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Verity Rushworth shares snaps from “first trip out” with newborn son

Celebrating his birth in style

Verity Rushworth has been celebrating the birth of her second child this week and three days after his birth has managed to get out of the house.

The former Emmerdale actress announced her son had arrived earlier in the week via social media and now she’s revealed they’ve gone for their first trip out.

Posting a series of images with her husband Dominic Shaw, the mum-of-two said she was having “Brekki n Prosecco” – definitely a good way to celebrate!

Fans were quick to congratulate her on the little one’s birth again, and one said: “Loving, loving, loving your work.

“Well done!”

Verity revealed the news that she’d given birth to her second child by posting a cute picture of the little boy’s feet on Instagram and Twitter.

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He’s here !! 💙💙💙💙 #babyboy #duedatebaby

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She captioned the image: “He’s here!! #baby boy #duedate baby,” which suggests he came on time!

Fans quickly commented their congratulations, including her former on-screen stepdad, Tony Audenshaw, who plays Bob Hope. He wrote: “Congrats Vezzer. Lovely.”


Verity has yet to reveal the baby’s name, but the hospital ID tag reveals he was born on July 3.

The actress, who played Donna Windsor in the ITV soap until her character’s death in 2014, told fans she was expecting her second child, with a spirited post on social media.

She shared the news on her Twitter and Instagram accounts quite late into her pregnancy, revealing to her fans that her new baby was due to arrive in just 10 weeks.

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She posted a photo of herself dressed up on a night out, cradling her baby bump.

The caption read: “BUMP!!! All dressed up, 10 weeks to go!”

Her fans were quick to respond to her news, flooding the comments with their well wishes.

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BUMP !!! All dressed up x 10 weeks to go! #madeababy @dominicmshaw Shaw #party #sequins BABYNUMBER2 👍 Xxx #30weeksonWed

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“How have you kept this quiet?! Amazing news, congratulations sweets,” one fan commented.

“So many congratulations to you both!!! You look incredible, and that dress is gorgeous!” other fan said.

Another fan commented: “Congratulations this is lovely news.”

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Cheeky wknd in Jersey seeing the in-laws ! #Sun #Jerseyboy #Jerseybaby #freckles 👏

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Verity welcomed her first child, Amelie Iris, in August of 2016.

She spent a decade starring in the hit soap as Donna, before leaving in 2009. She returned to the soap briefly in 2014, before her character was finally killed off.

Since leaving the show, Verity’s appeared in a number of stage shows, including the West End productions of Hairspray and Kinky Boots.

As she began her stint in Kinky Boots in 2017, she opened up about returning to work as a new mum in an interview with the Press Association.

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“It’s a massive struggle obviously when you have a baby and so I decided to chill and take 10 months,” she said.

“Then I felt I needed to be me again and the skills I had worked so hard on I didn’t want to lose.

“I just don’t think that everything should stop just because I’ve had a baby and I’ve been very lucky I’ve had 10 months with her and I’m still at home with her until 4 o’clock so I get to spend time with her and do the show.”

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Carena Crawford
Associate Editor (Soaps)

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