Gemma Atkinson praised for due date decision and shares Gorka's 'role' at birth

Gemma Atkinson has been praised as she shared why she actually hasn't got a 'due date' for her son. The Hits Radio host announced back in January that she and her Strictly Come Dancing star fiancé Gorka Marquez were expanding their brood.

The former Emmerdale and Hollyoaks star then continued: "I've been asked this a lot but I've specifically asked for a time frame instead of a due date for a few reasons..." Sharing why, she went on: "1. I think we become too obsessed with that one day. 2. If they arrive before or after that day we start with 'they are late or early panic/anxiety'.

"Oh bless you! That's the thing with just a date," Gemma typed in response so her followers could see. "The last thing you want is ppl mothering and adding pressure. We genuinely go into labour when we feel relaxed, safe and calm and being constantly badgered by ppl about being overdue will put your body and mind in the opposite state."

"She [the midwife] said, 'You might even want to catch him.' And Gorka went, 'Catch him? What do you mean catch him?' She said, 'Well, you can help pull him out.' And he went, 'No, no. I'll stay near the head. Gemma's head, not the baby.' And when she left, he went to me, 'Do people do that? You catch him?'"

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