Gemma dogs help with her wuff labour
BY LAURA HARDING SOAP star Gemma Atkinson yesterday revealed that her dogs did not leave her side when she went into labour last week.
The actress gave birth to her first child with Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez on July 4.
She shared a photograph on Instagram and Twitter which showed her sitting on the floor with her dogs Norman and Ollie cuddled up next to her.
She wrote: “Gorks took this picture a few hours after my waters broke.
“They didn’t leave my side, they were totally aware little sister was on her way.”
Atkinson announced the birth on July 6, thanking the midwives, nurses and doctors at the Royal Bolton Hospital for doing “the most incredible job”.