'It's the one regret in my life' Amanda Redman opens up about never having more children #CarryGobySeanKellz #FutureGroupNG via @i_amreginaldjr

SHE'S had a lengthy and successful career, but if there's one thing that Amanda Redman could have done differently in her life, it would be to have had more children.

Amanda Redman has opened up about her desire to have had more children[WENN]

The 56-year-old actress, who is best-known for her role in BBC One series 'New Tricks', has opened up about such a personal aspect of her life and admits to wishing she had a larger brood.
Revealing that the fact that she is no longer fertile feels bittersweet, Redman said she assumed that she would have more babies after giving birth to her daughter Emily - who is now 26 - with her first husband Robert Glenister.
Sadly though, the blonde star suffered a long series of miscarriages and a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, and never went on to expand her family.

Amanda says that her husband Damian Schnabel has been a great stepfather to her daughter Emily [WENN]

In one way, it’s a relief that I know now that I’ll never have another child and I don’t live with the level of sorrow that I had when it was still an unfulfilled possibility

Amanda Redman

Speaking during an interview with The Telegraph, Redman said: "In one way, it’s a relief that I know now that I’ll never have another child and I don’t live with the level of sorrow that I had when it was still an unfulfilled possibility. But if I’m honest, it’s still the one big regret in my life. I don’t think that will ever go away."
Redman met her long-term partner Damian Schnabel in 1999, and they married in September 2010, but she admits to feeling particularly lucky to have found him because he was OK with not having children.
"It’s incredibly important to some men to have their own children, but Damian was always OK with it," she explained.
"If it had happened, he’d have been happy, but he was equally OK with it not happening. Besides, he was the most brilliant stepfather to Emily from the age of ten, and the pair of them have a really close relationship."

Amanda with her 26-year-old daughter Emily [ITV]

Something else that Redman has battled with in recent years is the menopause - which she is refreshingly honest about.
"How hideous for women of our mother’s generation because – while me and my girlfriends will talk about everything under the sun, including the menopause – it was something they didn’t discuss. You must have felt so lonely and embarrassed all the time," she said.
"For me, it’s tailing off now. But I can still suddenly go that awful colour when I’m talking to somebody and sweat beads will break out on my upper lip.
"You’re acutely aware of it, even if they are not. But the more open we are about it, the less of a taboo it will become."