Michelle Walder is expecting her first child to Owen Jenkins – after saying 'I do' as strangers on Channel 4's Married At First Sight UK.
The couple who met on series five of the programme back in 2020 have seen their relationship go from strength to strength over the past three years.
Now, they are preparing to welcome a new addition to their family after Michelle fell pregnant with their first child.
Owen and Michelle took to their joint Instagram account to share their delightful news with their followers.
Sharing a snap of the pair outside with Owen holding two bags of ice, as well as a second snap of an ultrasound scan, the couple penned: "So, we've got news… #mafsuk #mafsbaby #mafsukbaby #comingdecember2023."
"You'll both be incredible parents!" gushed Paul Brunson.
"Oh my goodness! Owen this is the best news ever! Congratulations to you both," commented one fan.
While a second penned: "Congratulations to you both. Such exciting happy news. Thank you for sharing it with us."
"OMG, I'm sooooo happy for you both! Congratulations," exclaimed another.
Before a fourth typed: "Awww I have followed you since you appeared on the show and this is amazing news! Really happy for you both."
The pair first met at their wedding reception but shortly after their nuptials, they were thrown into the national lockdown following the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite the hurdles of the lockdown period, their relationship continued to thrive with Michelle moving from Sussex to Sheffield to live with Owen.
Celebrating their two-year anniversary, Michelle said on Instagram: "Two years since I found out I was marrying this handsome man. When I sit back and think about it, the last two years really do blow my mind.
"I find it INSANE the fact that I didn't know anything about him except that first name, and now we’ve been married almost two years and lived in our new home for one!
"Owen is so incredibly kind, silly, funny, thoughtful, loving, handsome (and annoying… cough cough cough leave those presents alone…) and I feel just so incredibly lucky every day."
Reflecting on their relationship after appearing on the programme, Michelle told the Daily Star: "There's always that niggling in your head of 'oh, it wasn't your choice' as we were put together.
"Owen has just been so perfect the whole way through, I just can't fault him. So I was like 'Oh, do I deserve him? I don't know. That self-doubt creeps in, doesn't it?
"I said it after a couple of glasses of Prosecco and he obviously just banked it in his head."
