usual but already has the exact same nose and mouth as their Dad @gorka_marquez How is this fair??? 😂🤦🏼‍♀️🥰❤️'. sic

Congratulations Gemma and Gorka!

Gemma has shared updates throughout her pregnancy, including an empowering pregnancy post. We all know Gem is into her health and fitness and she revealed she put on 15kg throughout her pregnancy, writing, '70kg vs 85kg. Softer arms, puffier face, bigger ass and thighs, bigger belly, uterus, placenta, water retention, huge rise in estrogen meaning more cellulite and lets be honest, my boobs are like the Mitchell brothers 😂'. sic

She added, 'ALL of the above means my body is working to grow my baby and I couldn’t be more proud of it. Lots of you have DM me telling me you’re pregnant & struggling with the changes in your body. Admittedly, it is hard at first especially if like me, you were / are a gym bunny.'

Gemma then gave some solid advice to other pregnant women writing, 'However, if you change your way of thinking and realise firstly that pregnancy is a beautiful privilege denied to many woman so be grateful you have this opportunity, things do start to become easier!'

Swipe through our gallery to see other celebrities expecting babies!

Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter

Sherlock actor and his theatre director wife Sophie Hunter are expecting their third child together in March 2019. Although neither of them have officially confirmed the news, Sophie is thought to have had her dress custom-made to accommodate her baby bump.

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Gary Beadle and Emma McVey

Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle and his model girlfriend Emma McVey announced that they're expecting their second child together in June 2019, 18 months after welcoming son Chester! Taking to Instagram, Gaz shared a photo of the baby scan with the caption, 'BABY NO 2 😮😮😮 WE MUST BE MAD.... joking wow so nice to finally let everyone know baby no 2 will be with us later this year and I am SOOOOOOOO EXCITED Chester changed my life and now to give him a brother or sister is just amazing I was so nervous with Chester but now it's just excitement... @emma_jane1392 💙❤️.' sic


Emma also shared the photo, writing, 'We can finally share our amazing news. Baby number 2 on the way ❤️👶🏼 I'm so excited for Chester to have a brother or sister and make our house a little bit more crazy! 🐶🐶👶🏼👶🏼🤰🏻🤷🏻‍♂️ @gazgshore.' sic


The pair have since revealed they are expecting a little girl, making their family complete!

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