Former Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has welcomed her first child with her footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson.
The soap actress, 27, announced her son's birth on social media, alongside a beautiful picture of the tiny newborn. Captioning the post, she wrote: "Our beautiful boy. 30/01/2023."
Lucy's fans and famous friends rushed to offer their congratulations.
Her co-star Samia Longchambon, who plays Maria Connor on the ITV soap, wrote: "Congratulations both of you.. gorgeous news Lucy!"
Mollie Gallagher, who plays Nina Lucas, commented: "Awww congratulations," adding three red heart emojis.
Pearl Mackie, who starred alongside Lucy in Sour Hall added: "Congratulations Lucy!!!" Actress Natalie Anderson said: "Awwww how beautiful!! congratulations darling!!"
Lucy announced in September that she was pregnant with her first child but the couple initially kept it secret after suffering a tragic miscarriage in March at seven weeks.
Lucy told how she was "scared but excited" ahead of welcoming their little one to the world.
The couple discussed their devastating loss with the Mirror after their pregnancy announcement, with Lucy saying: "It was a traumatising, horrendous time.
"We went for a scan and they couldn’t see anything, so then we went to the hospital and they thought they could see something, so it was very up and down.
"I had pregnancy symptoms and I was feeling really unwell. There were no signs I’d had a miscarriage, so that made it more of a shock. We just assumed everything was going to be fine.
"Then after a week when they’d done the blood tests and other tests, I went back and they said I’d miscarried. It was a really strange feeling.
"Even though so many people go through it, you never expect it will happen to you. I had imagined this little person who was going to come into our lives and then they were taken away from me.
"It was really horrible to deal with, but thankfully Ryan was so supportive."
But the couple said the experience made them realise that starting a family was something they truly wanted and ultimately ended up bringing them closer together.
"That changed things and it made us realise that was definitely what we wanted," Lucy said. "Situations like that can really test your relationship. It made us closer and stronger."
"We’re very fortunate that it happened again for us," Lucy said. "We weren’t putting pressure on it and I wasn’t putting any pressure on myself, then it just ended up happening that way for us. It was just meant to happen."
She continued: “We’d been to the Maldives and the day before I was due to come on I had a feeling I was pregnant. I did a test and the line came up straight away.
"I actually told my mum before Ryan! I FaceTimed her as I felt like my eyes were playing tricks on me. Then Ryan came home and I was holding the test in my hand and I just said, ‘This has happened!’”
The Miscarriage Association (01924 200 799) miscarriageassociation.org.uk supports women affected by miscarriage, ectopic and molar pregnancies. If you’re worried about a loved one you can also call the helpline which is manned Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm, or email info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk
