Jeremy Clarkson’s daughter Emily gives birth to second child
JEREMY Clarkson’s daughter Emily has given birth to her second child.
The 30-year-old proudly shared the news after admitting this pregnancy was “the hardest thing I’ve ever been through”.
Emily and husband Alex Andrew are already parents to their baby daughter Ario Rose who became a big sister earlier this week.
Podcast host Emily, 30, announced the news on Instagram this morning.
Sharing a snap from her hospital bed, Emily wrote: “She’s here.
“Xanthe Fiadh Andrew arrived a few days ago and just brought the sunshine with her, we are all so happy xxxx.”
Emily had a tough pregnancy having been diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum in the second trimester.
“I never intended to share as much as I did about Hyperemesis Gravidarum, but by the time I announced at about 16 weeks I weighed less than I did before I was pregnant.
“I’d been hospitalised due to dehydration, I was bed bound, and despite the 9 daily antiemetic pills I was taking, everything, from my husband sitting down on the bed, to the smell of my daughter’s hair, to the thought of an avocado, made me physically sick.
“I’ve subsequently come to the conclusion that my HG caused prenatal depression (so I started seeing an antenatal trauma therapist).
“It has been the hardest thing I have ever been through, harder in my second pregnancy than my first, due largely to the devastating guilt I felt not being able to be there in the way I wanted for my first daughter whilst making my second.”
The condition was suffered by Kate Middleton during her three pregnancies.
Emily continued: “The physical symptoms got slightly easier as time went on, but it’s been 9 months since I got through a day unmedicated, since I ate a vegetable, or drank a glass of water.
“I am still sick every day. I cannot remember what food I like or what it’s like to want a cup of coffee.
“And the consistent vomiting has taken a huge toll on my body, it’s caused Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, where the nerves and my arteries in my neck have been compressed causing numbness in my arms.
“I have my first cavity due to the fact I’ve literally only drunk coke since April, and my ferritin levels dropped so low I’ve needed two infusions in the last month.”
Clarkson’s Farm host Jeremy shares his daughter Emily, son Finlo, 26, and Katya, 23, with ex wife Frances Cain who he separated from in 2014 after 21-years of marriage.
What is hyperemesis gravidarum?
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is much worse than the normal morning sickness experienced during pregnancy.
Unlike regular pregnancy sickness, HG may not get better by 14 weeks and for many needs hospital treatment.
Sufferers may be sick numerous times each day and be unable to keep food or drink down, which can massively impact their everyday life.
Sickness may not clear up completely until the baby is born, although some symptoms can improve at around 20 weeks.
HG is unlikely to harm your baby, but can cause you to lose weight during your pregnancy, so there is an increase in chance your baby will weigh less than expected.