Ben Foden's wife Jackie has given birth to their second child.
The former rugby player, 38, and the American socialite, 39, announced their happy news on Monday, sharing that they have named their newborn daughter Olympia, who goes by the nickname Pia.
The little girl was born two weeks prematurely on January 9th, weighing 8lb 3oz, via cesarean section after Jackie suffered health complications and suffered three tragic miscarriages.
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Ben is also father to Aoife, 11, and Tadgh, eight, who he has with his ex-wife, The Saturdays singer Una Healy, 42.
Ben Foden's wife Jackie has given birth to their second child and shared that they have named their newborn daughter Olympia, nicknamed Pia
X Factor star Ben and his second wife Jackie, who married in August 2019, just two months after starting their relationship, are also parents to three-year-old daughter Farrah (pictured).
Announcement of the new via OK! In the magazine, Ben said: “Olympia – or as we call her, Pia – is her mother's double. 'I'm incredibly lucky.'
Jackie explained that Olympia was scheduled to have a cesarean section because she was diagnosed with cholestasis during pregnancy.
She said: “I could barely move towards the end so I was happy to have her out.” I was limping because I had tendonitis in my hip. I also itched like crazy, especially at night, so I couldn't sleep.'
“I tried to wait as long as possible, but the doctors told me that January 9 would be the last I could do. Looking back, I'm glad I didn't wait any longer. She weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces; “If we had let her go year-round, they said she would have weighed over 10 pounds!”
Tragically, Jackie also told the publication how she and Ben struggled to have Olympia, revealing: “We also had three miscarriages before Olympia.” “We started trying to get pregnant around August 2022, then tried again in November, then in March 2023 and then in April 2023 with the Olympics.”