Sara Pascoe gives birth! The Great British Sewing Bee host, 42, welcomes her second child after opening up about her fertility struggles

Sara Pascoe has given birth to her second child.

The 42-year-old presenter of Great British Sewing Bee has become a mother again, it was announced on the BBC show’s official Twitter page.

The account’s tweet read: ‘Sending lots of love to Sara and her new baby!’, while confirming that Kiell Smith-Bynoe would be stepping in to host the Christmas special.

Sara announced earlier this year that she was pregnant after experiencing fertility problems while trying to conceive.

The TV presenter revealed that she was pregnant again with her husband Steen Raskopoulos earlier this year in May.

She revealed the happy news on Instagram, sharing a photo showing off her growing baby bump in a rainbow-colored knit dress.

Her husband Steen stood beaming next to her as he held a beer next to her stomach.

In her post, Sara wrote: ‘Here we go again. Food for two and drinks for no one.”

The couple are already parents to a son, whom she welcomed in February 2020 to IVF.

Sara looked overjoyed in her post as she flashed a dazzling smile while taking a bathroom selfie on her phone.

And a host of the Out Of Her Mind star’s showbiz friends were quick to share their joy and elation over her baby news.

Duncan James wrote: ‘Awww huge congratulations to you both xixixi.’

Ellie Jane Taylor wrote: ‘Ah, congratulations Dolly!! (And what a great dress!!).”

While Harry Style’s sister Gemma simply said: ‘Yay!’

In April, Sara opened up about her fertility issues affecting her stand-up comedy and her fear of turning down work after her baby was born.

Before she gave birth, she had trouble conceiving and focused much of her comedy on infertility.

After having her baby, she changed her material to reflect being a mother, admitting that she was “complex.”

Speaking with the Radio times, Sara explained, “As humans, we are all inconsistent. Something may be true at one point in your life or career, but not later.

‘When I did Out of Her Mind (the BBC2 sitcom in 2020), I was at a stage in my life where I realized I was infertile and I really drew on that in the show.

‘A year later I had a child (via IVF). People who felt closely connected to my story said: ‘Who are you?’ And it was like, ‘Sorry, people are very complex!’

‘When I was infertile I was very defensive and now I’m a mother and I make mother jokes. I’m an oversharer – I feel comfortable with it, and also with the discussion that follows.’

She also talked about her concerns about her work and feeling like she had to continue working very soon after giving birth to ensure she didn’t miss out on future opportunities.

Sara said: ‘The advantage of having some money in the bank is that you don’t have to get a job to pay next month’s rent. But the fear is: if I don’t say yes to a job now, what if they don’t ask me again?

‘I did QI when the baby was five weeks old. My agent had said, ‘Don’t you want a little more time? Because you’re swollen, angry and leaky.’ I was afraid that if I missed it, they wouldn’t ask me again next year.’

It comes after Sara expressed her determination to ‘normalise’ IVF earlier this year after struggling to conceive in her 30s.

Open up to Women’s Health Britainshe said: ‘What bothered me in my thirties was not knowing if I would have children.

‘My concern was: my life is really great now, but I don’t want to regret not being a mother when I’m fifty.

“It was like making a hypothetical decision based on a sadness I hadn’t yet felt. The way society links women’s success to marriage and babies weighed heavily on me; I think women are complicit in strengthening it.”

Sara described how not getting pregnant had a negative impact on her, compounded by the ease with which other couples around her became pregnant.