Kate Ferdinand displays her baby bump in a form-fitting black dress trends now
Kate Ferdinand gave social media followers a second glimpse at her growing baby bump on Monday, little more than a day after confirming her pregnancy.
The former TV personality, already a parent to son Cree, two, with husband Rio, confirmed the news in a pregnancy reveal video over the weekend.
Returning to Instagram, Kate, 28, shared a bathroom selfie while thanking fans for their positive messages following her surprise announcement on Sunday.
She's expecting: Kate Ferdinand gave social media followers a second glimpse at her growing baby bump on Monday, little more than a day after confirming her pregnancy
Captioning the post, she wrote: 'Thank you so much for all of your lovely messages, we are all just so excited! So happy we’ve shared this with you, I’ve found it hard keeping this one quiet.'
The former TV personality confirmed the news in an Instagram post on Sunday morning by revealing a prominent baby bump in a short black and white video clip.
Captioning the post, underscored with the Minnie Riperton track Loving You, she wrote: 'We’ve been praying for you.'
Big news: Kate is expecting her second child with former footballer husband Rio, three years after welcoming son Cree
Her latest news prompted an inevitable wave of supportive comments from celebrity friends, with heavily pregnant Molly-Mae Hague writing: 'Congratulations Kate.'
Elsewhere former TOWIE co-star Billie Shepherd wrote: 'Huge congratulations darling,' while Georgia Kousoulou added: 'Awww so so happy for you.'
Kate, who is also stepmother to husband Rio's children Lorenz, 16, Tate, 14, and Tia, 11, from his first marriage, welcomed son Cree with the retired footballer in December 2020.
She later suffered a miscarriage in July 2022, shortly after discovering she had fallen pregnant with a second child.
Surprise: The former TV personality confirmed the news in an Instagram post on Sunday morning by revealing a prominent baby bump in a short black and white video clip
Speaking on her Blended podcast in September, the former TV personality recalled the moment she discovered she had lost her unborn child.
'I found out I was pregnant the day before my birthday,' she told listeners. 'We were due to get on a boat and go drinking the next day and I was so sea sick, it was a crazy birthday.
'Everyone else was crazy and dancing, I hadn't told anyone and I was so sick on the boat.
'I was so excited. Rio was so excited, we couldn't wait to have a sibling around Cree's age because the big kids are much older.
'We just thought it would be lovely to for him to have a little friend running around. The kids clocked on this time so we told them and some family this time.'
Heartbreaking: Back in July, Kate told her followers she had been admitted to hospital after suffering a miscarriage
Kate also recalled the moment she discovered her pregnancy wasn't progressing, and admitted seeing the sonographer's face when they were told there was no heartbeat left her in tears.
She said: 'I was thinking maybe it was a girl because I felt slightly different. Looking back, I was sick at the beginning and then I wasn't. I was a little bit anxious but I'm an anxious person anyway.
'[Me and Rio] went to lunch before the 12-week scan and there was blood there and I felt like god was giving me a sign. We were literally leaving to go to the scan.
'We both tried to pretend it wasn't happening and it was fine. It was the longest walk ever to the hospital. I felt like I knew and someone was preparing
