Kelsey Parker has revealed she is trying for a baby in 2026 as she reflected on her tough year after suffering a heartbreaking stillbirth last year.
Speaking on her her podcast with Georgia Jones, Mum’s The Word! on Sunday, Kelsey opened up about her ‘really really tough experience’.
Kelsey, who is the widow of The Wanted’s Tom Parker, explained all she wants is to have a ‘better year’ and said she will continue to try and have a baby.
Kelsey, 35, said: ‘I just want a better year, it was really really tough, it was s**t. I think to continue the path of, ‘is there a baby this year for me’, I could have one this year, which is exciting, also I think raising awareness and keep doing my charity work.’
The mother of two shares her two children, Aurelia, five, Bodhi, four, with Tom, who died age 33 from a rare, aggressive brain tumor (glioblastoma) in 2022.
In June she suffered further heartbreak when her unborn baby – her first with her new boyfriend Will Lindsay – was stillborn.
Kelsey Parker has revealed she is trying for a baby in 2026 as she reflected on her tough year after suffering a heartbreaking stillbirth last year
Speaking on her her podcast with Georgia Jones, Mum’s The Word! on Sunday, Kelsey opened up about her ‘really really tough experience’ (pictured with boyfriend Will Lindsay and her children Aurelia and Bodhi)
Kelsey said she needed ‘space to breathe’ and that she felt as though sometimes has the weight of the ‘whole world’ on her shoulders.
In a video, she said: ‘Hi everyone, how are you all? I feel like I’ve been a little bit quiet, but you know what, that’s ok. It’s ok to not be ok all the time.
She continued: ‘We live in this world where everyone’s just trying to look like they’ve all got it figured out.
‘Strength means smiling for everything, sometimes strength means being still – it means saying, I just need quiet for a little bit.
‘Sometimes I just need calm, I just need space to breathe, to let my thoughts settle, to find myself again because life doesn’t stop and for me, it never really has.
‘I’ve literally had the children and raised them, and I’ve had to show up every single day – sometimes I struggle.
‘Sometimes I literally feel like I’m holding the whole world with my bare hands, but it’s the only thing I’ve ever known how to do.
‘It’s pushing forward, it’s keeping on going even when it’s hard, even when I am tired, because my babies are watching me, they’re learning from me, they are my reason, my peace and my power.
‘I’m not ok, but I don’t have to be. None of us do.’
Kelsey, who is the widow of The Wanted’s Tom Parker, explained all she wants is to have a ‘better year’ and said she will continue to try and have a baby
Kelsey said: ‘I just want a better year, it was really really tough, it was s**t. I think to continue the path of, ‘is there a baby this year for me’, I could have one this year’
Kelsey took to social media on Christmas eve to share how she has added her son to Tom’s memorial bench
In June, Kelsey took to Instagram to tell her followers that her baby Phoenix had died
Kelsey pictured with Tom died of glioblastoma in March 2022 aged 33
She added: ‘What matters is that I keep moving, keep loving, keep believing that better days are coming. And they are, they’ve got to be.’
Kelsey took to social media on Christmas eve to share how she has added her son to Tom’s memorial bench.
Kelsey shared a snap of the new plaque she has installed, which reads: ‘I walk towards my destiny with ease. Phoenix Parker-Lindsay.’
She then penned to fans: ‘Today we added our beautiful baby boy Phoenix to the bench with Tom.
‘It has always stayed with me that Will was looking after Tom’s children here, and now Tom is with Phoenix, looking after him for Will.
‘A medium once told me Tom had Phoenix in his arms, and was caring for Phoenix. Whether you believe in that or not doesn’t matter… what matters is the peace it brings.
‘What gives me peace is knowing my angel boys are together. Taken far too soon from us, but never truly gone. I feel them guiding us through life, surrounding us with love in ways we can’t always see.
‘I miss you both more than words can ever say. Always loved. Always remembered.’
