Amanda Holden: 'I will never give birth again, but we might adopt'
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Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday, the Britain's Got Talent judge said she will never give birth again, following a severe haemorrhage during her labour with Hollie, when she almost died.
Amanda, who is also mum to older daughter Lexi, six, said: "I don't want to have any more children of my own - I want to live.
"I've got two beautiful girls. I'm 41 now and these are the children I was meant to have, so I won't try for another baby. I'm definitely the kind of person that could adopt. When I'm 60 I'll think about adopting or fostering.
"I'm just so happy to be alive. Touch wood nothing bad will happen in the next couple of years - I don't think I could handle any more. I always tried not to sweat the small stuff but now I sweat it even less. I have the most amazing home life and husband."
Hollie's dramatic arrival followed a tough couple of years for Amanda and husband, Chris Hughes. Following a miscarriage in 2010, Amanda lost a baby seven months into her pregnancy last year.
She spent three days in intensive care after Hollie's birth, when Amanda's heart stopped for 40 seconds and she lost around 13 litres of blood.
But she didn't let a little thing like near death stop her racing back to her judging seat. She was back in action just two weeks after giving birth, taking Hollie along with her to the show's auditions.
Celebrities who adopt
- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt<p> Jolie adopted her first child, Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie in 2001, with then husband, Billy Bob Thornton. She then adopted her second child, Zahara Marley Jolie, in 2005. Both children were also adopted by Brad Pitt.</p>
- Elton John and David Furnish<p> Elton John and husband David Furnish adopted their son, Zachary, on Christmas Day 2010.</p>
- Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness<p> Actor Hugh jackman and actress wife Deborra Lee-Furness adopted a boy named Oscar in 2000, then in 2005 adopted for a second time, a girl named Ava.</p>
- Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley<p> Actress Katherine Heigl and husband, Josh Kelley adopted a special needs baby girl from South Korea in 2009.</p>
- Madonna<p> Madonna adopted son David in 2006, and then went on to adopt Mercy James in 2009.</p> <p> </p>
- Meg Ryan<p> In 2006, months after filing for adoption, Meg Ryan brought her baby girl home to Los Angeles from China. Initially naming her daughter Charlotte, Meg decided the name didn't suit her daughter's personality, so decided to change it to Daisy.</p>
- Michelle Pfeiffer<p> Michelle Pfeiffer adopted daughter Claudia Rose in 1993 when she was a baby.</p>
- Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne<p> In 2002 Sharon and husband Ozzy adopted 16-year-old Robert Marcato after his mum, and close friend of Sharon's, died of colon cancer.</p>
- Sharon Stone<p> Actress Sharon Stone and now ex-husband Phil Bronstein adopted a baby boy named Roan in 2000. Ten years later, the actress went on to adopt two more boys on her own - Laird, 4, arrived in May 2005, and Quinn, 3, a year later.</p>
- Sheryl Crowe<p> In 2007, Sheryl Crowe adopted a two-week-old boy named Wyatt. Wyatt gained a sibling in 2010 when Sheryl adopted a second boy, 9-week-old Levi.</p> <p> </p>
- Sinitta Renet Malone<p> Sinitta already mother to five-year-old daughter Magdalena and son Zac, three, who she adopted in 2009, has revealed plans to adopt her third child from the same birth mother.</p> <div style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div>
- Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman<p> Tom and Nicole adopted Isabella Jane in 1992, and Connor Anthony in 1995, when they were babies.</p>
- Charlize Theron<p> Hollywood star <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/03/14/charlize-theron-adopts-baby-boy-jackson/" target="_blank">Charlize adopted baby boy, Jackson in March 2012</a>. In a statement released to Associated Press, Charlize's publicist said the actress "is a proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson". She's been keeping mum on pretty much everything else surrounding the adoption.</p>
- David Tennant<p> Doctor Who star David announced he had adopted wife Georgia's ten-year-old son, Tyler, shortly after the couple welcomed their first baby together, Olive. <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/03/22/david-tennant-adopts-wife-georgia-moffett-10-year-old-son-tyler/" target="_blank">David broke the news</a> on the Christian O'Connell Absolute Radio breakfast show, saying: "My baby is almost a year old and I adopted my wife's boy last year as well so I became a father twice in six months - that's got to be something of a record, hasn't it?"</p>
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