Gemma Atkinson shares three-week warning as she tells fans 'it was awful' in post-baby update
08.08.2023 - 16:05
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Gemma Atkinson has shared a three-week warning with her fans and followers but it's more for herself as she plans a comeback following the birth of her second child. The Hits Radio host is now a doting mum-of-two after welcoming a baby boy with Gorka Marquez.
Gemma and her Strictly Come Dancing star beau announced back in January they were expanding their brood and after keeping fans updated on the pregnancy, the loved-up couple announced their son, Thiago Thomas Marquez, had arrived on July 17.
His arrival came just over four years after Gemma, 38, and Gorka, 32, welcomed their firstborn, daughter Mia, into the world. And since becoming a mum-of-two, Gemma has been as honest and as candid as ever amid recovering from her second C-section and balancing two children while Gorka is away during the week at Strictly rehearsals.
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And in her latest update, it appears the former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star is pining for the return of her 'me time' - but it's not the relaxing experience you'd first think of that she's looking forward to the most.
Having gone out into the back garden of her Greater Manchester home, Gemma shared a video of herself inspecting the ice bath. "Went to check the ice bath this morn. 3 more weeks and I'm starting them again," she typed alongside the video of her pulling out some of the ice from the freezing cold water.
But she confessed: "Testing with just my arm up to my armpit was awful. I'd worked my way up to two mins before I was pregnant." She then added rather sarcastically: "Gonna be fun trying it again."
Gemma then shared a video from the last time she was able to chill herself in the water. She could