Claire Cooper is pregnant.
Claire Cooper and Emmett J Scanlan expecting baby
The former 'Hollyoaks' actress and her co-star and husband Emmett J. Scanlan - who have 23-month-old son Ocean-Torin together - have taken to social media to reveal they are expecting another child.
Claire - who played Jacqui McQueen in the Channel 4 soap from 2006 to 2013 - wrote on Instagram: "Our family is growing"
'Peaky Blinders' star Emmett - who has 20-year-old daughter Kayla Scanlan from a previous relationship - posted: "Incoming…. #ScanClan (sic)"
The couple also shared a professional picture of Claire in a field with their son touching her baby bump.
Emmett, 43 - who played Brendan Brady in 'Hollyoaks' from 2010 to 2013 - revealed in July 2020 that he and Claire had named their boy Ocean-Torin Scanlan.
He wrote on Instagram at the time: "Hey world, meet my world. Our world. Meet Ocean-Torin Scanlan."
The couple lost a baby in July 2019, and Claire nearly lost her life.
Speaking about the tragedy in October 2020, to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week, Claire said at the time: "It’s baby loss awareness week and although I wasn’t quiet about our loss privately, I didn’t share it with the public, mainly I didn’t have the words at that time perhaps I still don’t but if this post helps one family or person out there, perhaps my words were worth the wait...or not.
"We lost our little soul July 2019 the devastation was unreal, the day came when my body let go of what I’d fought so hard to keep. Little did we know that I myself would also end up in a precarious situation strapped to machines fighting - it truly was hard enough losing our baby but to then fight for my own life was something else. I lost over a third of my blood my recovery was painfully slow. Instantly anaemic instantly heartbroken. (sic)"
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