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Call The Midwife star announces arrival of first child – and shares cute pics

The actress also shared the first snap of the adorable tot

Call The Midwife star Helen George has announced the arrival of her first child with her co-star Jack Ashton.

The 33-year-old confirmed the happy news on Instagram as she shared a series of adorable photos of her, Jack and their sweet baby girl.

Helen revealed their daughter had arrived slightly earlier than expected and therefore was able to attend her own baby shower. How sweet!

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The first photo shows the couple cutting their cake as beaming Helen holds her tiny tot.

She captioned the post: “When your baby turns up early for her own baby shower, welcome to the world little one. What an amazing day, we have the best friends.”

In the other photos Jack, who plays Reverend Tom Hereward in the BBC show, is seen pulling a face as he holds his little girl and the couple are seen again cutting into the cake surrounded by their family and friends.

Fans flooded the post with sweet messages congratulating the couple.

One commented: “Congrats to a lovely couple.”

“This is so so wonderful! So glad you’re all happy & healthy,” another said.

A third wrote: “Congrats!!! I’m so happy for you guys!!!”

Another added: “What a beautiful little girl. Huge congratulations to you both!”

The new mum, who plays nurse Trixie Franklin in the drama series, only announced she and Jack were expecting last month when she posed on the red carpet at the TV Choice Awards.

The star wore a gorgeous black off-the-shoulder dress which showed off her bump.

Not long after she shared a photo of all the baby gifts she had received from her co-stars.

Alongside the snap she said: “Beautiful send off from the best crew #callthemidwife – no plans to leave the show just a bit of time off.”

She went on to reveal that they hadn’t yet found out the sex of their unborn baby.

“And the sex will be a surprise to us all 👌🏻boys can wear pink too,” Helen added.

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Helen was previously married to co-star Oliver Boot but after their split she found love with Jack around April last year while filming the show’s Christmas special.

Speaking on Lorraine Kelly’s breakfast show Jack opened up about his romance with Helen after their characters had split on the show.

He said: “That’s the confusing bit – as long as I know where we’re going.”

Talking about how their romance started to blossom he continued: “It blossomed in South Africa I think, around that time.

“It’s the long hours. It’s where you meet people.”


Rebecca Carter
Associate Editor (News)