The creator of smash TV series This Is Going To Hurt has revealed he has become a father of two.
Adam Kay told how he and husband James Farrell were now parents to daughter Ruby and son Ziggy.
And the former maternity ward junior doctor joked that it had both “transformed” and “ruined” their lives.
The 43-year-old, whose book about the overstretched NHS was turned into a BAFTA-winning TV series starring Ben Whishaw, opened up during an episode of Desert Island Discs.
Adam said: “This isn’t something I’ve spoken about before. There is no calm whatsoever, because we’ve got two babies – Ruby, six months, and Ziggy, two months. I don’t need to explain the way having kids changes your life, but it’s absolutely transformed it for the better – and also ruined it.”
Adam, who has previously admitted losing a child with his ex-wife, told the BBC Radio 4 show’s host Lauren Laverne that he missed Ruby’s birth through a surrogate in America.
He said: “Ruby’s was a difficult pregnancy, and we were going to be out in the States a month before the due dates.
“Then we had the phone call which said, ‘I’m on my way to hospital’. James got the only seat on the only possible flight and made it in time for Ruby’s birth.
“I was obviously on a flight shortly afterwards but I’ve started off very badly by missing it.
“I was holding it together. Then I put Tom Waits on shuffle on my earphones and burst into tears at the first track that played – and didn’t stop crying ‘til the plane landed in Washington DC. Then I met her and fell in love with her. She had a tricky start but she’s doing well. And her brother’s doing well too.
“We were both there [the second time], we were not going to let that happen again.”
Adam’s Desert Island Discs airs on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds on Sunday at 11.15am.
