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Zara Woodcock

Love Island star announces she has given birth to her first child with unusual name

Love Island star Lavena Back has welcomed her first child with her husband.

The ITV2 star, who entered the Mallorcan villa as a Casa Amor bombshell in 2019, shared the happy news with fans on Instagram.

She uploaded a black and white snap of her and her husband holding onto their baby's tiny hands.

"Welcome to the world baby Sage. Our greatest gift is you!" she captioned the post.

Fellow Love Island stars rushed to the comment section to congratulate her.

Belle Hassan, Jourdan Riane, Joanna Chimonides and Yewande Biala were among the people commenting.

And mum-to-be Amy Hart, Sherif Lanre and Lucie Donlan also added their best wishes to the new mother.

She shared the happy news on social media (@lavenaback/Instagram)
The star named her baby Sage (@lavenaback/Instagram)

Lavena first shared the news of her pregnancy in March this year, a month after she and her husband got engaged.

She shared a video of her partner buying her a bouquet of flowers before going to a rooftop of a building to meet up with her.

In the clip, her blossoming baby bump can be seen as he hands her the flowers and he touches her belly.

The two then walk away together looking over the moon.

At the time of her engagement, she wrote on social media: "My soulmate proposed to me where we had our first date! 2022 has started off amazingly!."

She tied the knot with her partner in April (@lavenaback/Instagram)
She was part of the Casa Amor crew in 2019 (ITV)

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In April, she revealed the two had secretly tied the knot: "When you want something so bad you’ve just got to go for it… so we tied the knot.”

Fans might remember the bombshell from her time in Casa Amor on Love Island in 2019.

She didn't manage to find love during her time on the show but ended up married with a gorgeous baby in the years following,

Since going on Love Island, Lavena has racked up over 39,000 followers and uses her social media to share fitness content.

The star also co-owns a company called Peace Of Mind Journals.

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