Billi Mucklow is expecting her third child, she has confirmed in an adorable social media post.
The 32 year old shares sons Arlo, four, and two year old Wolf with her footballer fiancé Andy Carroll, and is now pregnant with her third baby.
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Billi announced her happy news in a post to her 390,000 Instagram followers on Wednesday night.
Her two young sons hold up the sonogram of a recent scan in the cute black and white image, posing alongside Andy's children Emilie Rose, eight, and Lucas, six, from a previous relationship.
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Billi wrote alongside the gorgeous image: "Here We Go Again! @andytcarroll" alongside a baby and party popper emoji.
She added the hashtags #TeamCarroll, #5Aside and #LoveMyBabies to her post.
Her former co-star and new mum Chloe Lewis was one of the first to comment on the post, writing: "Congratulations".
Billi's brother Sam, who also stars on the hit ITVBe reality show, adorned the comments section with a string of red love heart emojis.
Fans also offered their well wishes, with one writing: "Congratulations darling so so so happy for you."
A second added: "Aww congratulations guys. Lovely news," with a third commenting: "Congratulations on your growing family. Take care hon."
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Billi announced in November 2017 that she had welcomed her and Andy's second child together, Wolf.
The happy news was once again announced by Billi on Instagram, alongside an adorable photo of the baby, reading: "Welcome To The World My Little Cub. 15-11-17 #W9C #BabyCarroll."
She also announced his full name was Wolf Nine Carroll at the time after revealing his initials on a personalised comforter from My First Years.
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However, fans of the star were forced to defend Billi over her choice of moniker after being accused of copying David and Victoria Beckham — who have a daughter named Harper Seven.
One supporter wrote: "Congratulations to you all. If he’s as gorgeous as his big brother then he’s a lucky boy. @billimucklow as for the negative nellys on his name it’s exactly that HIS name not yours so if you’ve nothing nice to say how about say nothing at all..!! Xx"
Another said: "I personally think it's a lovely name and don't think anyone should have a opinion on what somebody calls their child."
A third person commented: "People like this really grip me. This is THEIR child. And they can all THEIR child whatever name they like. How unique is Wolf?! Would rather that than 'Ben' or 'Josh'. And Nine."
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