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Kelsey Parker has a baby on the way!

The widow of The Wanted’s Tom Parker, who died at age 33 in March 2022 following a diagnosis of stage four glioblastoma, is expecting a baby with her partner Will Lindsay, Kelsey confirmed to The Mirror. 

The Mum’s the Word podcast host, 34 and her late husband shared two children: Aurelia, 5, and Bodhi, 4.

Kelsey told The Mirror that she and Tom had wanted to grow their family before his brain cancer diagnosis.

“Tom and I always said we wanted four — but life had other plans,” Kelsey said. “So yes, this is amazing but also bittersweet. The joys of finding out I’m pregnant and moving forward with my life, while thinking, ‘My life could have been so different.’ I’ve felt every emotion under the sun.”

“I’m still getting my head around it but I’m so excited,” she continued. “And I know I’m putting myself out there, telling people. I just want everyone to be as happy as I am.”

Kelsey now lives with Lindsay, 27. She shared her new romance on Instagram in September. In the photo, which she captioned with a single red heart, she wore a floral dress and heels, laughing as a man in a gray suit held her close. She did not identify her mystery man at the time.

“For me, I feel like everything’s meant to be,” she added about having another baby. “I’m just trying to find joy. I love my children — they’ve got me through the worst times. So I feel like I’ve been blessed with another.”

“If I dwelled on everything that’s happened, I wouldn’t be here. Tom was my soulmate. I’m still angry he’s gone,” she added. “But I can’t live in sadness. Tom wouldn’t want that.”

She opened up about Lindsay during a podcast episode in October, during which she confirmed he had met her children and they have met each other’s parents.

“He’s so lovely. I’m so happy,” Kelsey said at the time. “We met authentically, and that’s what I wanted.”

“I’ve been trying to find happiness for a little while now,” she added. “I’m always going to have that guilt. I guess that’s part of the grief process as well, is having the guilt that I’m here and I’ve met someone. But it’ll never take away the love that I had for Tom, and Will would never try to take that away from me either.”

Kelsey told The Mirror that her third pregnancy is a “happy accident” and the couple found out she was expecting on “the day after Will’s birthday.”

“I’m over the moon,” Lindsay, a tree surgeon, said. “This is something I’ve wanted for a long time. I couldn’t be happier and I know Kelsey is going to be an amazing mum, as she already is.”

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Kelsey has shared the news to her children, revealing that Aurelia wants the baby “to be called ‘Parker’ if it’s a boy.”

Meanwhile, Lindsay has already taken to being a father. He told the outlet that he loves “having Aurelia and Bodhi in my life now.”

“We just bonded so quickly, I felt like everything just happened naturally,” he said. “I want to help as much as possible and be involved. I take Bodhi to football or to the park on the weekend, and we love that. Kelsey has two gorgeous kids and I’m so lucky they’re both in my life now. It’s all just been pretty natural fitting in — nothing has felt forced, or rushed.”