Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen has nine children with ex-husband Clive Owen and has shared candid details about giving birth to daughter Clementine at home

Amanda Owen has revealed she “couldn’t be arsed” to travel to hospital when she opted to deliver her eighth child at home. The Yorkshire Shepherdess shares nine children with former husband Clive Owen.

The 51 year old was nearly 70 miles from her closest hospital when her daughter Clementine was about to arrive. Having previously delivered in a lay-by and at home beside the fireplace, Amanda chose to give birth at home. She recalls having “a few cushions, a rug and a terrier” present, jokingly describing the dog as the “best birth partner ever”. Speaking on the White Wine Question Time podcast with Kate Thornton, Amanda said: “I put my hand down, when I felt there was a head coming, I knew it was all systems go.”

Amanda Owen has nine children (Image: Channel 4)

Kate explained that Amanda was aware there was “a chance she wouldn’t make it” to the nearest hospital in time. Amanda said: “It was becoming a bit of a thing, I was frequenting all of the lay-bys of the North East, the hospital would get further and further away.

“When it came to filling out the birth certificate afterwards, it’d say place of birth and I’d literally be looking at the AA roadmap.”

The Our Yorkshire Farm star says working alongside nature has taught her that a perfect birth “doesn’t happen” and that you are “out of control”. She added: “It’s not about posturing and saying I’m sort of new age and not wanting any intervention or anything, it’s literally the fact that I could not be arsed.

“I could not be bothered to set off the whole thing of ring the labour ward, ring for an ambulance, paramedics turn up. I just wanted to go back to bed.”

Amanda went on to disclose she initially struggled to locate scissors to cut the newborn’s umbilical cord. This led her to “creep” upstairs to where Clive was sleeping and inform him of what had occurred.

Amanda admits she couldn’t be “bothered” going to hospital (Image: Channel 5)

She describes Clementine’s birth as “the most wonderful thing” and says it was “perfect”. Clive, however, was “surprised” to learn that his then wife had delivered downstairs at the family home.

It wasn’t the only unconventional birth experience Amanda encountered. Her first child was a planned home birth at the farm as it coincided with the height of the foot and mouth crisis.

Amanda, however, says it “all went wrong” and she required hospital transport for an emergency caesarean, with medical staff cautioning she might face complications with natural deliveries in future. She jokes that son Reuben, however, “fell out after a Chinese takeaway” and weighed 7lb less than daughter Raven.

Separately, Amanda has spoken candidly about her separation from Clive. She says she “shut down” following the breakdown of her relationship with the 71-year-old.

Amanda shares nine children with ex-husband Clive (Image: Amanda Owen/Instagram)

She told the Daily Mail: “Physical and mental health are intertwined and anxiety, depression, paranoia, agoraphobia and an eating disorder were all smooshed into one.”

Her difficulties intensified when cruel online trolls started commenting on her weight loss and hurling insults. Whilst the divorce proved challenging, Amanda revealed there is “no tension” between her and Clive, with the former couple maintaining a strong co-parenting relationship and joint ownership of the farm.

Alongside Raven, 24, Reuben, 22, and 10-year-old Clemmy, Amanda and Clive are parents to Miles, 19, Edith, 17, Violet, 15, Sidney, 14, Annas, 12, and nine-year-old Nancy.