This Morning star gives birth at 52 and shares unusual name

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Psychologist Emma Kenny welcomed her fourth child.
This Morning expert and psychologist Emma Kenny has given birth to her fourth child at the age of 52. The TV star and her 34-year-old husband Pete, welcomed a baby girl to their family.
Emma announced the news on Instagram and unveiled to her followers that she picked the name Ella-Grey for her daughter and shared a string of sweet photos.
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In the post, Emma announced: "Say hi Ella-Grey And then we were six! Say hello Ella-Grey! This morning she entered the world with a very loud cry. The Royal Bolton hospital have been fantastic and ensured that we have both been looked after brilliantly."
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"Ella-Grey has been lying on me all day, she latched on immediately and is as wonderful as I imagined she would be…..but like her sister…..I am blindsided that she is a girl."
She explained: "So, now I have two very big boys of 20 and 22, and two tiny girls aged 1 day and 23 months."
Opening up, Emma revealed that she had struggled in the wake of her father's sad death and thought she would never be happy again, reports The Mirror.
She wrote: "When my dad took his life in 2019, I never thought I would be happy again, but in truth I couldn't have been more wrong,
"I've learnt we are more than simply built to withstand suffering, we are programmed to learn, and grow, and develop courage through it. I cannot change what happened but I can embrace the gifts that grief brought me."
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Emma is already mum to Tyde, 22, Evan, 20, and Etta-Blue, whom she welcomed in 2023. The arrival of Ella-Grey was tinged with sadness for Emma, whose mum died "suddenly" a few weeks before she gave birth.
Explaining more about her loss, she said: "I lost my mum suddenly a couple of weeks back, and it's really strange knowing that neither of my babies will get to know their grandparents…..they would have loved them as older my boys did before them."
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To conclude her post, she thanked those who had stood by her in the dark times. She said: "Thank you to all of you who have spent years supporting me.
"You stood beside me in the dark times and you gave me so many new career directions that these days I don't need invites off the MSM! Thank you, all of you, for so much more than you could possibly know xxx."
Followers and friends rushed to congratulate her on the baby's arrival. One wrote: "Massive congrats! You are such a massive inspiration :)"
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Another added: "Awww congratulations to you both, your girls will be besties! It is hard when the younger ones don't get to know your parents the same way as older siblings, I feel my youngest missed out on so much too, best wishes to your lovely family."
Ruth Langsford had a sweet message for Emma and her partner, writing: "Congratulations both" whilst Natasha Hamilton also shared: "So happy for you Emma - what a beautiful little girl, huge congratulations to you all xxx."
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Emma previously admitted she was "selfish" for becoming a mum again in her 50s, but said she was loving every second. Speaking to OK! magazine in 2023 about the birth of her third child, Emma revealed: "I felt a great deal of selfishness all the way up until giving birth.
"There are moments when I think, 'I wish I could have another 20 years with Etta.' I could beat myself up about it, but my best friend died at 43, so you don't always get the time that's promised to you. I'll have conversations with Etta about it as she gets older."
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