Catherine Tyldesley is pregnant.
Catherine Tyldesley
The 38-year-old actress and her husband Tom Pitfield are expecting a baby girl, a sister for their six-year-old son Alfie, and couldn't be happier.
She told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "We're absolutely elated. We feel so lucky. When we found out, I just burst into tears...
"Tom was in bits when we found out we are having a little girl. He has suddenly gone all mushy. I'm sure she will have him wrapped around her little finger."
The former 'Coronation Street' star was unsure she was pregnant when she started experiencing symptoms because over the last few years, she's struggled with a hormonal imbalance that caused her body to behave in a similar way to when she was expecting Alfie.
She said: "I took so many tests as I was convinced I was actually pregnant, but in fact my body was just mimicking a pregnancy. So this time, even when my stomach was a bit swollen, I just thought: 'Oh hormonal imbalances again.'"
And the 'Viewpoint' actress even worried she was in the early stages of the menopause after struggling with night sweats.
She said: "I was having terrible insomnia, which is still with me. I was so hot at night and unable to control my temperature. I started to panic that perhaps I was perimenopausal. I know I would have been a bit young, but it does happen."
Catherine - who is 14 weeks pregnant - has been diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum, extreme pregnancy sickness, but has thankfully been able to get the nausea and vomiting under control with medication.
She said: "It is not like morning sickness as you feel sick all day. It is the same thing Kate had, although I have not been as extreme as her. I was put on medication and that has been a godsend as I feel so much better."