Gemma Atkinson has revealed that she waited for the tennis result before giving birth when her waters broke during the Wimbledon final day.
In the hilarious confession on Thursday, the actress, 38, revealed her partner Gorka Márquez, 33, begged her not to to go into labour until the game had finished.
The couple, who share two children, four-year-old Mia and baby Thiago, three months, made the admission on Gemma’s podcast The Overshare.
Discussing ‘terrible partners in labour’ with guest contributors, the couple spoke about Thiago’s birth.
Gemma began: ‘This is a thing with Thiago. My waters broke again on the Wimbledon final day. And it was Alcaraz and Djokovic.’
Gemma Atkinson, 33, has revealed that she waited for the tennis result before giving birth when her waters broke during the Wimbledon final day
Gorka added: ‘I said please don’t go into labour now let me at least watch the final.’
He genuinely did say that…But yeah my waters broke early in the morning,’ Gemma continued.
‘I was upstairs on my own on the bed on all fours just breathing through my contractions because I wanted to try and stay at home for as long as possible this time.
‘I don’t know if it was a fear of the hospital or what, but I just thought until I can no longer tolerate the contractions I will be at home. And so yeah, I was upstairs just trying to deal with it. And every now and again I’d hear “vamos vamos” from downstairs.’
Gorka laughed: ‘I was downstairs having the tortilla chips watching the tennis… The game finishes…I went upstairs and I went “okay, now you can have the baby.’
The actress agreed: ‘Yeah he said “Alcaraz has won. You can get him out now if you want”… it got to the stage where I couldn’t hold a conversation.
‘So we was like, we need to go into the hospital. And this time you were much more relaxed I think because you knew what was happening.
Gorka added: ‘I knew what was going on…we were like, okay, we know how to react…we were more like organised…We knew everything. This time around. I actually enjoyed it.’
Family: In the hilarious confession on Thursday, the actress revealed her partner Gorka Márquez begged her not to to go into labour until the game had finished (pictured with Mia, four, and and baby Thiago, three months)
Funny: Discussing ‘terrible partners in labour’ with guest contributors, the couple spoke about Thiago’s birth (pictured during her pregnancy with Thiago)
The professional dancer continued: ‘I was even watching it. Looking at everything, how you got to cut, how you got stitched. I was quite like, oh, that’s nice, that’s amazing what they do.’
Gemma said: ‘Yeah, it was a lot more relaxed this time. The only thing – we had Jess Glynne playing, didn’t we, not by choice. They had the radio on in the background…
‘And when he come out it was Jess Glynne (Gemma sings) “I don’t wear makeup on Thursdays”. That’s what was playing.
‘So no, I wouldn’t say Gorka has been useless in labour. It’s been quite frustrating. But it’s only been because but my waters have broken each time when you could have been watching tennis.’
The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson is available to listen to on all podcast platforms.
