ITV regular and regular Loose Women panellist Stacey Solomon shared a heartfelt message for her son's 14th birthday, opening up about the impact being pregnant at 17 had on her.
The eldest of four, Zachary turns 14 today, and to mark the birthday celebrations Stacey posted a video montage to Instagram of some of their moments together. The caption read: "Happy Birthday Zachary. It definitely wasn’t a coincidence. The truth is you changed my whole life.
"I could never have comprehended the light and love you would bring. At 17 years old the things they said about us, what they didn’t know was that you were my beginning, my reason, my sole purpose to get up and do my absolute best. And you’ve been by my side ever since. It would never have turned out this way without you."
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She added: "Zachary I’m so proud of the man you are becoming and the kind, caring, amazing person that you are. We did it Zachy. 14 years my darling boy to the moon and back forever & always." The 32-year-old added another message explaining how having Zachary as a teenager changed her life.
She said: "The truth is every year on Zachy's birthday I spend most of the day welling up. When I got pregnant at 17 I could never have imagined a real life angel would be born into my life.
"Pushing me to try my hardest, never giving up and always supporting me. Zachary it wasn't a coincidence. You are so special and every year with you has been the biggest privilege I could ever have imagined." Stacey's fiancé Joe Swash also wished Zachary a happy birthday, thanking him for being a "special man".
Zachary is the eldest of Stacey's four children. She shares son Rex, two, and baby Rose with Joe, and is a mum to nine-year-old Leighton from a previous relationship. She is also a stepmother to Joe's son, Harry, who is also 14.
Stacey welcomed her daughter in October last year and has revealed that she thinks Rose looks most like her eldest son, saying: "The older Rose gets the more I think she looks like Zachy! At first she looked like Rex's baby twin but I think she's changing?"
