Gemma Atkinson emotional and says it 'means a lot' as she flooded with messages over 'first' with Gorka Marquez
31.08.2023 - 10:09
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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).
Gemma, 38, and Gorka's, 32, recent second pregnancy journey has been put in front of the cameras in their new show Gemma & Gorka: Life Behind the Lens, which the couple, who met on Strictly in 2017, revealed to fans last month.
They shared at the time how the 'wonderful crew' had been on hand to document their second pregnancy journey "showing not only the absolute utter chaos of our day-to-day lives at home juggling work, dogs, toddlers and hormones."
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The first episode saw Gemma and Gorka share all about the moment they first met six years ago before going on to welcome their first-born, daughter Mia, in 2019 before getting engaged on Valentine's Day in 2021 and welcoming their second child, son Thiago, in July this year.
Bury-born Gemma also spoke about her first 'traumatic' birth as she prepared for Thiago's arrival, which came on July 17. "Mia’s birth was scary. It ended in emergency c-section and postpartum haemorrhage," she told the cameras. "The staff at this hospital genuinely saved both our lives.
"This pregnancy is deemed as high risk. And when you see it on paper it is a shock. Because I’m under 40, I’m fit and healthy, I’m not severely overweight. So why’s it high risk? But they just do it off the previous pregnancy." Gorka went on: "When Mia was born, we had a bit of a traumatic birth.
"Gemma went in to labour,