Charlotte Church 'started labour in car park'
New mum Charlotte Church has revealed how she went into labour in B&Q.
The 21-year-old singer then had baby Ruby Megan in a birthing pool at home - while watching the Wales v Japan Rugby World Cup game with boyfriend Gavin Henson.
The couple showed off their new arrival in OK! Magazine recently.
Ruby was born 12 days ago and Church recalled how her contractions began in B&Q's car park.
"He'd accidentally locked me in the car and the alarm was going off, so people were coming out of B&Q hearing the alarm and looking at the car, and then seeing it's Charlotte Church in there.
"I was just trying to hide but couldn't - just sitting there having contractions!" she said.
"I wanted to go for a meal in the Toby Carvery but the contractions were every five minutes so we came back."
At home in Cardiff and installed in the birthing pool, Church watched the rugby with Henson but admitted she "was on gas and air by that point so I wasn't really concentrating".
Ruby was born weighing 6lb 12oz and Church admitted that the pain was "outrageous".
But the star said: "I'm really shocked by how I feel. It's just instant massive amounts of love towards her."
Church said Ruby takes after her dad because she has got "Gavin's bum-chin and his feet".
The couple also explained their choice of name.
"We had names before she was born - Renee, Jasmine, Ella - but she didn't look like any of them. We were saying she had lush red lips, ruby-red lips, and then said: 'Let's call her Ruby.'
"Megan is her middle name after Gavin's grandmother. She's passed away now but everyone spoke about her with such love."
Church insisted she will not hire a nanny.
She is also in no rush to get her figure back: "I think it's sad when people get obsessed with all of that. I'm pretty happy with the way I am and I bagged Gavin so I can't be doing that badly, can I?"
The singer-turned-TV-star may quit her showbiz career to concentrate on motherhood, according to her mum Maria.
Maria told Reveal magazine: "I wouldn't be surprised if she turns her back on fame as well. She never looked for it - it found her.
"All she cares about is being a good mother. And she's doing a pretty good job so far.
"She has hung up her partying shoes for good. You won't be seeing her out on the town for a long while. And she is totally off the booze. In fact, at the moment she's not bothered about having it ever again."
Maria said her daughter, famous for her colourful language, did not swear once during the birth.
"She didn't swear during the whole thing," she said. "I know it's hard to believe, but it's true!"
