Sam Aston and his wife are expecting a baby girl.
Sam and Briony Aston are expecting another daughter
The 'Coronation Street' actor recently announced his spouse Briony is pregnant again and now the couple have revealed the "nice surprise" that they're expecting a sister for their 16-month-old son Sonny.
Sam said: " I could see us having another boy, so it was a really nice surprise. I was quite shocked. I don’t know why, because it’s a 50/50 chance! We booked an early gender reveal 4D scan at a place called Instascan 4D Baby in Padiham.
"There are twins in Briony’s family, so when we went in I was a bit nervous and said, 'There’s definitely only one in there, right?' He said, 'There’s only one!' and then told us it was a girl!
The couple hadn't been planning to have another child so soon but now they are happy to be having kids that will be close in age.
Briony explained to OK! magazine: "We were actually trying not to get pregnant! [Laughs] Just because Sonny was so premature – my concern was having two too close together and having another premature baby. But it just happened!
"Like with Sonny, I just knew I was pregnant – something was a little bit off and I didn’t feel well. I took a test and obviously it was positive. It was a bit of a shock for Sam!"
Sam added: "It’s fantastic news. It sounds like I wasn’t pleased but I really was. It’s just that with Sonny it was as planned as it could be, whereas this happened out of the blue...
"It will be nice with them growing up being so close in age and being able to play together."
And while Sam thought their family would be "complete" with a boy and a girl, his wife has other ideas.
She said: “After we found out we were having a girl, we got back in the car and Sam tried to give me a fist bump, and said, ‘Cheers to completing our family!’ I was like, ‘No, no, just because we’ve got one of each that doesn’t mean we’re done!' "
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