Stacey Solomon has revealed that she is expecting to give birth to her fifth child next month after saying she is "much further along" than she expected.
The 33-year-old Loose Women star said it was " a real surprise" when she and husband Joe Swash found out they had another baby on the way as she thanked fans for their kind messages.
Taking to her Instagram Story, Stacey said: "I just wanted to come on here and say thank you so much for all your lovely messages. I've been reading through them and your comments and everything, they're just so nice."
The TV star said she was trying to spend as much time as possible with her children and turned the camera to show one-year-old daughter Rose playing behind her.
As well as Rose, Stacey and Joe also share three-year-old Rex. Joe is also dad to 15-year-old son Harry from a previous relationship and Stacey is mum to sons Leighton, 10, and Zach, 14.
"I just wanted to come on and say thank you so much. You're honestly so lovely and so kind," Stacey continued before opening up on her surprise pregnancy announcement.
"We actually found out way later than you would usually so, we're a lot further along than when you would usually tell people.
"So yeah, I'm really, really nervous and it was a real surprise but we're so grateful and really excited for what's to come and yeah, I just wanted to say thank you for being so nice."
In a separate post, she shared her first photos of her bump and wrote: "Coming soon… Much sooner than we thought When we found out we still wanted to have that first few months you usually would to adjust and get excited and enjoy it to ourselves, but that didn’t leave us with very long left.
" So this time next month we will be getting ready to say hello to a whole new pickle So grateful.
"While we had some time off we thought we better take some memories before it’s too late @chelseawhitephotog ©️ who took our wedding pictures took these photos for us. Happy Friday Everyone."
Stacey shared her pregnancy news with fans on Wednesday as she shared a video of the sweet moment she showed 40-year-old Joe her positive pregnancy test.
Captioning the video, she wrote: "Me + Him = So grateful & can not believe I’m saying this… Another little pickle is on the way.
"A HUGE surprise, but one that we are so thankful for to the moon & back bub @realjoeswashy."
The couple's family and friends flocked to congratulate the pair, with Lydia Bright writing: "Crying congrats Joe and stacey, another Pickle."
While Vicky Pattison wrote: "I'm sobbing congratulations guys."
Mrs Hinch added: "THIS I just cannot wait my darling another beautiful pickle love you all to pieces xxxxxxx."
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