Laura Anderson says giving birth to her daughter Bonnie “was traumatic”.
Laura Anderson had a tough birth
The 34-year-old TV star - who shot to fame on the 2018 series of ITV2 dating competition 'Love Island' - welcomed daughter Bonnie in September with ex-boyfriend and ‘Hollyoaks’ star Gary Lucy, 41, and explained that even though the birth was "traumatic", it "went perfectly" because her former flame was in the room with her.
She told OK! magazine: “I don’t feel like I could have done it without Gary there. Genuinely. He was really hands-on and it was good to have him in my corner checking that things were going OK. Gary and my mum made a good team!
“I’m glad he was there because I always imagined the father of my baby being at the birth. It was 100% the right thing to do for Bonnie, for me and for him. It was important to set aside any emotional differences or any romantic issues between us because the only person that mattered was Bonnie.
“And even though the birth itself was quite traumatic, in a weird way I think it went perfectly because he was there.”
Laura - who lives in Glasgow while Gary lives in Essex --revealed that she and the former soap star tried to rekindle their romance currently, they are “friends” attempting to co-parent together.
She said: “I would say me and Gary are friends. We’re co-parenting as best we can right now and I think it’ll fall into place and make sense as she gets older. With both of our jobs, there can’t be too much routine at the moment anyway.”
The former ‘Celebs Go Dating’ star explained they tried to maintain the “fairy-tale”, but it didn’t work.
Laura said: “I wanted nothing more than for us to be a family and to be together, but unfortunately it hasn’t worked out. Nobody has the perfect set-up, even people who are in relationships. Life is difficult, and I know now it’s OK not to have the fairy-tale.”
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