The One Show’s Alex Jones ‘felt like killing’ hubby Charlie while breastfeeding new baby
ONE Show star Alex Jones admits she felt like killing her snoring husband while she breastfed their baby.
The BBC presenter, 40, also said she “fell in and out of love” with hubby Charlie Thomson after the birth of their son Ted last January.
Speaking to about becoming a mum for the first time, Alex admitted the struggle to breastfeed almost brought on post-natal depression.
Alex said: “Once I sat for about four hours trying to feed Ted, feeling so upset and isolated. There would be nights when I was waking to feed every two hours. Charlie would be snoring beside me while I felt murderous.
“It’s not your partner’s fault he can’t breastfeed, but it’s tough.
“I’d thought we won’t change as a couple but you can’t help it. There are a lot of pressures.”
She explained: “Charlie is a fantastic support and now I think our relationship is a lot stronger because of Ted, but we struggled to find a way to even like each other sometimes in those early days.
After six weeks, breastfeeding was going well but Alex said it was months later before she and husband Charlie adjusted to their new life.
“He said, ‘You don’t want to have fun any more.’ I was totally crestfallen,” she said.
“Again, before Ted, I’d thought, ‘It’ll be fine; we won’t change as a couple,’ but you can’t help it: after a baby your energy’s depleted and you have double the responsibilities you had before. There are a lot of pressures.”
Alex and Charlie wed on New Year’s Eve 2015 after five years together and got pregnant within five month, when she was 39.
Speaking about getting pregnant, she said: “We have been lucky and I know it’s not so easy for everybody, but I hope my story gives some peace of mind to older women who worry that they are going to have problems with their fertility.”
Alex added that she’d like for Teddy to have a brother or sister saying “I don’t think of it as trying – you just have sex…I’m wise enough to know we’d be very lucky for that to happen so soon”.
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