OHMYGOSSIP — Victoria Ekanoye has welcomed her first child.
The former ‘Coronation Street’ star took to Instagram this week to confirm she and her partner Jonny Lomas have become first-time parents to a baby boy whose name has not yet been announced.
Sharing a video of herself and Jonny each holding one of their son’s hands, she wrote on social media: “Our prince, our love, our world, our miracle.”
Victoria first announced her pregnancy in November, when she admitted she and Jonny were originally planning to try for a baby in 2021, so their news came as “a bit of a surprise”.
She said: “We thought we would try next year.
“So when this pregnancy came along we were like, ‘It’s happening!’
“It did come as a bit of a surprise but it’s so unbelievably exciting.”
Victoria admitted she and Jonny waited a bit before telling their friends about their news because some of her pals have miscarried, and her pregnancy is classed as “high risk” because she suffers from sickle cell anaemia, in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout a person’s body.
She added: “We know friends that have miscarried and so we waited until we were 12 weeks before we even told our parents.
“Then, with my health condition, we wanted a little bit more security and stability in knowing that everything is OK with baby and with me.
“As I have sickle cell, this is regarded as a high-risk pregnancy but the team at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester are amazing and I see my sickle cell specialist, my obstetrician and my midwife every month and they really look after me.”
Victoria starred as Angie Appleton on the ‘Corrie’ from 2017 to 2019, and she then took part in 2019’s ‘The X Factor: Celebrity’, on which she finished in 11th place.
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