Princess_Chaos
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| Posted: 09 May 2008 09:33 am Post subject: Louise Redknapp pregnant with second child |
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Louise Redknapp pregnant with second child
British model Louise Redknapp is 3 ½-months pregnant with the second child for she and footballer husband Jamie Redknapp, The Sun is reporting today. In a campaign for Triumph Lingerie, Louise recently appeared scantily clad in a series of advertisements, but says that "there will be no [more] modeling for a while." The 33-year-old added that "I'm really happy."
Louise has spoken previously about her struggles to conceive the couple's first child Charley William, 3 ½, due to infertility brought on by endometriosis.
It took me four years to have Charley and so this time, after just a month, it was very unexpected. We had talked about having another baby and we kind of expected the same problems as last time.
Time was going on and I was thinking, 'This is a bit strange' but I thought it was just my body playing up. When I did the pregnancy test, I nearly fell off the chair. My friend popped in and I dragged her upstairs and said, 'You've got to look at this. Am I reading it wrong?' I rang Jamie straight away. He was saying, 'Right, OK, I'll call you back' because he couldn't talk. He was absolutely delighted, though.
It was such a relief to think I wouldn't have to go through all that treatment to get pregnant again. The doctors don't know why it has been so much easier this time -- it's just the luck of the draw I guess. But people do also say that the best cure for endometriosis is having a baby. I just feel incredibly lucky.
Louise is due in November. She and Jamie plan to find out the sex when they can, as Louise "couldn't stand not knowing!"
Louise Redknapp talks about fertility struggle
Endometriosis prevented Louise Redknapp -- former member of the band Eternal, wife to footballer Jamie Redknapp and mom to 3 ½-year-old Charley -- from having a baby after several years of trying. But it was Louise, herself, who very nearly prevented the couple from ever finding out that endometriosis was to blame in the first place. The 33-year-old says that she was somewhat in denial about having a fertility problem and was reluctant to seek treatment.
I put it to the back of my head and blocked it out; I thought it’s nothing, it sometimes takes a long time. People tried to talk to me about it, but I convinced myself that I was having a great life and it wouldn’t be the right time to have a baby anyway. So I never went through that whole thing of investigating it or looking for alternative treatments. It was Jamie who said let’s find out what’s going on here.
After a laparoscopy revealed extensive endometriosis, a condition which causes infertility in 30-40% of all women who suffer from it, Louise was told that her own odds of having children were diminished. The news was "a big shock" for the couple, Louise says, adding,
It was the biggest wake-up call; it made me realize how much I wanted to be a mum. At times, I felt terribly sorry for myself, but I think it was harder for Jamie because he just had to wait and hope while I had treatment.
Charley was conceived after Louise underwent two separate surgeries to treat her condition over six months, and although the couple was thrilled to finally be pregnant, Louise soon thereafter developed chloasma that only worsened upon giving birth. A skin disorder -- commonly referred to as "the mask of pregnancy" -- chloasma caused pigmentation patches to appear on Louise's face that took two years to fade. Despite her life as the wife of a footballer and a fashion presenter on television, Louise has been humbled by all that she endured in her quest to become a mom, saying she's "just like every other woman."
The couple is hoping to make Charley a big brother -- but Louise says her approach the second time around is low-key.
I think the minute I mentally work myself into a frenzy, it won’t happen. So I’m just not going to think about it and hope for the best.
Louise and Jamie have been married since 1998. |
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