The Countdown favourite, 33, joked about her changing body shape on Instagram today as she gave her 392,000 followers an insight into her styling plans for her pregnancy. Rachel Riley thanked ethical womenswear company Careaux for sending her congratulatory flowers following her pregnancy news, saying: “Thanks for my gorgeous flowers Rachel and Laura @careauxofficial, so sweet of you! Made me realise how good your mix and match dresses would be for maternity!” she added, quipping: “I’m going to need some bigger bottom halves though...and top halves while we’re at it.
“I’ve been spoilt this week, love coming to Countdown,” Rachel continued. “Thanks for all the well wishes xxx.”
She also uploaded the selfie in view of her 642,000 Twitter followers, prompting fans to take to the comments section to compliment her.
“You look beautiful, pregnancy clearly must be agreeing with you,” one said, while another chipped in: “Such a pretty lady Rachel,”
A third simply remarked: “Beautiful.”
Rachel and Pasha first met when she joined the celebrity line-up on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2013.
She subsequently split from her husband Jamie Gilbert after 16 months of marriage.
The following year, the mathematician struck up a romance with Russian-born dancer Pasha and their relationship has been
