Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling welcome first child 👶

Congrats to the Love Island hosts!

Author: Alex RossPublished 1st Apr 2021

Congratulations are in order for Love Island hosts Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling, as the happy couple have welcomed their first child into the world, a baby girl!

Laura, who married Scottish comedian Iain in a secret ceremony in 2020, was spotted out and about in London with her husband and newborn daughter in pictures obtained by the Mail Online today (Thursday 1st April).

The pair are yet to post any details on social media.

Laura and Iain like to keep their private life out of the spotlight, something which the Irish TV host reiterated with her fans when she first announced her pregnancy.

Announcing she was expecting her first child, Laura wrote in December 2020, 'So I’ve always tried to be protective over the personal side of my life. A lot of things are just for me and my loved ones and we’ve chosen not to share publicly.

'However I want to now share good news as it’s our news to share - and I’m gonna be honest it’s starting to look like my lock down beer belly is out of control. Iain and I are expecting a baby early 2021. It’s been hard to keep such happy news quiet.

'Especially the times when I’ve had to run out of live radio to get sick in a bin or my penchant for a bowl of mashed potato in the morning. I wasn’t hungover like everyone thought. In fact I was completely sober filming the entire series of Celeb Juice, which is quite the accolade!' (sic)

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Laura and Iain first started dating after meeting at a ITV party. The pair kept their romance under wraps until Laura confirmed their relationship in August 2017.

After Laura landed herself a job as the host of Winter Love Island in January 2020, the pair worked together in South Africa, before getting married in a secret ceremony in Ireland in 2020.

On the 1st January this year, Laura shared a cute snap from their wedding, writing, 'A year ago Iain asked me to marry him and we had the most magical, perfect ceremony. We loved having it to ourselves. We had been planning the perfect celebration and I will forever be so thankful that’s what we got.

'We have never spoken publicly about our engagement or wedding. Back at the time we never felt the need to say anything as it’s all such a personal experience. We also were too busy enjoying it! We’ve never shared this picture before now but a lot of people have contacted us and congratulated us the last month with good intentions so here’s to good news! And if anyone uses this picture we’d appreciate you donating on our behalf to @chooselove ❤️ sending love to you and yours and here’s to 2021! Happy new year everyone! Wishing you all the love x' (sic)

Congrats to Laura and Iain on the arrival of their first child! 👶

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