Amanda Holden on pregnancy: “I never dreamt it would happen so quickly”

Amanda Holden has revealed that she burst into tears upon finding out that she is expecting a baby girl. The Britain’s Got Talent judge, who is currently starring in a West End production of Shrek: The Musical, revealed in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that she tried not to think about the fact that she was expecting until she was three months pregnant.

Holden said: “When I found out this time that I was pregnant, I burst into tears. I never dreamt it would happen so quickly.

“We both decided we’d try not to think about it until I reached the 12-week mark. Now we have and I know that everything’s fine – you have no idea how many scans I’ve had – I feel like we can really enjoy it.”

Holden continued by saying that she and husband Chris Hughes always intended to make the news public when they were confident enough.

She also opened up about losing a baby boy to a stillbirth at seven months earlier this year, adding: “I don’t know if it was an instinct or mother nature protecting me in some way, but I think, even though this is a bit spiritual for me, that I was chosen to carry him for those seven months and that he’d completed his life span.

“So wherever he needed to be, he is now. And I feel honoured to have carried him and looked after him as long as I did – I really do.”

Holden intends to continue in the role of Princess Fiona on Shrek The Musical until October 3. Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh will take over from October 5.