Ben Foden’s wife Jackie has announced she is pregnant.
The lovely news comes after the 38-year-old American businesswoman tragically suffered three miscarriages, leading the couple to believe they had “lost hope” of having another child.
Jackie said OK! Magazine: “I was constantly happy about the pregnancies, but nothing stuck.” After the third, we kept thinking: “We’ll see if it happens – if it happens, then it happens, and if not, then it happens “Don’t.” It’s hard not to get your hopes up when you really want another baby.
“My mother had an idea at the time that my progesterone [a hormone involved in pregnancy] The levels were low, which they were, and I was quickly given supplements and had my blood levels monitored.
“They still are because I have a so-called marginal umbilical cord insertion, which means that the umbilical cord is implanted in the wrong place and the risk of pregnancy increases.” Therefore, in the future we have to be particularly careful that the baby with the grows at the right speed.”
Great news: Ben Foden’s wife Jackie, 38, announces she is pregnant after three tragic miscarriages left her “losing hope” of having another child
Ben and Jackie are already parents to three-year-old daughter Farrah, while the rugby player shares children Aoife Belle, eleven, and Tadhg, eight, with his ex-wife Una Healy.
Speaking on the Popular On DM podcast last September, Jackie said: “We were pregnant last month and lost the pregnancy a few days ago on Monday. “It was a bummer.
“It was super weird being pregnant and then waking up the next day and not being pregnant.” “Your breasts immediately feel different, you stop peeing all the time.”
Jackie shared how many of her friends had trouble getting pregnant, and she’s glad she and Ben got pregnant with Farrah the first time around.
She said: “We got pregnant the first time, Farrah was our first.” A lot of my friends have trouble getting pregnant. I talk to them and they feel hopeless.
“I’m 37, I fully expected this to happen. “Realistically, I’ll be pregnant again next month.”
Jackie added that she thinks it’s important for women to talk about their miscarriages because it’s “so normal.”
She said: “Some people thought I had a miscarriage too.” I thought, let’s talk about it! It’s so normal. My mother said to me, “Your body knows what to do in this scenario.”‘
It comes after Jackie opened up about her sad news as she hit back at a cruel online troll who had some harsh words directed at her.
Jackie’s response was: “I’ve been pregnant for a while so haven’t had Botox in a long time, just had a miscarriage last week and my two year old has trouble sleeping so I haven’t slept in a million years.” I’m sorry, if my old, gaunt appearance bothers you.
“I noticed you don’t have any photos of yourself… but you’re probably just too incredibly good-looking to even have the privilege of witnessing it.”
Ben and Jackie tied the knot in 2020 – a year and a half after his marriage to 40-year-old Una collapsed due to his cheating, and just two days after his divorce was finalized.
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