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‘Meet Sadie – my little dreamboat!’ Casey Batchelor introduces her newborn daughter Sadie, opens up about juggling two children and reveals why she’s put her wedding plans on hold
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e love babies here at new, so we were very excited when Casey Batchelor invited us over to meet her latest bundle of joy, daughter Sadie. Opening the door at her beautiful Hertfordshire home, you wouldn’t believe Casey, 35, had given birth in January – she looks amazing. “I’m feeling good, but tired. It’s the first time I’ve had make-up on,” she laughs as she gets glammed up for our shoot. The Celebrity Big Brother star is still recovering from a C-section, something she planned following the “traumatic” birth of her eldest daughter Florence in May 2018. “I had two completely different births,” she says. “The first time you don’t know what to expect and sleep deprivation is a massive thing, but now I know it’s coming and I’m used to it, so it’s not so bad.” Adorable Sadie, who weighed 8lb 2oz, has inherited Casey’s dark hair and the former model turned fitness guru is delighted to have her “mini-me”. She is open about the fact that Florence, who is the spit of Casey’s fiancé Dane Goodson, 33, is struggling with the family’s new addition. “She’s all for Dane,” Casey reveals. “But she’s coming around to the idea of Sadie. “It’s so cute to have two girls. It’s so nice they’ve got each other, because I never had a sister. The Goodson sisters – sounds like The Goodfellas!”
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Here, Casey opens up about juggling two children under the age of two, why she will take her time in losing her baby weight and getting back on TV in 2020… Hi Casey! How’s life now that baby Sadie is part of the family? I was worried, but Sadie is a little
dreamboat. She sleeps, whereas Florence didn’t. Some nights I’d get two or three hours a night, but with Sadie I’m getting a good five or six. Sadie is a lovely name. Where did it come from? When I find a name that I like, I stick with it. I’ve stuck with
Sadie since I was three months pregnant. I like old-fashioned names. My friend’s daughter is called Farrah, like Farrah Fawcett, and then I was thinking of some actresses and I thought of Sadie Frost. I was like, “Oh, I like Sadie!” Dane liked it too. How was the birth? I was umming and ahhing a lot throughout the pregnancy over whether to have a natural birth or a Caesarean. I decided to have a C-section because I had a traumatic time with Florence where everything went wrong. They punctured my spine, I had forceps and they cut me. This time was much calmer and more relaxed and everything has been so much nicer. How did you feel when you held Sadie for the first time? It was so nice. The nicest thing was her dark hair, whereas Florence came out quite fair. Everyone says Sadie looks like me, which is nice as Florence is a mini Dane. Did you have the traditional post-birth tea and toast? At first I kept heaving. When I first came out [of theatre] they put so many drugs and painkillers and morphine in me I actually felt like I was on a different planet. I kept saying to Dane, “That sign over there is moving!” I felt really good and then a bit groggy and then I had tea and toast. How did having a Caesarean compare to a natural birth? I couldn’t feel my legs for ages this time. It was surreal being in the theatre – there were about 15
