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Emma Bunton and partner Jade Jones want a third baby (Picture: Emma Bunton\/Instagram)Spice Girls singer Emma Bunton fears her chances to have more children could be affected by her entering the perimenopausal stage.
\nThe Wannabe hitmaker is mother to two sons, Beau, 13, and Tate, 10, who she shares with longtime partner Jade Jones.
\nEmma, 45, and Jade, 42, have discussed having a third child but the singer discovered it may be too late as she is now perimenopausal, which is where the body naturally prepares to transition to Menopause.
\nThe pop star, who \u2018cried her eyes out\u2019 upon learning this, detailed her symptoms to The Mail on Sunday\u2019s You magazine, saying: \u2018I started to feel unbalanced and anxious.
\n\u2018At first I put it down to the pandemic. But then the anxiety became more regular, until it was daily.
\n\u2018I was also lethargic. Something wasn\u2019t right. I looked up the symptoms and saw I had quite a few. So I spoke to someone on Zoom who came to the same conclusion. I was perimenopausal.\u2019
\nEmma continued: \u2018I thought, \u201cIs this the end?\u201d It\u2019s been a very weird time. I\u2019m a very mumsy person \u2013 when I see my friends\u2019 babies, I always become broody. But now I thought, \u201cOK, this is it\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n
Emma is on hormones for her perimenopause (Picture: Getty Images)The Heart Radio presenter has been put on a low dose of hormone replacement therapy and is still deciding whether to try for a third baby.
\nPerimenopause typically begins in women in their 40s and is when the ovaries gradually begin to make less estrogen. It lasts up until menopause, the point when the ovaries stop releasing eggs.
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Emma has previously opened up about her fertility plans and admitted that former Damage singer Jade \u2018would love to have more children, but it\u2019s so hard\u2019.
\n\u2018I battle with myself because I think, I obviously would never regret having another child, but I might regret not having another child,\u2019 she added on Giovanna Fletcher\u2019s Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast.
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