Rebekah Vardy "nearly broke" her husband Jamie’s fingers during her labour.
The 34-year-old beauty had a traumatic delivery with new son Finley earlier this month as the tot’s head had blocked her cervix, meaning her waters couldn’t break and the process couldn’t progress the way it should, but luckily her soccer star spouse – with whom she also has two-year-old daughter Sofia – was on hand to give her support.
Speaking to the new issue of OK! magazine – on which she appears on the cover with Jamie and baby Finley Jaiden – Rebekah recalled: "The pain of labour was so intense, I was in agony. I nearly broke Jamie’s fingers. [The midwife] broke my waters without a consultant in the end because of the pain I was in, the level of my contractions and how long they were lasting."
Jamie added: "I didn’t even watch my iPad this time! I was watching the Champions League during her labour with Sofia because Bex didn’t want me anywhere near her, but this time I was giving her my fingers to break – they were pretty swollen afterwards.
"I felt like I needed two new titanium fingers!"
Sadly for Jamie, 30, he was unable to hold his new son for some time after he was born because he was suffering from flu and didn’t want to pass the infection on to the tot, who arrived two weeks ahead of his due date.
He said: "I had a little cry but the worst thing was not being able to hold him because I had flu and couldn’t risk passing anything on to him so I felt like I was a bit of a s**t dad for the first couple of days. I couldn’t wait to give him a cuddle."
Little Finley had to stay in hospital for a few days for light therapy due to an imbalance of sugar levels and jaundice.
Rebekah said: "It was horrifying seeing them wheel this incubator into the room and knowing that Finley had to go in it with a mask over his eyes.
"The only time I could get him out was to feed. I was in for another two days and then they let me out on ward release again."
As well as Sofia and Finley, Rebekah has two children, Megan, 12, and Taylor, seven, from past romances, while Jamie has six-year-old daughter Ella with his ex Emma Daggett.
Rebekah Vardy left Jamie in agony during her labour
