Peter Andre wants another baby but it depends on wife Emily’s junior doctors’ contract
His wife is a newly qualified doctor and has a full-on schedule
PETER Andre has revealed that he and his wife Emily would love to have another child but her junior doctor’s contract is making it tricky,
The 43-year-old, who has daughter Amelia with is 26-year-old partner, revealed that despite her working part time she is working all hours of the day – which could get even worse depending on the outcome of the junior doctors contract dispute.
Talking about his desire to have another, the singer told new! Magazine: “I’m like “Hello can we start today?!?” You never ask a guy when he’s ready to have a baby because the guy automatically thinks about practising... You have to ask the wife.”
But discussing Emily’s predicament, he said: “She would definitely love another child but she’s working a lot of hours as a junior doctor – and if the contract changes she’s going to be doing even more, so we’re just trying to find the balance. She tells me some amazing stories when she comes home from work. She’s incredible.
“At the moment she’s doing part-time, and even then there are some weeks when she’s working 35 hours, which for some people is nearly a full-time job. One week she did over 70. It’s a very full on job. My respect for doctors is huge because I am seeing it first-hand.”
The junior doctor’s contract row has centred on Ministers demanding a cut to Saturday premium pay but a boost to basic salaries of 13.5 per cent.
Emily recently revealed that she’s backing the recent NHS strike action taken over changes to medical workers’ contracts.
She told Hello! back in April: "When you're working in the NHS you see how stretched it is and how hard all the staff - nurses, physios, everyone - works, if we give in and say we will work seven days a week, it will be the nurses and other key staff next.”
And speaking about how her work affects her emotionally.
"I do bring my work home and it's hard to switch off, especially after a night shift, which is difficult and emotional anyway,” she said.
"I don't know if it's because I've got Millie, but if I see mums and dads pass away, and their family is there, it makes me so sad because I think about Millie and what it would be like for her."
Pete is also dad to Junior, 10 and Princess, 8, from his marriage to Katie Price.
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