Chloe Madeley has revealed the powerful meaning behind her daughter Bodhi Rae Georgia Haskell’s unique moniker.
The personal trainer admitted she had stolen the name from a friend years ago when she decided to go with an alternative option.
Chloe explained to OK! “A friend of mine is a very mother earth type of person, a yoga instructor, the absolute opposite of me and she had a daughter about four years ago and was toying with Bodhi or Mia.
“She went with Mia and I was so happy she did because the second she said Bodhi I was like, ‘I want it, it's mine’.
"Something in my brain liked the Bs and the Os. The roundness and the cuteness, and I love the meaning – it means enlightenment, it means new life . It’s ancient Sanskrit and it’s popular in some countries, but none of which are Western.”
However, Chloe, 35, admits the name took her husband James, 37, some convincing.
She added: “James was really on the fence with Bodhi, I don’t think he was that into it, but the second he saw her he said she really looks like a Bodhi and she really does. But we just call her Bos and Bo-Bo.
“I’ve always loved Rae for a girl but I think it’s more of a middle name, and Georgia was a top contender. I would have just called her George because I like boys names for girls but we thought Bodhi Rae with a sprinkling of Georgia which I suppose is a bit more traditional just sounded really lovely.
Bhodi arrived at 8.36am on 10 August, weighing 7lb 9oz and with “long legs like her dad’s” after a difficult eight-hour induced labour ended in a C-section. Chloe had planned on having a natural water birth with gas and air but when Bodhi stayed put 24 hours after her waters had broken, she was told she needed to be induced due to the risk of infection.
However, Chloe said the scary ordeal was almost forgotten in an instant once she got to hold her daughter safely in her arms for the first time.
She said: “The second they picked her up and showed her to me, it was the best day of my life. It sounds so cheesy and cliche, but I was like ‘wow! That’s my baby and I get to take her home – I was so excited. I felt so lucky. I’ve never been happier – it doesn’t matter how your labour goes, when you get your baby it’s all worth it.”
Chloe’s parents Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan were the first people to meet the beautiful bundle and they arrived at the hospital “fit to burst”.
Chloe and James have moved back in with her famous parents in London’s affluent Hampstead Heath while renovations to their new home five minutes down the road are completed.
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