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Gordon Ramsay's wife reveals controversial reason behind him not attending the births of their first four children

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Updated 13:44 28 Aug 2024 GMT+1Published 13:06 28 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Gordon Ramsay's wife reveals controversial reason behind him not attending the births of their first four children

Gordon Ramsay's wife Tana has revealed why the couple decided that he didn't need to be at the births of their children

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Featured Image Credit: Happy Mum, Happy Baby / Instagram

Topics: Celebrity, Gordon Ramsay, Health, Parenting

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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Tana Ramsay has spoken about the controversial reason behind the absence of husband Gordon from the birth of their first four kids.

When you're giving birth, you'd probably expect your partner to be by your side while you're pushing a literal human out of you, but that's not the case for the Ramsays.

In fact, they initially decided that chef Gordon, 57, wouldn't attend any of the births of their children.

Though Tana, 50, revealed that it wasn't because he was starring on one of his many TV shows or that he was overseas and couldn't travel back in time.

Speaking on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast hosted by Giovanna Fletcher, the author explained that his absence was planned, as she candidly opened up on her IVF journey, her birth experiences and their family dynamic.

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Tana also spoke about having polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), revealing that it's hard to say she's a 'mother-of-six' after the tragic passing of her son Rocky shortly after birth in 2016.

Gordon and Tana are also parents to Megan, 26, twins Jack and Holly, 24, Tilly, 22, Oscar, five and nine-month-old Jesse, with the dad attending the births of the latter two due to complications that Tana faced in the past.

The couple decided together that Gordon wouldn't be at the births of their first four children (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for HUGO BOSS)
The couple decided together that Gordon wouldn't be at the births of their first four children (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for HUGO BOSS)

Tana and Giovanna spoke about the 'controversial' reasoning behind his absence, with Tana explaining: "It is very controversial but it just felt right."

The 50-year-old also joked that her husband may have been a distraction, but not because of his celebrity status, joking: "He probably would have gone all squeamish and fainted and I would’ve been like, 'Sorry, this is my moment.'"

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Years on from the couple's first four births, Tana said that the decision 'never really bothered' her, explaining: "I actually felt quite happy when we talked about it, I said, ‘Listen, if you don’t want to be in there then don’t.'"

So, who was in the delivery room with her then?

It turns out that her mother was her birthing partner for the first four births, though this changed by the time the couple went for a second round of kids as Tilly reached sixth form, when Gordon took a hands-on approach.

Tana said it 'just felt right' (Instagram)
Tana said it 'just felt right' (Instagram)

Speaking about Gordon being there for the births, she said: "I think he wanted to be there and I thought it was nice."

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"I think it was after what we went through with losing Rocky, our little boy," Tana admitted.

The 'traumatic' early birth happened when she was just 19 weeks along, while experiencing bleeding just nine weeks into the pregnancy.

"Gordon looked at me and said, 'I'm not going anywhere, I’m staying in for this,'" she said.

After suffering numerous miscarriages, Tana managed to give birth to sons Oscar and Jesse, who, like the late Rocky, were conceived through IVF.

Both Tana and Gordon admitted that they are done having kids, with the former saying that their family is now 'complete'.

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