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Edwina Bartholomew reveals the truth behind her unconventional marriage

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has shared why she doesn't live with her husband full time, and why the unconventional arrangement works for their family. </p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> star first spoke about her unusual situation with husband Neil Varcoe in 2023, when she admitted the married couple no longer slept in the same room. </p> <p>Now, speaking candidly to <a href="https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/sunrise-edwina-bartholomew-career-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Now to Love</em></a>, Bartholomew has share more insight into their marriage arrangement and how it first began. </p> <p>“Strangely, it works,” Edwina said. </p> <p>“We were never ‘date night’ people, but now we’re apart, we go to that extra effort when we’re together to go out for dinner, lunch or to a movie.”</p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> presenter went on to share that the reason Neil first moved out of the city was so he could recover from chronic fatigue syndrome, which he’s been battling for six years.</p> <p>Neil now lives in the Central West of NSW, three hours from where Edwina lives in Sydney. </p> <p>“I think he’s the best he’s been for a number of years just by virtue of having that space to recover – eating healthily, exercising, having a really regimented routine,” she said.</p> <p>“He’s actually really good, which is fantastic, because for a while he definitely wasn’t and it was challenging for both of us. As a wife, it’s hard to see your husband go through that, and hard for him to miss out on things because he can’t physically be there.”</p> <p>Unsure how long the arrangement will last, Edwina hasn't ruled out moving to the country in the future to be with her husband. </p> <p>"I think I'd miss the adrenaline of all the back-and-forth, and the excitement,” she admitted. “But sure, one day, it would be lovely to be able to have a family life that’s based in the country – in the distant future.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram </em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew shows fans what she will look like at age 78

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has shocked fans with an AI-generated photo of herself at the age of 78. </p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> team were joined by an ageing expert on Thursday morning, who showed the team what they would look like in the year 2063.</p> <p>The expert used artificial intelligence to predict how the <em>Sunrise</em> team would look as they aged, as all of the panelists were seemingly happy with their future selves.</p> <p>Edwina then posted her AI-generated photo to Instagram, captioning the post, "78 and ready to mingle."</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyhATqrhS1d/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyhATqrhS1d/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Edwina Bartholomew (@edwina_b)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Edwina's potential future self was sporting a cropped hairstyle with her signature blonde locks now being shades of white and grey. </p> <p>She had a few more wrinkles, but the TV host still looked flawless for her age. </p> <p>Edwina continued her caption, "We had an ageing expert on @sunriseon7 this morning and it seems things are lookin’ up."</p> <p>Her post was flooded with likes and comments, as fans were quick to discuss her hilarious identity transformation.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyhOE7yPmEQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyhOE7yPmEQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Sunrise (@sunriseon7)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Loved that you teared up when he showed you. It’s very confronting,” one fan said.</p> <p>“Sorry, but your arms would not look like that at 78,” another person said.</p> <p>Another pointed out, “In your Julie Andrews era.”</p> <p>“Beautiful at any age,” another fan said.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram </em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew's husband shares encouraging health update

<p>Edwina Bartholomew's husband Neil Varcoe has shared an encouraging health update, just months after being diagnosed with chronic fatigue. </p> <p>In June, the father-of-two revealed how he was struck down with chronic fatigue syndrome after suffering from a virus that “knocked him”.</p> <p>At the time, he told <em>Australian's Women Weekly</em> that he had to cut back on his work after his energy depletion made him feel like he "had nothing left" to give to his job. </p> <p>Now, Varcoe has shared a positive update on his condition, saying he has returned to work as a communications teacher at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst. </p> <p>The university campus is a 40 minute drive from Carcoar, where Neil, Edwina and their two children moved last year with plans to renovate a historic hotel. </p> <p>Neil shared in a heart-warming update on Instagram that he has taught his final class in feature writing and data journalism, with his wife Edwina joining in via Zoom. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; 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font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; 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margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyPCQMQBeUq/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Neil Varcoe (@neilwrites)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“I wrapped my final class at Charles Sturt University Bathurst yesterday with a chat with a journalist I greatly admire — my wife Edwina,” Neil’s caption began.</p> <p>“For the past three-and-a-half months, I’ve taught feature writing and data journalism to a talented group of students.”</p> <p>He went on to thank his colleagues and students, before teasing a return to the regional university in the new year. </p> <p>Neil's followers took to the comments to share praise for his return to university, and wish him all the best on this health journey. </p> <p>One person wrote, “Well done 🤩 So rewarding to get back on the bike as the saying goes!"</p> <p>Another local added, “I hope you both keep returning to us at Charles Sturt! Congratulations…I’m sure the students loved you.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew announces surprising new living arrangement with husband

<p><em>Sunrise</em> star Edwina Bartholomew has shared her unusual new living arrangement with her husband.</p> <p>The Seven presenter and Neil Varcoe, who tied the knot in 2018, will be transitioning into a long-distance relationship as she continues her Monday to Friday donair duties and her partner moves full time to their Capertee Valley home to become a farmer.</p> <p>Varcoe, a former journalist, left his job at Twitter after Elon Musk took over and plans to be the “chief farming officer” at Warramba, the 1980s farm that he and his wife have restored.</p> <p>He will also become the project manager of The Victoria — a historic hotel in the Blue Mountains.</p> <p>It is believed that Bartholomew, 39, will remain in Sydney with their two children, Molly, three, and Tom, one, throughout the week, with the trio joining Varcoe at the rural property on weekends.</p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> star announced the news on Instagram, describing it as “a big day” for their family</p> <p>“Neil was born and raised in Lithgow and went to school in Bathurst, so it’s pretty exciting he now gets to contribute to the extraordinary growth in the Central West,” she wrote.</p> <p>“He is also the proud new owner of a very big jacket and beard to survive the winter.</p> <p>“We have our first stay in Carcoar as a family this weekend. We will miss him during the week but let the commuting, designing, renovation fun begin!”</p> <p>Varcoe also shared the news on his Instagram page, praising the “courage” of his wife, saying that “this wild scheme was her idea”.</p> <p>He wrote that he was “excited to build a business for his family” from the ground up.</p> <p>“The chance to contribute to the extraordinary growth that’s occurring in my home region is irresistible,” Varcoe wrote.</p> <p>Earlier in 2023, Bartholomew sparked debate when she revealed she and her husband have <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/works-like-a-charm-edwina-bartholomew-s-surprising-trick-for-a-happy-marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slept in different beds</a> for the past seven years.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Instagram</em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew moves on to new project

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has shared a bittersweet post as she and her family spend their final day in their Sydney home.</p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> presenter and her husband Neil Varcoe have sold the renovated inner-west home as they prepare to move onto a new project.</p> <p>Taking to Instagram, Edwina shared a series of images with her husband and two children.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrP0-Bwvaa2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; 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width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrP0-Bwvaa2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Edwina Bartholomew (@edwina_b)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Final day in Dulwich Hill,” she captioned the post.</p> <p>“It’s unlikely our kids will remember this house but we will never forget the memories we made here.</p> <p>“We will miss our beautiful neighbours and our trusty second fridge/@neilwrites’ home office @sidewaysdelicafe the most.</p> <p>The family sold their Dulwich Hill home in March 2023, revealing at the time that it was exciting to let the “next renovation adventure begin”.</p> <p>Edwina and Varcoe had spent years on renovations to make it a “historic luxury” house.</p> <p>In a previous interview with 7Life, Edwina shared it held precious memories.</p> <p>“We’ve loved doing it (the renovation) but particularly this week I was a little bit sad about leaving the house,” the <em>Sunrise</em> star said.</p> <p>“We love the area and love the neighbours.</p> <p>“But as Neil said, ‘We haven’t just renovated the home, we’ve resurrected it’.</p> <p>“It’s wonderful to know that the home will last for generations to come and be enjoyed by future families.”</p> <p>Edwina said she has been “blown away by the response” to the sale, but joked about the universal love she shares of “perving at everyone else’s homes”.</p> <p>The couple bought the home back in 2017 and fell in love with the heritage house that dates back to the 1880s.</p> <p>The house once belonged to a descendant of one of the original convict labourers and the couple could not resist its rich history.</p> <p>According to The Design Files, Edwina and Varcoe enlisted the help of architecture and interior design practice Studio Esteta and Wynn Build.</p> <p>The reno job faced issues early on, with the second floor originally “not supported by any beams” and challenges that come with working on any older home, like redoing brickwork.</p> <p>With the help of interior stylist Kate Nixon, the team put together the <em>Sunrise</em> star’s vision including her love for interesting antiques with some modern styling.</p> <p>“I didn’t want a house where everything was new,” Edwina said, acknowledging her grandmother's influence seen in the styling, such as the floral chair in one of the bedrooms.</p> <p>The end of the job came around the same time the couple had their first child, Molly, now three years old.</p> <p>The couple have since welcomes a son, Thomas, one.</p> <p>Edwina revealed her “obsession” with designing new homes and projects comes from both Instagram and shows such as Channel 7’s very own Better Homes and Gardens.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Instagram</em></p>

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“Works like a charm”: Edwina Bartholomew’s surprising trick for a happy marriage

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has revealed that for the past seven years, she and her husband have been sleeping in separate bedrooms. </p> <p>The couple have been together for ten years and married for five, and Edwina claimed it is their unique sleeping arrangement that has “kept their love alive”. </p> <p>Speaking to<em> The Daily Telegraph</em>, the 39-year-old admitted, “it shocks people when they come to our house and see two rooms set up. One for me with a pinkish bedspread, big wardrobe and piles of magazines and books.</p> <p>“One set up for my husband with his gym gear and other ‘manly’ stuff. My room is always messy. His is always neat. He is a bed-maker. I am not. He puts his clothes away. I like to file mine away on top of a chair in case I need them again.”</p> <p>While the rooms are a surprise and an amusement to their guests, that’s far from the case for the pair, with Edwina announcing them “the secret to our happy marriage”.</p> <p>With some concerned about how their arrangement might impact their sex life, Edwina noted that she and husband Neil Varcoe share two children - Molly, three, and Thomas, who is nearing one. </p> <p>“When I would get up for work, he would struggle to get back to sleep, so we decided to trial separate rooms,” Edwina told <em>News Corp Australia</em> of their decision to try having their own rooms, before going on to explain how having kids locked in their decision. </p> <p>“When we had kids, it continued.” She explained, “I would sleep overnight with the baby in my room and then he would wake up early to take over. Ten years into our relationship and five years into our marriage, it works a charm.”</p> <p>Edwina and Neil are not the first public figures to keep their sleep separate. Retired NRL star Benji Marshall and his wife Zoe have had their own beds for over 10 years - Zoe once told <em>news.com.au</em> that it was “heaven” for the couple. </p> <p>In fact, it may even be something of a royal arrangement, with the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh also having slept separately. </p> <p>Relationship experts are divided on the subject of separate bedrooms.</p> <p>Those who are in favour of the arrangement mention the benefits - from a good night’s sleep to an improved sex life. Some, however, fear it could lead to a lack of communication between a couple. </p> <p>It seems Edwina and Neil have found the sweet spot for a successful marriage - and for getting some much-needed sleep - with the couple set to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary in April.</p> <p><em>Images: Instagram</em></p> <p> </p>

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"Oh, he's alive!" Kyle's awkward blunder leaves Sunrise presenter speechless

<p>Kyle Sandilands has made an awkward error live on <em>Sunrise</em>, leaving Edwina Bartholomew speechless. </p> <p>The radio shock jock was discussing his return to <em>Australian Idol</em>, as he is set to appear on the new season of the show along with judges Harry Connick, Jr Meghan Trainor and Amy Shark.</p> <p>Edwina asked if Kyle would use Mark Holden's famous "touchdown" move, with Kyle initially saying he didn't want to steal it. </p> <p>During his time on the show between 2003 and 2007, Mark would award the touchdown to an artist whose performance he deemed particularly good.</p> <p>Kyle said he “always hated” the touchdowns as he “got a bit jealous”.</p> <p>“I got nothing,” he said of any new moves for the 2023 series.</p> <p>“I got no touchdown, although maybe I’ll ask Mark, can we bring the touchdown? I don’t want to steal his thing."</p> <p>“If he hadn’t passed, I’d ask him.”</p> <p>Edwina briefly flashed a look of confusion before assuring Kyle that Mark was very much alive and well.</p> <p>“Oh, he’s alive!” Kyle said, adding that he would “give him a call”.</p> <p>As the segment ended, Eddy addressed the camera directly as she said, “A very good morning to the very much alive Mark Holden.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: Sunrise</em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew slams "sexist" comments about "abandoning" her kids

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has hit back at "sexist" online spectators for claiming she "abandoned" her two young children to cover Queen Elizabeth's funeral from London. </p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> presenter, who is mum to Molly, 2, and six-month-old Thomas, was part of the international media frenzy covering the historic event, joining Natalie Barr and Kochie for Channel 7's round-the-clock reporting from London's landmarks. </p> <p>Despite the extraordinary career opportunity, Edwina was slammed for choosing the work trip over looking after her kids, so soon after returning from maternity leave. </p> <p>In a column for <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/smart/edwina-bartholomew-bites-back-at-sexist-claims-she-abandoned-her-kids/news-story/20b9856b6b54705b4be44d11631d5fdb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Telegraph</a>, Edwina defended her decision, <span style="font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.1599999964237213px; background-color: #ffffff;">saying her children were in "very good hands" with her husband Neil Varcoe.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.1599999964237213px; background-color: #ffffff;">She wrote bluntly, "You should know that although my kids aren’t with me, they are in very good hands, just not mine."</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.1599999964237213px; background-color: #ffffff;">Shutting down the idea that mothers need to be full-time caregivers, Edwina sarcastically added that Neil "lives in our house too and also cares for our kids".</span></p> <p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1599999964237213px;">Despite the negative comments, Edwina said she was pleased to </span></span></span><span style="font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.1599999964237213px;">receive an outpouring of support from fellow working mothers. </span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; min-height: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1599999964237213px; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif;">"Working mums are clearly in the same boat as me with chaotic households," she wrote.</p> <p>She concluded by saying her work trip was a "liberating" experience, prompting her to book more time away to recharge and leave her children with her husband. </p> <p>She said, "If you see me out and about or see photos of said activities online, you should know that although my kids aren’t with me, they are in very good hands, just not mine."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Sunrise / Instagram </em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew labels daughter a “monster”

<p dir="ltr">Edwina Bartholomew has labelled her daughter a “monster” as she juggles parenthood just months after giving birth to her second child. </p> <p dir="ltr">The <em>Sunrise</em> presenter <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/edwina-bartholomew-announces-the-birth-of-her-son" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welcomed her second child</a>, baby Thomas, with her husband Neil Varcoe on March 1st.</p> <p dir="ltr">Edwin has since returned to work and confessed that her two-year-old daughter Molly is struggling to get used to her baby brother. </p> <p dir="ltr">"The toddler, well, she just turned. Our gentle girl morphed into a monster within a few weeks and I frankly struggled to cope," she confessed in her weekly column for <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/smart/edwina-bartholomew-food-on-the-walls-temper-tantrums-in-mildly-chaotic-life-as-family-of-four/news-story/507fed64cd9d195f037f8e39be665593" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Telegraph</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">"There was food on the walls, full-blown tantrums on the floor, screaming and that was just me."</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgsQj6EBD1c/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgsQj6EBD1c/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Edwina Bartholomew (@edwina_b)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">The 39-year-old was constantly told by other parents that adjusting from a family-of-three to four would be a challenge. </p> <p dir="ltr">She would spend countless hours Googling “How to deal with toddler tantrums” and “When do babies get teeth” as she settled with her new bub. </p> <p dir="ltr">After having Molly, she thought she had parenting “down pat”, which was true for a while as Thomas “loves to sleep, loves to eat and loves to smile”. </p> <p dir="ltr">Despite all these good things Edwina wrote that “his arrival still managed to turn the family upside down” with her daughter’s tantrums. </p> <p dir="ltr">But seeing the two bond makes her “heart explode” and despite going back to work she still “misses them”. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Watching my daughter blow raspberries on my son’s little tummy makes my heart explode every time and, although her cuddles border on suffocation, his little face lights up when he’s on the receiving end of one of her aggressive squeezes.</p> <p dir="ltr">“When I say I’m “happily” back at work, I really do mean it. It feels good to get a little bit of myself back.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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“This is motherhood”: Edwina Bartholomew makes a chaotic return to Sunrise

<p>Edwina ‘Eddy’ Bartholomew has introduced her baby boy to Sunrise viewers as she made a chaotic appearance on the breakfast show from maternity leave.</p> <p>The Channel Seven star and her husband Neil Varcoe welcomed the newborn named Thomas, on March the 1st.</p> <p>Before becoming a mum-of-two, Edwina already had her hands full with daughter Molly, who was born in December 2019.</p> <p>“It’s been wonderful, it’s been such a lovely two months,” the 38-year-old told colleagues David Koch and Natalie Barr from home on Friday.</p> <p>“He was born on the 1st of March, so it’s been wonderful, delightful, joyful, challenging, exhausting.”</p> <p>Edwina then revealed that her and Neil do not plan to have any more kids, saying she feels like her “family is complete”. After starting well, the interview quickly went off the rails when Tom “cracked it” and began screaming at the top of his lungs.</p> <p>A laughing Edwina labelled the moment “the beautiful chaos of motherhood”.</p> <p>“This is motherhood, and you have to embrace it in all of its joys, all of its chaos, all of its disasters and all of these special moments we can share with the nation like now,” she said.</p> <p>“It’s just the most delightful experience isn’t it!”</p> <p>After wrapping up the chat, the team paid tribute to Eddy and all of the other parents raising little kids around Australia in the lead-up to Mother’s Day.</p> <p>Sport presenter Mark Beretta said: “that’s what is so beautiful about that - it is so real, that’s how it is.”</p> <p>Natalie Barr added that “every single parent” could relate to the chaotic scenes viewers saw at Eddy’s home, saying “we all know what it’s like”.</p> <p>Edwina announced Thomas’ arrival on Instagram two days after he was delivered, sharing a few special snaps of the newborn on social media.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoYlABlJFl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoYlABlJFl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Edwina Bartholomew (@edwina_b)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><em>Images: Sunrise</em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew’s postpartum pain

<p dir="ltr">Edwina Bartholomew is experiencing some weird pain a month after giving birth.</p> <p dir="ltr">The mother of two took to Instagram to ask her followers if they also experienced toothaches postpartum. </p> <p dir="ltr">She shared an image of half her face with one eye closed and wearing a warming eye mask on her cheek with a tooth emoji pointing to the pain. </p> <p dir="ltr">"Has anyone ever had a postpartum toothache?" she asked.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Went to the dentist thinking it was a filling. Nothing on x-ray. Now I'm convinced it's tension in my jaw and shoulders. Is that a thing?!"</p> <p dir="ltr">She said the warming eye mask was helping a bit with the pain but otherwise is unsure of what caused it. </p> <p dir="ltr">"This is supposed to be a warming eye mask and is helping somewhat," she wrote.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoZ9uIP6ci/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoZ9uIP6ci/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Neil Varcoe (@neilwrites)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Edwina gave birth to her second child on March 1 and have a daughter called Molly who was born in December 2019.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Thomas Donald Elliott Varcoe born on the 1st of March, 2022,” her husband Neil Varcoe wrote on Instagram. </p> <p dir="ltr">“At such a difficult time for so many, many people, we hope Tom’s little face puts a smile on yours.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“Welcome to the world Thomas.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew shares pics of newborn baby

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has shared adorable pictures of her newborn baby while on a family road trip.</p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> presenter welcomed her second child, baby Thomas, with her husband Neil Varcoe on March 1st.</p> <p>On Tuesday, Eddy gave her social media followers an update on her maternity leave by documenting her "first solo car trip with a baby and a toddler" on Instagram.</p> <p>In the pics, the 38-year-old mum is seen juggling the drive from Sydney to her property in the NSW Capertee Valley with her new son while also trying to keep her two-year-old Molly occupied. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbrnPA6pJqj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbrnPA6pJqj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Edwina Bartholomew (@edwina_b)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“The delirious look of a mother who five minutes into said solo car trip was already in the back seat feeding one child and changing another,” she captioned one of the photos.</p> <p>Thomas was welcomed into the world eight days after he was due, with Edwina announcing the news on Instagram a few days later. </p> <p>“Some small news from our family. Thomas Donald Elliott Varcoe born on the 1st of March, 2022," she wrote. “At such a difficult time for so many, many people, we hope Tom’s little face puts a smile on yours.”</p> <p>"At such a difficult time for so many, many people, we hope Tom's little face puts a smile on yours."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram </em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew announces the birth of her son 

<p>Sunrise presenter Edwina ‘Eddy’ Bartholomew, has given birth to a baby boy named Thomas.</p> <p>The breakfast television star and her husband Neil Varcoe welcomed their new bundle of joy into the world on Tuesday and both mum and baby are doing well.</p> <p>The gorgeous tot is Eddy and Neil’s second child, after they had a daughter called Molly in December 2019.</p> <p>Tom took his time to come into the world, arriving eight days after he was due to be born on February 21.</p> <p>“Some small news from our family,” Edwina wrote when announcing the birth via Instagram on Thursday.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoZ9uIP6ci/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoZ9uIP6ci/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Neil Varcoe (@neilwrites)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Thomas Donald Elliott Varcoe born on the 1st of March, 2022.</p> <p>“At such a difficult time for so many, many people, we hope Tom’s little face puts a smile on yours.”</p> <p>“Welcome to the world Thomas.”</p> <p>Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac simply said: “Perfection.”</p> <p>The happy news comes after Edwina left her newsreader role on the Channel Seven brekky show for a few months of maternity leave in late February.</p> <p>“Molly is very excited to welcome a new baby into our family and is currently practising her nappy changes on ‘Dolly’,” the new mum-of-two told viewers.</p> <p>“Hopefully that enthusiasm continues after the real baby is actually born!</p> <p>“It’s hard to completely relax when you are raising a toddler, but hopefully I’ll enjoy just a few sleep-ins before we are in the newborn baby bubble.”</p> <p>The 38-year-old had delighted Sunrise fans when she announced her pregnancy live on air last August.</p> <p>“In developing news, news that will be developing for the next six months, we will be having another baby,” she said.</p> <p><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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“It’s emotional”: Edwina Bartholomew fights tears as Aussies return home

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With international borders reopened in Melbourne and Sydney, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunrise</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s Edwina Bartholomew was affected by the emotional scenes of families reuniting.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sixteen flights touched down on Monday as the border reopened for the first time since March 2020.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunrise</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> host, who watched the reunion of families from the show’s studio, one man’s story was hard to talk about.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the first passengers to land in Australia told the show he can finally see his mother who has been in permanent care for the last two years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m really scared and emotional because I really want to see my mum,” he </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/sunrises-edwina-bartholomew-fights-back-tears-over-touching-sydney-airport-scenes-c-4383461" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told <em>Sunrise</em></span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Sydney Airport.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height:281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845231/sunrise1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/22d2de61762845239d2d84e822d2a817" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Sunrise</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The doctors said she hasn’t got long and I’m going to do whatever I can today to see her.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“She’s been in permanent care for a few years and it’s been so long since I’ve seen her and I love her heaps and I just want to get back there.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, the man still has to find a way to enter Western Australia, where his mum lives.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He called on WA Premier Mark McGowan to ease current border restrictions to “bring families together again”, with visitors from NSW and Victoria currently deemed as extreme risks.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We respect that you’re trying to be safe but everyone needs to be together,” he said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back in the studio, Bartholomew became emotional and shared her own experience having family remain overseas.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height:281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845232/sunrise2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/a8068501d8a248fcacccd02915763c01" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Sunrise</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s lovely to see so many people coming home finally,” she said, while holding back tears.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“My sister is overseas too, it’s emotional.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Karen Andrews, the Minister for Home Affairs, addressed the man’s situation on the show and labelled WA’s tight borders as “just nonsense”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“My heart went out to that poor man and he is one of many in similar circumstances,” she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The fact that there are still borders between our states that are not open, so it is really at the point where you can go from Sydney to LA but you can’t go from Tweed Heads to Coolangatta - it’s just nonsense.”</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">A true 'Love Actually' moment 💖<br /><br />Today we welcome the first international arrivals under the new quarantine-free travel arrangements.<br /><br />With the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/internationalborder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#internationalborder</a> officially open, we can't help but feel emotional as loved ones reunite at the Arrivals Hall.<br /><br />📸 by <a href="https://twitter.com/GettyImages?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GettyImages</a> <a href="https://t.co/WlVFIO1gP5">pic.twitter.com/WlVFIO1gP5</a></p> — Sydney Airport (@SydneyAirport) <a href="https://twitter.com/SydneyAirport/status/1454960979368820738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2021</a></blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Sydney Airport welcomed back its first wave of international travellers, many emotional scenes played out in the airport's arrival halls.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Families were tightly embracing holding bouquets and balloons, with many seeing each other for the first time in nearly 600 days.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height:281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845233/sunrise3.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/5c835c9cad094143be0b666ba1547403" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Getty Images</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The newly-returned travellers were also greeted with signs welcoming them home by airline staff. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It comes as fully-vaccinated Australians are now able to return home without needing to go through hotel or home quarantine.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Sunrise</span></em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew shares heart-warming news of a toddler’s recovery

<p>Sunrise presenter Edwina Bartholomew has shared news she says is “close to my heart” about Sydney toddler, Grace Bridges, winning her battle with cancer.</p> <p>The news comes as a great relief to Bartholomew, who is pregnant herself and a mother to one-year-old daughter Molly. When Bartholomew first shared Grace’s story in June, she broke down on air.</p> <p>But now Bartholomew has been able to share with viewers that two-year-old Grace – or ‘Amazing Grace’ as she’s now called by the doctors, has been “declared cancer-free” after undergoing multiple bouts of gruelling chemotherapy.</p> <p>“Here’s an update on a story that’s very close to my heart,” Bartholomew said on Wednesday.</p> <p>“Earlier this year I met toddler grace Bridges. This gorgeous little girl has been battling the rare cancer named metastatic hepatoblastoma.”</p> <p>“I’m delighted to tell you that this week her parents and Grace received the best news ever - she is cancer-free!” she said.</p> <p><strong><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="/nothing.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/c8129ab75f104d8ca0de2625c24af2c5" /><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.5198618307427px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7844324/grace-kangaroo-um.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/c8129ab75f104d8ca0de2625c24af2c5" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Treatment of 70 doses of chemotherapy</strong></p> <p>Grace had undergone a staggering 70 doses of chemotherapy, five major surgeries and has spent more than 100 days in hospital.</p> <p>Her rare cancer was so aggressive that devastated doctors at one point warned her heartbroken parents their daughter may have just 24 hours to live.</p> <p>Bartholomew described the update as “beautiful” and recalled her emotional response to meeting Grace and her family earlier this year.</p> <p>“You might remember because I absolutely lost it!” she joked.</p> <p>“They call her ‘amazing Grace’ and I think that is absolutely the best name for her, she is such a cute kid,” Bartholomew added.</p> <p>“It’s such wonderful news for her whole family to be cancer-free after that horrific ordeal.”</p> <p><em>Image: Sunrise</em></p>

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COVID scare hits the Sunrise set

<p><span>A major COVID-19 scare has hit the <em>Sunrise</em> team after it was realised a crew member tested positive for the virus.</span><br /><br /><span>Co-host Natalie Barr opened Friday morning’s breakfast program by informing viewers that Edwina Bartholomew was a “close contact” of the positive case.</span><br /><br /><span>As a result, she was being forced to self-isolate at home.</span><br /><br /><span>Channel 7 confirmed the positive case of an employee on Thursday, saying it came from someone working at <em>Sunrise’s</em> Martin Place, in Sydney offices on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.</span><br /><br /><span>The staff member is fully vaccinated and doesn’t live in a hotspot.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843474/sunrise-edwina.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/7b624a90b8a44e289079dcc6b190f83b" /></p> <p><em>Natalie and Michael on the set of Sunrise. Image: Channel 7</em><br /><br /><span>They tested after they were identified as a close contact of another case.</span><br /><br /><span>“Hello and welcome to Friday. A Covid scare of our own overnight, we join you after a staffer tested positive,” Barr began alongside co-host Michael Usher.</span><br /><br /><span>“The studio has been deep cleaned. We’ve all been tested.</span><br /><br /><span>“Eddy (Bartholomew) is a close contact so she’s isolating but is all right. And Kochie (David Koch) was already having the day off so Michael is here.”</span><br /><br /><span>Bartholomew later interviewed on the show, telling her fellow co-hosts that she tested negative but would still have to quarantine for 14 days.</span><br /><br /><span>“It was a huge fright. Huge fright,” Bartholomew said.</span><br /><br /><span>“It was such a sleepless night. If I had it, my husband would have it, he has chronic fatigue, my daughter would have it.</span><br /><br /><span>“The thought that I would infect the rest of my family with this hideous, hideous condition was just so scary.”</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843473/sunrise-edwina-3.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/0c6b3d6a823f433ab327baefe6206ef3" /></p> <p><em>Deep clean of the Sunrise Headquarters. Image: Channel 7</em><br /><br /><span>Channel 7 has set up a rapid antigen testing station for employees who have been unable to work from home.</span><br /><br /><span>“Seven’s number one priority is the health, safety and welfare of all staff and the community” the network said in a statement.</span><br /><br /><span>Barr is fully jabbed, as well as Koch and <em>Sunrise</em> sports presenter Mark Beretta.</span><br /><br /><span>Bartholomew, who is pregnant with her second child, has had just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine.</span></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew's warning for mums to be

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has called out influencers on Instagram for spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 jab.</p> <p>The <em>Sunrise</em> presenter, who recently announced her pregnancy, is urging pregnant women to ignore the slew of anti-vaxxers online and speak to a medical professional. </p> <p>On Wednesday morning's show, the 38-year-old said she faced backlash from anti-vaxxers after sharing that she had received a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. </p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“I posted on my Instagram about vaccines and pregnancy this morning and a number of Instagram influencers fired right back,” she told viewers.</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“For God sake, don’t take your advice from Instagram influencers, don’t take it from me either, speak to your GP, speak to your midwife, your obstetrician, the health experts in your life.”</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">Edwina shared the photo of her newly-vaccinated arm, and captioned the image with health facts from the NSW Health website.</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">Her vaccine plea comes as there is mounting concern that pregnant women </p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">can experience severe disease if they contract the virus.</p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“Pregnant people have a higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and their babies have a higher risk of being born prematurely,” according to the federal health department. </p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020"><span>The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended Pfizer as the preferred COVID-19 vaccine for women at any stage during their pregnancy or while breastfeeding.</span></p> <p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020"><em>Image credits: Shutterstock/Instagram @edwina_b</em></p>

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Edwina Bartholomew's live baby announcement

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has shared heart-warming news live on <em>Sunrise</em> this morning. </p> <p>The 38-year-old newsreader announced she is pregnant with her second child, shocking her co-hosts Natalie Barr and David Koch as she shared an ultrasound photo. </p> <p>"We're having another baby!", Edwina exclaimed as she shared in the joy with the <em>Sunrise</em> cast.</p> <p>She said baby number two is due in February, and wants to keep the gender a secret for now. </p> <p><span>“We found out this time because we just wanted to know but I wanted to keep that one as a little secret,” Edwina said. </span></p> <p><span>Edwina and her husband Neil welcomes their first child Molly in December 2019. </span></p> <p><span>“I tried to tell Molly but she wasn’t interested,” Edwina said. </span></p> <p><span>“I showed her the photo but she proceeded to scrunch it up and throw it on the floor so hopefully when the baby arrives she doesn’t act the same way.”</span></p> <p><span>Edwina kept her pregnancy a secret while she was hosting the recent Tokyo Olympics coverage alongside Matt Shirvington. </span></p> <p><span>She said she has been feeling nauseous and discreetly curbing her first trimester craving with Jatz crackers. </span></p> <p><span>Edwina also said her co-host Natalie Barr has cottoned onto her pregnancy early when she was eating “a lot of peanut butter toast” to cut through morning sickness.</span></p> <p><em>Image credit: Getty Images</em></p>

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"That's it. I'm out.": Edwina Bartholomew's hilarious reaction to new study

<p>Edwina Bartholomew has hilariously “quit” her gig at <em>Sunrise</em> after presenting a grim story on motherhood.</p> <p>The TV presenter was not one happy presenter as she revealed live on TV the research regarding pregnant mothers.</p> <p>Experts studied 33 mothers during their pregnancies and the first year of their babies’ lives.</p> <p>Through their research, they analysed their DNA to determine their “biological age”, which can differ from chronological age.</p> <p>A year after birthday, the biological age of those who slept less than seven hours a night at the six-month mark was three to seven years older than those who slept for seven hours or more.</p> <p>“Between covid, climate change and everything else that’s happened this week... that is it, I’m out, I quit,” she said.</p> <p>“That is the worst news ever,” she laughed, after scrunching her paper and throwing it across the room.</p> <p><img id="__mcenew" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843097/suhnriser-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/18cf9ba7360841918d9f8835a990fa23" /></p> <p>Bartholomew is the mother of one-year-old daughter named Molly.</p> <p>Co-host Natalie Bar wondered why researchers felt the need to have a study when most mums already knew the results.</p> <p>“But also, isn’t that a bit of a derr moment, didn’t we already know that?” the mother-of-two asked.</p> <p>“A lot of the world have been mothers, so they could have just asked them?!”</p>

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Edwina Bartholomew bursts into tears on Sunrise

<p><span>Edwina Bartholomew burst into tears on Tuesday’s episode of <em>Sunrise</em>.</span><br /><br /><span>The TV presenter couldn’t help but lose her cool after sharing a heart wrenching story about a little girl’s gruelling battle with cancer.</span><br /><br /><span>Edwina had the poor unity to meet with the parents of two-year-old Grace Bridges, after the toddler was diagnosed with rare cancer Metastatic Hepatoblastoma in 2019.</span><br /><br /><span>Emma has spent 102 days in hospital and is now on the road to recovery after 70 rounds of chemotherapy.</span><br /><br /><span>“We got told that if she survived 24 hours then it would be a miracle, and here we are 13 months later and she’s still going,” her father Adam revealed.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7841734/edwina-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/95bd576bc1ea440ca23507e5f60bef0d" /><br /><br /><span>“For reasons that we can’t explain and doctors have only told us what they believe is going on, Grace’s markers for her tumour have decreased on her own, so they believe because her immune system is now repairing itself.”</span><br /><br /><span>“Her body is actually beating the cancer on its own!”</span><br /><br /><span>Edwina couldn’t help but become emotional when the story finished airing and the camera cut back to the TV host.</span><br /><br /><span>“That makes me so sad, this story,” she said through tears.</span><br /><br /><span>“Grace is not totally out of the woods, she will have ongoing blood tests until she’s six years old to see if the cancer returns,” she went on to say.</span><br /><br /><span>“Because of the chemo, 70 doses of chemo, she has so many problems with hearing and brittle bones.</span><br /><br /><span>“Sorry, it’s so silly but when you become a parent these stories just....” Edwina said.</span><br /><br /><span>The mother-of-one encouraged viewers to donate to the family, saying: “Anyway, there’s a GoFundMe that’s been set up, so if you can help then the details are on the <em>Sunrise</em> website.</span><br /><br /><span>“They’re just a lovely, lovely family who have been through so much.”</span></p>

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