Canadian star Shay Mitchell has shared the happy news that she is pregnant.
The actress uploaded a string of snaps showcasing her blossoming bump on Instagram on Monday to reveal that she was expecting a second tot with partner Matte Babel.
You and Pretty Little Liars star Shay - who is mourning the loss of her grandma after she passed away last month - penned on social media that she and Matte are "excited" to be having another child, and shared that the news has helped "cushion the blow" of recently losing her nan.
"Saying goodbye to a loved one while simultaneously experiencing the joy of welcoming another into this world is the great cycle of life. It is also my most challenging season to date," she began the announcement.
Shay, 34, added: "I can’t help but think this was the universe’s plan all along, knowing I would need other worldly joy to cushion the blow of losing one of the most important people in my life. Yet, this is proof that love, life and loss can profoundly exist all at the same time. Gram, I miss you every day.
"Little one, we are so excited to meet you. I breathe a sigh of peace knowing you two are already connected in such a cosmic way."
Shay and journalist Matte are already doting parents to two-year-old daughter Atlas who they welcomed in October 2019.
Last week, Dollface's Shay told that she was 'heartbroken' following the loss of her grandma.
She explained the close bond they had and told that she was her "number one cheerleader" and "best friend."
Shay shared several throwback snaps of her nan and wrote: "I think anyone who knows me knows the relationship I have and have always had with my, 'Gram.'
"Although inevitable, it would nevertheless be one of the hardest things I would ever have to go through the day she’d pass.
"She was and will forever be my best friend. From the imaginary games she would play with me when I was little to picking me up from high school because I was being bullied, to keeping scrapbooks of every article and magazine cover I have ever been in, she was my # 1 cheerleader.
"My heart is broken. Although I feel so grateful to have been able to spend such incredible moments with her and my family over 34 years plus having Atlas also be able to have her own special relationship with her, it’s hard to say that this will ever get easier because right now the pain I feel is excruciating knowing that she is gone.
"I really don’t have words and haven’t even called close friends to tell them because a part of me wants to pretend like everything is the same and that I’ve just gone a few days without FaceTiming her. The reality is too much for me right now.
"Because I have always shared her with the world I felt like I also needed to share the experience I am going through now which is trying to celebrate her life and the memories we have had with smiles in between the grieving.
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"If you’re so lucky to still have your grandparents around, do me a favor and call them just to say hi, because you never know when it will be the last time.
"I love you Gram. And I know you’re looking down on me with a drink in hand."
Shay rose to fame as Emily Fields in the mystery thriller drama series Pretty Little Liars, which she appeared on for seven years from 2010 to 2017.
The raven-haired beauty then went on to play Peach Salinger in Netflix's psychological thriller series You.
She is currently appearing as Stella Cole in the Hulu comedy series Dollface and voices Alexandra Trese in the Netflix animated series Trese.
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