Kelsey Parker has admitted that despite the grief that came with the stillbirth of her son Phoenix, she wants to try for another baby with her partner Will Lindsay

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Kelsey Parker’s baby plans and heartbreaking regret after tragic stillbirth(Image: Kelsey Parker/Instagram)

Kelsey Parker has revealed she still hopes to have another baby with her boyfriend Will Lindsay, three months after the devastating stillbirth of their son, Phoenix.

While on her and pal Georgia Jones’s Mum’s The Word joint podcast, the 35-year-old widow opened up about her desire to keep growing her family despite unimaginable heartbreak.

Kelsey told Georgia: “I would love to have another baby. That’s not made me not want another baby. I think more it’s probably made me want a baby even more, because I was so prepared to have a baby.”

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She has been raising the two young kids she had with Tom Parker with her new partner Will Lindsay(Image: ITV)

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She went on to add: “And you know, Will hasn’t got his own children. He absolutely adores mine and they absolutely adore Will, which I’m so lucky and fortunate that they have got the most amazing relationship. But Will does want children of his own. If we can then we will continue to try for a baby.”

In the podcast chat, Kelsey also shared her heartbreaking regret as she said: “I think as well that when I was pregnant with Phoenix – and I feel like this is my regret – that I feel like I hid a lot because I was so worried about what people actually thought about me and – ‘oh she’s pregnant with another man’s baby’ when…

“But it’s like how can people be that judgemental and that opinionated because I actually lost that baby. I didn’t tell the world what I wanted to tell the world because I was holding back.”

She then added: “And I feel upset with myself that I let other people make me feel that way.”

Kelsey – who shares daughter Aurelia, six, and son Bodhi, five, with her late husband, The Wanted star Tom Parker – was due to welcome baby Phoenix in June. But in a heartbreaking turn, he was stillborn at 39 weeks.

The loss has been another devastating blow for Kelsey, who lost Tom in 2022 after a battle with brain cancer. A source told OK! that Kelsey “truly believes Tom is up there looking after baby Phoenix,” adding that she has faced “so much grief in one lifetime”.

Kelsey met her new tree surgeon boyfriend Will Lindsay two years after Tom’s death, and the pair announced they were expecting their first child together in January.

She described the pregnancy as a “blessing” when they shared the news, but the couple’s joy turned to sorrow when Phoenix “was born sleeping”.

Kelsey said her bond with Will and her children has kept her going through this tragedy. “It’s bittersweet. I thought I was going to be at home with a newborn,” she added.

Kelsey has also tried to navigate telling her children about the loss as honestly as she can, without upsetting them further. She previously told Lorraine: “They’ve lost their dad, they know their dad’s with the angels now, so we told them, ‘Phoenix has gone with your daddy.’”