Anna Heinrich is set to welcome her first child, a girl, with Bachelor star husband Tim Robards in the coming months.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph’s Stellar magazine on Sunday, the 33-year-old revealed the stress of being separated from her actor beau for six weeks amid Melbourne‘s strict lockdown measures.
Tim, 37, who joined Neighbours two years ago, has only just returned to Sydney from Melbourne where the soap is filmed, after spending two weeks in self-isolation.
Honest: An emotional Anna Heinrich (pictured), 33, revealed to The Sunday Telegraph’s Stellar magazine how being separated from husband Tim Robards amid Melbourne’s strict lockdown rules has been ‘really stressful’, as she prepares to welcome their first child
On Tim having quit Neighbours to spend time at home in Sydney with Anna, she said: ‘It’s a big thing for him to walk away from it and not see it through to the end.’
‘It’s been so stressful for him. For both of us. We’re both really struggling with the decision. I know how hard he’s worked,’ the criminal lawyer added in between tears.
When the coronavirus situation intensified in Melbourne in July, strict lockdown measures meant that the couple were unable to see each other for six weeks.
Apart: When the coronavirus situation intensified in Melbourne in July, where Tim (pictured), 37, films Neighbours, strict lockdown measures meant that the couple were unable to see each other for six weeks.
Stressful: ‘The past six weeks have been really stressful, it’s been one curveball after another, and when hotel quarantine came in, we realised it meant that if there was an emergency, Tim would not be able to get back to me,’ Anna told Stellar
Up until then, Tim had been returning to Sydney on weekends, while his dream job required him to be based in Melbourne for the weekdays.
‘The past six weeks have been really stressful, it’s been one curveball after another, and when hotel quarantine came in, we realised it meant that if there was an emergency, Tim would not be able to get back to me,’ Anna said.
The blonde beauty, who won over Tim’s heart in the 2013 season of The Bachelor, went on to say that while it’s been a ‘roller-coaster of emotions’, she feels so lucky to have Tim as her husband and the father of her unborn child.
Grateful: The blonde beauty, who won over Tim’s heart in the 2013 season of The Bachelor, went on to say that while it’s been a ‘roller-coaster of emotions’, she feels so lucky to have Tim as her husband and the father of her unborn child
Tim, who plays wealthy businessman Pierce Greyson on Neighbours, was originally scheduled to film his final scenes in September.
His final episode on Ramsay Street will air on Monday, October 19.
In an official statement released earlier this month, Tim said that he had to choose between his career and his responsibilities as an expectant father.
New chapter: Just recently, Tim made the ‘gut-wrenching decision’ to quit his dream job on Neighbours, to reunite with Anna back home in Sydney as she prepares to give birth
Going the distance: Tim and Anna wed at a fairytale Italian ceremony in June 2018. They announced their baby news in May
‘I made the gut-wrenching decision to depart Neighbours early as my responsibilities as a husband and father have to take precedence,’ he said.
‘If I’ve learnt anything in this pandemic it’s that the health and wellbeing of my family has to come first.’
Tim and Anna wed at a fairytale Italian ceremony in June 2018. They announced their baby news in May.
Read more: Anna’s full interview with Stellar is featured in The Sunday Telegraph