McCartney wife facing major operation
Paul McCartney’s wife Heather needs major surgery to her pelvis as a result of having their baby daughter, it emerged today.
Doctors must replace the metal plates which have held her pelvis together for the past 10 years.
They were inserted after the road accident in which she lost a leg.
Ms Mills McCartney, 36, gave birth to a longed-for baby, Beatrice, in October.
The pregnancy put strain on her pelvis and the plates now need to be replaced.
A spokeswoman for the anti-landmines campaigner said: “The weight of carrying the baby has put strain on these plates and Heather now needs surgery.
“The plates were put in after her accident – it is impossible to under-estimate the seriousness of the injuries she suffered in that crash.
“This will be a big operation but Heather is keen to get it out of the way as soon as possible because she doesn’t want to take too much time off work.”
Currently on maternity leave, Ms Mills McCartney expects to undergo the operation in the next few weeks.
Her life was altered forever when she was hit by a police motorcycle while crossing a road in 1993.
Because of the injuries she suffered in the accident, a natural birth was impossible and Beatrice was born by Caesarean section.
She and former Beatle Sir Paul, 61, were “ecstatic” when the baby was born, weighing 7lb.
The couple married in June 2002 and feared they would never have a child because Ms Mills McCartney had previously suffered two ectopic pregnancies.
Describing the moment she told Paul she was expecting, she recalled: “I showed him the test and he just went ‘Oh’. We both started crying and it was just a miracle.”
