Dancing on Ice star Ben Foden welcomes second child with new wife
Former Dancing on Ice star Ben Foden has welcomed his second child with wife Jackie Foden.
Sharing the news in an interview with OK!, the couple revealed they had welcomed their second child – a daughter named Olympia Halcyon Foden – earlier in the year.
"Olympia – or, as we call her, Pia – is her mum's double. I'm incredibly lucky," Ben said of his newest arrival.
Jackie added that Olympia had been born on January 9 via a planned C-section.
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Speaking about her labour, Jackie explained that she had "tried to wait as long as possible" before giving birth, before doctors advised her that January 9 was "as far as I could go" due to complications from cholestasis (liver issues which cause skin itchiness).
Former rugby union player Ben went on to reveal that his wife also didn't want their daughter to be born too close to Christmas or New Year, saying: "Jackie's birthday is 1 December and she thinks it is rubbish."
"You always miss out when it comes to gifts, and I didn't want that for Olympia," Jackie added. "It's also such a busy time of year that you never really get to enjoy your birthday."
Ben and Jackie married in August 2019, just two weeks after dating during an intimate ceremony in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Olympia is Ben and Jackie's second child together, they are also parents to 3-year-old Farrah.
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Ben also shares Aoife, 11, and Tadhg, 9, with his ex-wife, The Saturdays singer Una Healy, who he was married to from 2012 until 2018.
Speaking about his two older children, Ben revealed the pair are yet to meet their newest sibling but they have called and FaceTimed "a couple of times" since her birth.
"We'd love for them to visit again this year so they can meet her," Jackie said, while Ben added Aoife and Tadhg will most likely meet Olympia during the summertime.
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