Gemma Atkinson shares daughter's sweet way of preparing for baby brother as she sends clear message

Gemma Atkinson has shared the sweet yet funny way her daughter is preparing to become a big sister after Gemma started her countdown to maternity leave. The Hits Radio is expecting her second child with her Strictly Come Dancing star fiance Gorka Marquez.

Taking to Instagram on Friday (April 28), Gemma, 38, shared a photo of herself and Gorka, 32, which showed her pulling a huge smile for the camera while gripping on to her topless dancer beau.

"3 weeks until my maternity leave, 5 weeks until the tour ends!" the former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star wrote alongside the image referring to the fact that Gorka is currently away preparing to tour with a number of his BBC One co-stars on the Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals UK tour.

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"My happy face knowing he's home for 10 fill weeks!!!" She then quipped: "It'll be the longest we've spent together in 6 years so could go either way," alongside a crying laughing emoji.

Gemma and Gorka reveled back in January that they were expanding their family by sharing a string of black and white images to Instagram. With one showing her blossoming bump, Gemma joked it was "impossible" to hide it any longer and said: "Our baby boy will be joining our family later this year. We feel so incredibly blessed and Grateful to be on this journey again. Mia is absolutely thrilled!"

She then added: "Although we may need to do some negotiating on names, as so far she’s adamant he’s going to be called Barbie." But she's taking her promotion to big sister seriously and taking to Instagram on Monday (May 1), Bury-born Gemma filmed three-year-old Mis as she held on to her doll.

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