Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has confirmed her future on the soap after announcing her pregnancy.
The Bethany Platt actress, 28, recently shared the incredible news to her 571,000 Instagram followers in an adorable video featuring their one year old son, Sonny Jude.
Set to the music of The Cinematic Orchestra’s To Build a Home, Lucy and Ryan can be seen reading a book to Sonny before she unveils her baby bump.
Taking to Instagram, the soap star answered a question for all the Corrie fans.
‘Lots of Corrie related q’s – I won’t be away for tooo long and I am returning after I pop the baby out,’ she wrote after sharing a mirror selfie on set.
She captioned it ‘half way there’, suggesting she is at 20 weeks pregnant.
The incredible news comes just half a year on from her return to the serial following a three year break.
Her ITVBe Drama Queens co-star Amy Walsh, best known as Tracey Robinson in Emmerdale commented: ‘Awwww congratulations beautiful.’
On-screen mum Tina O’Brien added a series of heart emojis, whilst Max Turner actor Paddy Bever wrote: ‘so happy for you’.
Charlotte Jordan, who plays barmaid Daisy Midgeley added: ‘the family is growingggggg the family is beautifullllll and bump is so lucky to have youuuuu.’
It looks set to be a busy time both for Lucy and her alter-ego Bethany in the coming months.
Earlier this month, Metro.co.uk exclusively revealed that the ITV soap are lining up a topical new story for Bethany that will highlight the dangers of undergoing cosmetic surgery abroad.
A source told Metro.co.uk: ‘This is a huge story for Bethany, and viewers will see her travel to a foreign clinic for cosmetic surgery. As with a lot of these unregulated procedures, it doesn’t exactly go to plan.’
