Kirsty-Leigh Porter has given birth to a surprise baby.
Kirsty-Leigh Porter
The 'Hollyoaks' star - who plays Leela Lomax on the Channel 4 soap - shared the news with her followers on Instagram, two years after the tragic death of her stillborn daughter Penny-Leigh.
Posting a picture of her partner Paul Barber carrying their newborn baby out of the hospital in a car seat, she captioned the post with a rainbow emoji, with the term "rainbow baby" being used for a child born to a family that has lost a child due to miscarriage or stillbirth.
The caption also features two star emojis, a baby emoji and the praying emoji.
Back in March 2019, Kirsty-Leigh paid an emotional tribute to her late daughter on what would've been her due date, admitting she was "dreading" the day.
She wrote: "Today is your due date, 5th of March 2019. I never would have imagined feeling how I feel about it today. For the last few weeks I have been dreading this day.
"What a huge contrast to the months of excitement I felt from the moment we were told you would be due here today. After that very first scan, my life changed, and it became all about you, after the dating scan, everything was all leading up to this date. The date I could NOT wait for, is finally here and it’s nothing how I had thought it would be. I can’t help imagining, would you have been here by now? Or would you have kept us waiting longer and stayed tucked up past today?
"Either way I don’t get to hold you in my arms ... I wish I would have treasured much more every single flutter I felt, every little movement, every little kick you gave me whilst safely wrapped up inside my tummy, if only I knew then how much they would mean now. Sleep well baby girl (sic)"