Jeremy Clarkson’s daughter Emily welcomes second child after difficult pregnancy
By Naomi Clarke, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter
Jeremy Clarkson’s eldest daughter Emily has said “we are all so happy” after welcoming her second child following a challenging pregnancy.
The podcaster, 30, announced the news on Instagram on Saturday with a photo of her cradling the newborn baby girl while lying in a hospital bed.
She wrote: “She’s here – Xanthe Fiadh Andrew arrived a few days ago and just brought the sunshine with her. We are all so happy.”
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Friends and famous faces were among those to congratulate Clarkson including broadcaster and former Made In Chelsea star Ashley James, who wrote: “So so happy for you! Congratulations Em and Alex and welcome to the world Xanthe.”
Clarkson and her husband Alex Andrew welcomed their first child, named Arlo Rose, in February 2023.
She previously revealed she had challenges during her second pregnancy, describing it as “the hardest thing I have ever been through” due to experiencing hyperemesis gravidarum, which is prolonged and severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
Clarkson said in an Instagram post last week that by 16 weeks she weighed less than before she was pregnant, had been taken to hospital for dehydration, been bed bound and felt “physically sick” at everyday things such as “the smell of my daughter’s hair”, or the thought of an avocado.
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She concluded the experience brought on prenatal depression, saying: “It has been the hardest thing I have ever been through, harder in my second pregnancy than my first, due largely to the devastating guilt I felt not being able to be there in the way I wanted for my first daughter whilst making my second.”
Clarkson said her physical symptoms did get “slightly easier” but that she had not had a vegetable, drank a glass of water or had a day unmedicated in nine months.
She also said the consistent vomiting had caused thoracic outlet syndrome, which compressed the nerves and arteries in her neck, causing numbness in her arms.
The podcaster thanked those who have supported her during such a difficult time, and hopes that sharing her issues will help others better support if someone they know experiences hyperemesis gravidarum.