Lucy Mecklenburgh is now 12 weeks pregnant and says she's "fallen in love" with her pregnancy body.
The former TOWIE star, 28, took to Instagram to share a photo of her growing baby bump as she donned a striped bikini.
Posing with no makeup on in her front room, Lucy, who is expecting her first baby with Ryan Thomas , looked happy and healthy as she gave a side-on view of her stomach.
She accompanied the sweet snap with a long caption about how she's learning to embrace how her body is changing and the struggles she faced when she first became pregnant.
Lucy said: "Although trying to keep this under wraps especially whilst on holiday really wasn't easy, I'm now over 12 weeks and I’m starting to fall in love with & embrace my new, ever changing... ever expanding body...
"I'm in awe of what my body is doing, creating another human! Yes 1 human I was worried with how big I got very quickly it was twins haha!"
The brunette said that as soon as she became pregnant she started to feel better about her body.
She continued: "It feels like as soon as I became pregnant my priorities changed and I must admit this is definitely for the better."
But she admitted she had struggled with the big change to her body and life, as well as dealing with the unpleasant symptoms like morning sickness.
Lucy added: "The 1st 3 months have been pretty brutal and quite lonely as you can’t really talk about it & feel like you're lying to everyone constantly.
"So now I've had a little more down time (mainly with my head down a toilet!"
Lucy confirmed her pregnancy when she celebrated her birthday last week.
She shared a snap at her party with Ryan as they sat surrounded by balloons and flowers.
Lucy captioned the post: "Best birthday present I’ve ever had love you @ryanthomas84."
It's Lucy's first child, but Ryan has a daughter from his previous relationship with Tina O'Brien, Scarlett.
The baby news cames just weeks after the couple got engaged on holiday .
