Gemma Atkinson is making money from sweet snaps of newborn baby Mia she’s posting to Instagram
GEMMA Atkinson is already making money off her baby daughter Mia – just 12 days after giving birth.
The Sun Online can reveal former Strictly star Gemma is raking in the cash while on maternity leave – as she’s charging people to replicate the pictures she posts on social media.
Gemma is charging up to £150 for every picture and video of her new baby – including one of Mia rolling around on a mat, which she captioned “content little blue eyed peanut”.
She also asked for £150 for the first picture of Mia in a cute pink cardigan, and the same fee again for a photo of Gemma in hospital after the birth – taken by boyfriend Gorka Marquez.
Gemma says the money is going to Bolton Hospital less than three weeks after her daughter was born.
Anyone who wants to use the pics will automatically be sent an invoice from an agency Gemma has employed to chase up cash on her behalf.
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Radio presenter and actress Gemma gave birth on 4 July, and filled fans in on how traumatic the birth was – on an Instagram post she was charging £150 for.
She explained how nine medics were "physically pulling clots out of me" as blood gushed out of her in the aftermath of a caesarean section.
Gemma added: "I was having a haemorrhage. A big one & I lost a lot of blood."
The star began by explaining that the picture she’d shared showed Mia at 30 hours old, saying: “Things could have gone very differently.”
She wrote: "Mia was a tiny baby, 4lb 10. With that in mind the midwife was concerned she wouldn’t be strong enough to open my cervix.
"My water broke on a tues & we gave her the benefit of the doubt but by the Wednesday evening despite her being in the perfect place & so low down, she still hadn’t managed it.
"The decision was made to induce me to help her along but she disliked that even more. With every contraction her heart rate dropped.
"On the 3rd one midwife Katie who was taking care of me at the time pressed the panic alarm & within 15 mins I was rushed out, prepped & delivered Mia via an emergency C section.
"It wasn’t what I’d planned but thanks to my hypnobirthing despite the madness & panic, I was able to calmly keep my breathing technique & accept whatever is best for Mia just do it!"
She added: "2hrs later I was alone with Gorks & Mia blissfully happy in a ward when I suddenly felt extremely unwell.
"Gorka got a doctor and she took 1 look at me & again pressed the panic button. I was having a hemorrhage. A big one & I lost a lot of blood.
"I don’t remember much other than having around 9 doctors in the room, some injecting me, hooking me to drips, physically pulling clots out of me & one comforting Gorks who was beside himself in the corner.
"I woke in another room with Gorks & my family there, Mia sleeping soundly & a lovely midwife named Di who was checking my notes."
Gemma recently revealed she’d demanded that Gorka marry her now she’s had their baby. Let’s hope she doesn’t charge him £150 for the privilege.
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