Brooke Vincent has announced she's pregnant and expecting her first child with boyfriend Kean Bryan.
The Coronation Street actress, 26, revealed the news in an interview with OK! magazine, displaying her round bump on the cover.
The soap star explained that she was "worried" that she wouldn't be able to get pregnant and is "beside herself with happiness", sharing her happy news with her family, friends and co-stars like Helen Flanagan.
Brooke said that she always wanted to be a mum and enjoyed a close relationship with her own mum who had her when she was 24.
"My mum had me when she as 24 and we have a really close relationship so I’m hoping that will happen for me. If I’m half the mother my mum is then I’ll be happy," she said.
Brooke, who recently celebrated 15 years on Coronation Street playing Sophie Webster, said that she's already decided that she wants her footballer boyfriend and her mum in the birthing suite.
The couple have decided not to find out the baby's gender but Brooke confessed she has a sneaking suspicion it's a boy.
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On having a baby with partner she said: "We’re both each other’s biggest fans and having a baby together will add an extra bond.
"Kean brings out the best in me and it makes me so excited that we’re on this journey together. I like to think I’m the boss of our relationship but Kean has a really wise head on his shoulders, so I know he’ll be a brilliant dad."
She added: "I’ve said to Kean that I hope our child is a show off, I want it to be a performer like me."
Brooke, who has been keeping her pregnancy secret until the big cover reveal, wearing baggy clothing in Instagram posts or only sharing snaps from her head and shoulders.
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Although the couple said recently that they were in no rush to get married, Brooke said she would "love to get married".
"Kean and I speak about it," Brooke said, adding, "But we are concentrating on the baby for the foreseeable."
The actress has already bonded with her bump, playing her baby music: "Sometimes I sit and cry about how much I love my baby! I’ve always wanted to be a mum, so I’m really excited."
Read the full interview in this week's OK! magazine, out Tuesday
