Emotional Lauren Goodger cried as she thanked her followers for their ecstatic reaction to her pregnancy news.
The former TOWIE star, 34, revealed today that she's expecting a baby with her boyfriend Charles Drury, 23, and has been left overwhelmed with the support she's received.
Lauren, who has been dating Katie Price's ex for five months, cried as she took to her Instagram story to talk about the "beautiful gift" she's been given.
The reality star, who believes she's having a girl but is yet to find out, said: "I just wanna say a huge thank you. I've been literally overwhelmed today with the response to my pregnancy.
"It's now out there, it's official, me and Charlie are having a baby, it's a beautiful gift, we're so happy and excited and I'm so happy to share it with you all.
"I need as much help and advice from all the mums out there. I've already had some of my fellow co-stars and celebrity mums ring me, which has been beautiful.
"I've been so emotional today, I've been really overwhelmed and it's making me emotional now. It's beautiful and it just makes me feel really loved."
As her eyes filled with tears, Lauren continued: "I'm getting really emotional, but I just wanted to say thank you for all the love and support and to go through this journey with me, I'll be updating you all.
"And all my friends, family that have got in touch with me, it's beautiful and I just want to enjoy it as much as I can in lockdown.
"But it's a beautiful thing to happen for me and I'm really happy."
She said she can't wait to "grow" and go through her pregnancy journey with her followers.
Lauren also said she was planning to get married to Charles once the lockdown has been lifted as she revealed her pregnancy news.
She told OK! magazine : "We're a family now."
Charles admitted he'd had "mixed" feelings when he first found out Lauren was pregnant, but that he can't wait to be a dad.
He said: "Family has always been such a big thing and I’ve got friends who have done it from such a young age, and my mum had me at quite a young age as well – at 17.
"It’s something that happened naturally and we wanted it straight away. When Lauren told me, it was mixed emotions, but something that I’d always wanted."
