Frankie Bridge's sad confession that left her feeling like 'an awful parent'

Daily Mirror

27-05-2025

Frankie Bridge has shared a candid admission about her two pregnancies and admits that while her husband may want another child, her previous encounters have put her off
Frankie Bridge has revealed she felt like an "awful parent" due to hating her pregnancies. The former The Saturdays singer shares two children with her husband, Wayne Bridge, and admits pregnancy wasn't "for her".
In a candid admission, the 36-year-old revealed that while she can't see herself falling pregnant again any time soon, she doesn't want her husband to have a v asectomy in case their marriage were to break down and he'd find love with another woman.
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A vasectomy cuts or blocks the tube that carries sperm, preventing men from being able to have children. But while Wayne won't be having "the snip" any time soon, the All Fired Up singer won't be giving her sons, Parker, 11, Carter, nine, and Wayne's son Jaydon, 18, from a previous relationship, any siblings.
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"I always wanted more than two and then once I had one, I knew I wanted a second one," she said. Frankie went on to explain that she "hated" being pregnant. She explained that she was always feelings sick and put on weight, meaning she no longer "felt like herself."
In a candid admission, she stated it was a "means to an end," saying she got a lovely baby at the end. Throughout her pregnancies, Frankie suffered from Hyperemesis gravidarum. The condition has symptoms including bad nausea and vomiting, which can happen multiple times per day.
While most vomiting in pregnancy stops around weeks 12 to 20, it can continue for other women. Speaking to The Sun, Frankie continued: "It's constant sickness, you feel that you're supposed to be giving your baby all these nutrients, but you literally can't eat.
"I already had a two-year-old at the time, so I felt like I was an awful parent. I couldn't bear the smell of another human — it would make me sick." Frankie and Wayne tied the knot in 2014, and in recent years, she has slammed the "double standards" she has faced from cruel online bullies.
She explained that while she is often trolled for working away or taking time away, Wayne never receives messages for doing the same thing. Wayne encouraged her to take a holiday with friends after she suffered a series of illnesses which became difficult to "ignore," meaning her "mental health plummeted".
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But while away, Frankie made sure she was still contactable and ensured things would be ready when she came home. Despite feeling guilty for leaving her family, she acknowledged she needed relaxation time but she was criticised for leaving her children at home with Wayne.
Frankie's confession comes after some of her Loose Women co-stars fear that they may lose out on a place on the panel to the younger stars, including Frankie, Olivia Attwood and GK Barry.
Older members of the panel believe that the younger stars are "shiny teachers' pets," after top bosses have praised them for bringing in a younger audience. "It's now five months or so for them to prove their worth and sing for their supper," the source added. They went on to say: "The older panellists feel like until January they're on probation and pragmatic bosses will be scrutinising their every tweet, every rating and audience polling — everything like that."
It comes amidst a huge shake-up on the programme, which will no longer air all year round. Instead, it will be on screens for just 30 weeks of the year. Currently, it airs for one hour but come January, the midday show will be slashed to half an hour.