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Stacey Solomon and her fiancé Joe Swash have welcomed their first little girl into their blended family.
The 32 year old Loose Women star and former EastEnders actor Joe Swash, 39, shared the heartwarming news that their adorable daughter was born in their master bedroom at their £1.2million home, lovingly named Pickle Cottage, in Essex.
Stacey revealed that their beautiful baby girl was born on Monday 4 October with her daughter sharing her birthday.
The Tap to Tidy author also shared with her 4.7million Instagram followers that her boys had been 'amazing' with the newborn.
Joe and Stacey started dating in 2016 after the couple met on I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here with the pair presenting the spin-off show I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp.
The couple welcomed two year old son Rex in May 2019 and got engaged on Christmas Eve 2020 with the pair planning to tie the knot at their sprawling home.
Meanwhile Stacey is mum to 13 year old son Zachary who she welcomed in 2008 at the age of 18 with her childhood sweetheart Dean Cox.
Speaking about her pregnancy with Zachary on Loose Women, she said: "I just remember feeling so ashamed. I know that sounds awful but when I was pregnant with Zach, what I felt the whole way through was shame.
"I looked like a baby as well. I looked about six," Stacey expressed.
"I think people just looked and were like, 'ugh, why is she pregnant?' Maybe it's a bit of a trauma I just haven't addressed."
Stacey started dating Aaron Barnham in 2009 and announced their engagement in 2011 before welcoming their son Leighton, nine, in May 2012. However the couple announced that they had parted ways in 2014 after four years together.
The doting mum decided to speak out on her social media in January after a troll criticised her for having children with three different fathers.
"It must be very sad having three different dads for your boys. Always apart. Oh well I suppose you are happy about it.”
Responding to their remark with grace, Stacey began by laughing as she declared: “Woah there, Welma! It’s far too early for that kind of judgement and of course I’m happy about it!”
She went on to say: “They’re the best thing that ever happened to me no matter how they happened to me.”
Stacey then gathered more of her thoughts over their harsh words as she wrote alongside the video: “Never let anyone make you feel like you’re not good enough just because things just happened to work out differently from the ‘norm’.
“Keep doing you the best way you know how. Unconditional love from anywhere in efferent shapes, & sizes, is all they’ll ever need.”
Moments afterwards, in another post, Stacey revealed the reasons why she didn’t name and shame the troll on her story.
“I don’t like to share mean people’s names on here because I believe it gives them more of a voice that they don’t deserve… there are so many beautiful souls out there so let’s share their messages and names instead,” she said, alongside a screenshot of kind comments from fans who supported the star.
Joe is also dad to 14 year old son who he shares with ex-fiancée Emma Sophocleous. The couple starting dating in 2005 before they welcomed son Harry in 2007.
However the couple split in 2008 and Joe opened up on the court battle he had with Emma over their son and explained what it is like being a blended family.
While speaking on podcast Steplife in 2020, Joe explained: “We had to go to court and stuff like that. So in hindsight it's a great thing, but yeah, me and Hal, it's been a strange one for Hal, he's had to do a lot of adapting. I do feel quite sorry for Hal for what he's had to go through.
“It's just one of those things, his mum and I weren't agreeing on certain things and we had to go to court. We had to do it that way.
"And that's what court is there for to sort things out. And it done exactly that. It's changed our lives.”
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