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Blue Peter presenter Simon Thomas’ wife Derrina welcomes ‘precious’ baby girl eight weeks premature

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Blue Peter presenter Simon Thomas and his wife Derrina have welcomed a baby girl who was born prematurely. The TV star shared the news in an Instagram post with photos of Derrina and their little one in hospital with his son Ethan, 12, from his former marriage, watching over the newborn.

It comes just a month after Simon and Derrina, who married in July 2021, announced they were expecting their first child together.

Sharing news of their baby’s arrival, the presenter said: ‘Not everything in life goes quite according to plan. One moment we think we’ve got eight weeks until our little one arrives; the next, after Derrina fell rapidly ill, we’re suddenly welcoming into the world a very tiny, but hugely precious baby girl weighing just over three pounds.‘The #neonatal team at #stokemandeville hospital were simply incredible and held our hands physically and in spirit the whole way through a very fear filled and stressful day yesterday.’ Simon, 49, said he was feeling ‘proud and blessed’ to have a ‘beautiful, brave wife’ in Derrina, 31, as well as a ‘precious son’ and ‘now a tiny, wonderful daughter and sister for our boy Ethan’.

However, he admitted: ‘We have a long road ahead of being in hospital for the next few weeks; but we have the best team around us.‘Thank you Stoke Mandeville and thank you #nhs for being there for us and thank you God for blessing us as a family so much.

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