Charley Webb has admitted that she doesn't know when she'll return to Emmerdale after her maternity leave.
The actress, who plays Debbie Dingle in the ITV soap, has said that she still hasn't sorted out her return date.
She gave to her third child, baby Ace Gene, in July, the third son she shares with her co-star Matthew Wolfenden.
Charley, 31, told OK! magazine: "There is no set return date yet. Emmerdale have asked me and we have talked but I haven't confirmed anything.
"I don't have any plans to leave the show, but I might take a bit longer than a year off."
The mother-of-three said that she doesn't want to be a stay at home mum forever.
She added: "I love going to work and I love coming home to the kids, and it will probably make me a better parent as I'm not with them all the time."
And Matthew, who she married in 2018, isn't putting any pressure on her either way.
He said: "I have told Charley that she doesn't need to feel pressured to go back. Now we have three kids, it's important she enjoys this time, because once she's back at work, she's back.
"And knowing her character, Debbie, she will go back to a big storyline."
In the same interview the couple revealed their plans to renew their vows after their secret wedding.
On their big day they didn't tell guests it was their wedding until they arrived at the venue, initially pretending they were there for Charley's 30th birthday pary.
They have now said they'd like to do it all again, but only when they've finished having children.
"We like a good party, so any excuse to have one," Matthew said.
Charley added: "We'd have to be absolutely finished having kids. I couldn't do it then have another baby because then we would have to do it again."
The couple are parents to Buster, nine, Bowie, four, and six-month-old Ace.
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