Lauren Goodger insists she's "not scared" of being a single mum to two babies under the age of one.
The former TOWIE star surprised her fans on Monday with the revelation she is pregnant again, having only welcomed her first daughter, Larose, in July last year.
It wasn't an easy decision process, said Lauren, as she worried she wouldn't be able to give enough attention to her six-month-old baby if she was juggling another newborn.
But eventually the 35-year-old realised how much she wanted to have her second child, and she's overjoyed with the prospect of being a mum-of-two later this year.
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Someone else who was very surprised by the news was her on-off boyfriend Charles Drury.
Charles, who previously dated Katie Price, was kicked out of the house by Lauren when she discovered he'd enjoyed a steamy fling with model Amy Gilbert.
The 24-year-old admitted that he had slept with Amy but that he had been "stupid" and that four or five days after their first point of contact he realised he'd "made a mistake".
He said he went back to Lauren, who is 16 weeks pregnant because he "wanted to sort things out with my family".
Lauren said their relationship is now "up in the air" but that he is "really pleased" about their baby news, which came unexpectedly.
While she needed some time to mull over what to do about her pregnancy, he was adamant it was wonderful news.
"We weren’t very careful and Charlie was really pleased, but being honest I was really in two minds about it," she told OK!.
"I was like, 'I’m just getting myself back together – I’m going back to square one. Is this fair?' You get real mum guilt, like, 'What about Larose? She’s still a baby, she still needs me, I won’t be able to be there for her.'
"A lot went through my mind which is why I’ve held out a bit longer until I’ve announced it. Charlie was like, 'I really want this baby.' And I said, 'So do I.' I made the decision to go ahead with it and I’m so glad I did."
Lauren said she’s hoping that with the help of her mum - who has moved into her house to be an extra pair of hands - she can get through the "rocky time" and mend her broken heart.
She said Charles had "really hurt" her and that she wasn't sure what their future held.
The star insisted that the builder will "always" be in her and their daughter's lives, but she wants to put some strict boundaries in place as during their last break up he was at her house every day.
Charles was equally stunned when Lauren announced her first pregnancy back at the start of 2021.
She wrote in her New magazine column at the time: "I was in bed not well with a cold and I was meant to come on that day and I'm always quite regular.
"We went and bought a test from a bargain shop and I did it – I couldn't believe it! I rang him and he was like, 'You're lying, you're joking.' He didn't believe the test!
"I did a digital one as well and he walked around with it in his bag for about three days."
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