The Love Actually actress, 38, gave birth to little Rafferty last month after struggling to conceive, and is embracing motherhood
Proudly cradling her baby boy in her arms, Martine McCutcheon beams as she introduces him to the world.
The Love Actually actress, 38, gave birth to little Rafferty last month after struggling to conceive, and is embracing motherhood.
She said: “I have never been so in love, so content and so full of happiness in my life.
“This boy is the love of our lives and I think the fact this didn’t happen easily for us and we faced challenges along the way has made him even more precious.”
Martine and hubby Jack McManus told how Rafferty had fluid in his lungs when he was born, but he recovered after two nights in a special unit.
She said: “I used to think, when I heard people say having a child was their most life-changing moment, that they were just saying that because it was the expected thing to say.
“Basically, his lungs were filled with fluid, but we were told that it wasn’t anything to panic about and that he was being taken to the special care baby unit to be monitored.
“I was aching for that skin-on-skin contact and to hold my baby and bond with him.
“(But) when we went to see Rafferty in the incubator, he was already trying to lift his head and I thought, ‘you’re going to be just fine, little man’.”
:: The full interview can be read in Hello! magazine, which is out now.
- Read the full interview in Hello! magazine, out now.
