Daddy duties: Simon Thomas took a look at different buggies at the Baby Show 2022 in London on Sunday afternoon after his wife Derrina gave birth to their daughter eight weeks premature

Simon Thomas took a look at different buggies at the Baby Show 2022 in London on Sunday afternoon after his wife Derrina gave birth to their daughter eight weeks prematurely. 

The Blue Peter presenter, 49, cut a casual figure as he posed with friend and colleague Angellica Bell, 46, who he thanked for keeping him company.

He sported a navy Jack Wills knitted sweatshirt with a pair of blue jeans and white sneakers, while pal Angelica wore navy trousers and an oversized camouflage jacket.

Daddy duties: Simon Thomas took a look at different buggies at the Baby Show 2022 in London on Sunday afternoon after his wife Derrina gave birth to their daughter eight weeks premature

Daddy duties: Simon Thomas took a look at different buggies at the Baby Show 2022 in London on Sunday afternoon after his wife Derrina gave birth to their daughter eight weeks premature

Daddy duties: Simon Thomas took a look at different buggies at the Baby Show 2022 in London on Sunday afternoon after his wife Derrina gave birth to their daughter eight weeks premature

Getting ready: Simon spoke to salespeople at the event in Olympia, London, on Sunday as he looked around the selection of buggies at different stalls

Getting ready: Simon spoke to salespeople at the event in Olympia, London, on Sunday as he looked around the selection of buggies at different stalls

Getting ready: Simon spoke to salespeople at the event in Olympia, London, on Sunday as he looked around the selection of buggies at different stalls

Simon spoke to salespeople at the event in Olympia, London, on Sunday as he looked around the selection of buggies at different stalls.

Various celebrities have made appearances at the Baby Show this weekend, including Made In Chelsea’s Maeva D’Ascanio and her fiancé James Taylor who are almost at their due date in November.

Also in attendance was pregnant former Love Islander Shaughna Phillips and Bianca Gascoigne who brought her mum Sheryl and brother Regan along in a fun family event.

On Simon’s Instagram, the presenter told his 106,000 Instagram followers before heading into the Baby Show: ‘This was something that myself and Derrina had tickets for ages ago but the events over the last three weeks have really taken over.

Supported: The Blue Peter presenter, 49, cut a casual figure as he posed with friend and colleague Angellica Bell, 46, who he thanked for keeping him company

Supported: The Blue Peter presenter, 49, cut a casual figure as he posed with friend and colleague Angellica Bell, 46, who he thanked for keeping him company

Supported: The Blue Peter presenter, 49, cut a casual figure as he posed with friend and colleague Angellica Bell, 46, who he thanked for keeping him company

Friends: Simon sported a navy Jack Wills knitted sweatshirt with a pair of blue jeans and white sneakers, while pal Angelica wore navy trousers and an oversized camouflage jacket

Friends: Simon sported a navy Jack Wills knitted sweatshirt with a pair of blue jeans and white sneakers, while pal Angelica wore navy trousers and an oversized camouflage jacket

Friends: Simon sported a navy Jack Wills knitted sweatshirt with a pair of blue jeans and white sneakers, while pal Angelica wore navy trousers and an oversized camouflage jacket

Strike a pose: Angellica gave a holding hand to her friend Simon who couldn't bring wife Derrina who was in hospital with their little one

Strike a pose: Angellica gave a holding hand to her friend Simon who couldn't bring wife Derrina who was in hospital with their little one

Strike a pose: Angellica gave a holding hand to her friend Simon who couldn’t bring wife Derrina who was in hospital with their little one

‘Derrina’s in the hospital with the little one again, she’s doing such an amazing job, the little one is doing so, so well. 

‘I’m going to go to the baby show, not on my own, my good friend Angelica is coming with me which is really kind of her.

‘I feel a bit sad, Derrina feels a bit sad, because I’ve just gone past the entrance and there’s lots of couples going in, lots of ladies with bumps.

‘But we’ve kind of missed out on that stage of those last few weeks of getting everything ready.’ 

Learning the ropes: Simon posed with various different buggies and new-parent necessities at the Baby Show in London

Learning the ropes: Simon posed with various different buggies and new-parent necessities at the Baby Show in London

Learning the ropes: Simon posed with various different buggies and new-parent necessities at the Baby Show in London

In early October, Simon announced that his wife Derrina fell ‘rapidly ill’ from preeclampsia, forcing her to give birth eight weeks before her due date.

Simon shared an array of photographs of his newborn baby daughter and Derrina, 31, smiling as she lay in her hospital bed after the difficult labour.

Derrina is a church minister’s daughter currently working in the legal industry. 

One photograph showed his son Ethan, 12, who he shares with his first wife Gemma, meeting his younger sister for the first time as she lay in an incubator.

Learning: He spoke to staff who showed him cots and baby-safe furniture at the event on Sunday

Learning: He spoke to staff who showed him cots and baby-safe furniture at the event on Sunday

Learning: He spoke to staff who showed him cots and baby-safe furniture at the event on Sunday

In a lengthy caption, Simon revealed that his daughter was born eight weeks early and only weighed three pounds after Derrina fell ‘rapidly ill’ from preeclampsia.

He said he felt ‘proud and blessed’ to welcome his baby daughter after the ‘fear-filled and stressful’ labour.

But Simon admitted that the family still have a ‘long road ahead’ and would be in hospital for following weeks.

He penned: ‘Not everything in life goes quite according to plan. 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.

'I feel quite sad': On Simon's Instagram, the presenter told his 106,000 Instagram followers: 'This was something that myself and Derrina had tickets for ages ago'

'I feel quite sad': On Simon's Instagram, the presenter told his 106,000 Instagram followers: 'This was something that myself and Derrina had tickets for ages ago'

Day out: Simon and Angellica posed for a picture outside the event spot in Olympia

Day out: Simon and Angellica posed for a picture outside the event spot in Olympia

‘I feel quite sad’: On Simon’s Instagram, the presenter told his 106,000 Instagram followers: ‘This was something that myself and Derrina had tickets for ages ago’

Thank you: Simon said thank you to a midwife who has been helping him and his wife Derrina with their troubles in the past three weeks

Thank you: Simon said thank you to a midwife who has been helping him and his wife Derrina with their troubles in the past three weeks

Thank you: Simon said thank you to a midwife who has been helping him and his wife Derrina with their troubles in the past three weeks

Difficult time: Simon said on Instagram: 'Derrina's in the hospital with the little one again, she's doing such an amazing job, the little one is doing so, so well'

Difficult time: Simon said on Instagram: 'Derrina's in the hospital with the little one again, she's doing such an amazing job, the little one is doing so, so well'

Difficult time: Simon said on Instagram: ‘Derrina’s in the hospital with the little one again, she’s doing such an amazing job, the little one is doing so, so well’

‘The neonatal team at Stoke Mandeville hospital were simply incredible and held our hands physically and in spirit the whole way through a very fear filled and stressful day yesterday.

‘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.

‘We have a long road ahead of being in hospital for the next few weeks; but we have the best team around us.

‘Thank you Stoke Mandeville and thank you NHS for being there for us and thank you God for blessing us as a family so much.’

The former Sky Sports pundit did not reveal if he and Derrina have chosen a name for their newborn daughter yet. 

Simon only announced he and Derrina were expecting their first child together in an Instagram post last month.

New addition: Simon Thomas has announced that his wife Derrina has given birth eight weeks early after suffering from preeclampsia 

He made the happy announcement that he would be expanding his family as he shared a snap of Derrina’s ultrasound scan.

His appearance at the Baby Show comes five years after Simon lost his first wife Gemma to blood cancer in 2017, three days after she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

Simon’s late wife Gemma Thomas tragically died in November 2017, a year after she was sent home for bed rest by her GP after visiting three times with flu-like symptoms. 

Two years after Gemma’s death, Simon found love with Derrina and they wed in a ceremony at Norwich Cathedral in July 2021.

Difficulties: The presenter, 49, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that they had welcomed a baby daughter following a 'fear filled' labour the day before

Difficulties: The presenter, 49, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that they had welcomed a baby daughter following a 'fear filled' labour the day before

Difficulties: The presenter, 49, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that they had welcomed a baby daughter following a ‘fear filled’ labour the day before

Hard times: In a lengthy caption, Simon revealed that his daughter was born eight weeks early and only weighed three pounds after Derrina fell 'rapidly ill' from preeclampsia

Hard times: In a lengthy caption, Simon revealed that his daughter was born eight weeks early and only weighed three pounds after Derrina fell 'rapidly ill' from preeclampsia

Hard times: In a lengthy caption, Simon revealed that his daughter was born eight weeks early and only weighed three pounds after Derrina fell ‘rapidly ill’ from preeclampsia

Source: | Dailymail.co.uk

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