Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash are expecting their first child together.
The ‘Loose Women’ panelist and the 37-year-old television presenter have confirmed they are expecting a baby in a sweet post on social media.
Joe wrote on Twitter: "Have been driving myself mad thinking that she’s bored senseless of me and can’t stand to be awake for longer than 10 minutes of my company … So you can imagine my delight to find out that she still loves me and my company very much she’s just been growing a baby."
Whilst Stacey shared his post and added the message: "Words aren’t working for me right now so ditto @realjoeswash," alongside a yellow heart emoji.
Joe is overjoyed by the news and he is "really happy" to be starting a family with Stacey.
He said: "I didn’t know I had it in me. I’m really happy, we’re excited. I know [when she’s due] but I can’t say."
And asked if his girlfriend was suffering from dreaded morning sickness, he added whilst making an appearance on ‘Good Morning Britain’: "She’s all good, she’s excited."
Stacey and Joe have been dating since 2016 but she recently insisted she "doesn’t need a marriage certificate" to prove her love for the former ‘EastEnders’ actor.
She shared: "In my opinion, if you’re religious or you have real ties to marriage and it really means something to you, I get that, and it takes you to another level spiritually or however way you look at it, but I think for me and Joe for example, I honestly wouldn’t see any difference in our love for each other whether we have a marriage certificate or not. I’d love to have a ceremony where we [Stacey and Joe] celebrate our love, I’m not extremely excited or really feel the need to have a marriage certificate and that’s what marriage is to me. See, I don’t think that marriage makes us a unit because you can get a divorce. To me a unit is a family, its love which is present with or without a piece of paper in my opinion."
Stacey already has sons Zachary, 10, and Leighton, six, whilst Joe is a proud father to Harry, 11, with all three kids from the pair’s previous relationships.
Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash expecting first child
