Former Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins reveals baby battle after marriage

Emma Watkins has lifted the lid on her dream to have a baby following her recent marriage and years-long battle with severe endometriosis.

Emma Watkins is pragmatic around the topic of motherhood and openly accepts the fact she may never have a child.

The popular children’s entertainer and former yellow Wiggle has been open over the years with her battle with severe endometriosis.

“Speaking plainly, I just don’t know if I will be able to,” Watkins told The Daily Telegraph.

“After stage four endo, I am pretty realistic in the fact I don’t know what my chances are. If it happens, that would be amazing, if it doesn’t, that is okay too.”

Watkins, 32, earlier this month married partner and fellow entertainer Oliver Brian with the couple hoping to one day have children together.

Emma Watkins married fellow entertainer Oliver Brian earlier this month. Picture: Tim Pascoe

They are however not in a rush as there is a lot going on workwise. Watkins will soon launch her new children’s character, Emma Memma, and has partnered with Koko Black chocolate on its Critters Collection to support organisations protecting Australian wildlife, including the Taronga Conservation Society.

She is also an ally for the deaf community and will appear at Apple’s Sydney store on Thursday for Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

“My headspace is not completely there yet,” she said. “After the surgery and recovery, it has taken me a good four years to get my body to be in a place where it is really healthy.”

Watkins and her new husband are based in the Southern Highlands and have been bunkered down working on Emma Memma.

“Emma Memma is a new children’s character that will be focused around dance and sign language and animals essentially,” she explained.

“The costume is just about to be finished so hopefully we will be able to show some pictures in real life. Emma Memma is a characterised version of me so that children are able to engage with that character in any way they feel comfortable. “

Emma Watkins at Taronga Zoo in Sydney launching Koko Black’s Critters Collection. Picture: Tim Pascoe

The former Yellow Wiggle at her wedding. Picture: Liz Sunshine/Vogue Australia

“We are really hoping to put a spotlight on visual communications so as little spoken dialogue as possible and really tap into a pre-literal stage of learning where gesture and mime and signing is used by many children.”

As for the Koko Black collaboration, Watkins said she had been careful through her career with the brands she chose to work with.

“I think now in this kind of climate, there is definitely a sense of urgency to support native wildlife of Australia,” she said.

Emma departed the children’s entertainment group last year.

“We are really specific about that (brands) and now moving into a new chapter, it is really important that we are supporting partnerships and organisations that are positive and bringing awareness to these situations. Now with so much wildlife and flora around the world being damaged, there is a need to focus on the conservation of animals.”

Watkins laughed when told she sounded like a politician with her passion and knowledge of environmental issues.

“A few families have over the years brought signs to shows with ‘Emma for Prime Minister’, even in Canada actually it happened quite a bit and I don’t know why.

“I guess children might see me a lot of TV or on social media so maybe that is why but I haven’t thought about that career path.”