Simon Thomas

Sinon Thomas said his wife "fell rapidly ill" and had to be taken to hospital, where their daughter was born. | ITV News Anglia.

"One moment we think we’ve got eight weeks until our little one arrives; the next, after Derrina fell rapidly ill, we’re suddenly welcoming into the world a very tiny, but hugely precious baby girl weighing just over three pounds." "Thank you Stoke Mandeville, thank you #nhs for being there for us and thank you God for blessing us as a family so much." The ex-Blue Peter presenter added: "I cannot express how proud and blessed I feel right now - I have a beautiful, brave wife in @derrina, a precious son and now a tiny, wonderful daughter and sister for our boy Ethan.

TV presenter Simon Thomas has said he went from “fear” to “suddenly having new life in your hands” after his daughter was delivered eight…

“He has got an inset day tomorrow. We are just 8 miles from the hospital. 👍🏽👑⭐️— The Crown Pub (@thecrownchinnor) Congratulations Simon, she is in the best possible care. “So this has always been a sadness for him, and for me as well, that I have never got to see him alongside a sibling, and although he is going to be quite a lot older he is just so full of joy. “It is such a range of emotions from fear on Tuesday – we were obviously highly worried that Derrina is going to be OK and the baby is going to be OK – to suddenly having new life in your hands.”

Proud new dad Simon Thomas has admitted that he's been navigating his way through a vast range of emotions following the premature birth of his daughter who ...

“He has got an inset day tomorrow. “So this has always been a sadness for him, and for me as well, that I have never got to see him alongside a sibling, and although he is going to be quite a lot older he is just so full of joy. “It is such a range of emotions from fear on Tuesday – we were obviously highly worried that Derrina is going to be OK and the baby is going to be OK – to suddenly having new life in your hands.”

The Blue Peter presenter revealed the 'range of emotions' he went through as his wife Derrina Jebb fell ill before welcoming their first child.

‘So this has always been a sadness for him, and for me as well, that I have never got to see him alongside a sibling, and although he is going to be quite a lot older he is just so full of joy… ‘I know that we often on this programme discuss the NHS and all the things that aren’t so good with it, but the team that we have got around that little life right now are just amazing,’ the presenter said. ‘It is such a range of emotions from fear on Tuesday – we were obviously highly worried that Derrina is going to be OK and the baby is going to be OK – to suddenly having new life in your hands,’ he added while speaking on The Jeremy Vine Show.

After his wife Derrina Jebb became unwell and gave birth to their baby eight weeks early, TV star Simon Thomas hailed the National Health Service staff at ...

He added that they were truly amazing and held their hands—both physically and metaphorically—the entire way through a hectic and fear-filled day. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [Derrina](/topic/derrina)became seriously ill, they abruptly brought a petite but adorable baby girl weighing just over three pounds into the world. He extended gratitude to Stoke Mandeville, the NHS, and God for their support of his family. The celebrity mentioned they have a long road ahead of them and will spend the next few weeks in the hospital. Thomas claimed on Instagram that the hospital's neonatal staff had literally and in spirit held him and Jebb's hands the whole way through a very terror-filled and stressful day.

Simon Thomas has thanked fans for their countless messages of support as he explained that his newborn daughter will be in hospital for over a month after ...

content from breaking news to Royals and TV - CLICK HERE](https://www.ok.co.uk/) That powerful - knowing you’re not alone - is always massive.” “They’ve been really, really brilliant, and you know what? On Monday night we thought we ought to go into hospital, and she got diagnosed in the morning with preeclampsia, which anyone watching who knows about this, can be really dangerous. So that has been really encouraging. He reflected: “There was such a range of emotions, from fear on Tuesday, obviously hugely worried that Derrina was going to be okay and that the baby was going to be okay…to suddenly having new life in your hands.”