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Former Emmerdale and Coronation Street actress Hayley Tamaddon has given birth to her first child — a boy — with boyfriend Adrian. Revealing the happy news on Instagram on Monday, October 14th, she said:

“He’s here. He’s incredible. And we are besotted. 💖”

The news is extra special for the 42 year-old — who revealed she was expecting back in April 2019 — because she was always under the impression from doctors that she couldn’t conceive and her chance of motherhood had passed. She said:

“I found myself single and I’m 40 years old thinking, ‘Well that’s my time gone. Be ok with it. I’ve read there’s only a five percent chance after 40, per month, that a woman can get pregnant and the risk of miscarriage increases massively.

Sadly we did go through that, but what that taught me was I could get pregnant, I can do it.”

Source and photo: Hayley Tamaddon

To see the sweet snap that Hayley has shared of her beautiful little bundle of joy please click