Michelle Hardwick cradled her growing baby bump as she told fans she was preparing to give birth to her second child with her wife Kate Brooks.
The Emmerdale actress, who plays Vanessa Woodford in the ITV soap, posted a sweet black-and-white picture on Instagram of herself grinning at her baby bump.
Alongside the snap, she wrote: "Not long til we meet you baby girl," adding a red heart emoji.
Michelle's co-stars were quick to share their touching messages, with Tracy Metcalfe actress Amy Walsh commenting: "Oh my GODDDDDDD this picture is beautiful."
Ash Palmisciano, who plays Matty Barton, wrote: "So beautiful mate xxx."
Fiona Wade, who plays Priya Sharma in the soap, added: "You look absolutely beautiful darling!!"
Michelle, 46, and 40-year-old Kate announced back in July that they were expecting their second child together. They later appeared on Loose Women to reveal they're having a baby girl.
The couple also opened up about the donor process. Michelle said: "We were at the clinic but we didn't know much about it and it, we did a little bit of research.
"It was as simple as what characteristics, like colour hair and we didn't know really...just as long as they're kind really and a lovely person. They sent through two donor CVs."
Kate added: "For us it was important that they were very kind, intelligent, just good family values and the guy we chose had all those attributes."
Michelle and Kate already share son Teddy, who was born in October 2020.
Michelle recently revealed she had been forced to increase security measures at her Yorkshire home after being subjected to vile homophobic death threats.
She even had to involve police recently due to concerns for the safety of her family.
Michelle took to Instagram to thank a security company for increasing protection around their countryside home. She wrote: " Anyone local to the Leeds/Wakefield area who needs any security solutions then look no further than @msc.security.solutions.
"This was a fully paid for job, not a paid ad. I just wanted to post because they were fabulous."
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