Love Island’s Olivia and Alex Bowen expecting second child as they share adorable video
Love Island stars Olivia and Alex Bowen are expecting their second child! The couple shared a sweet video on social media today, announcing the exciting news.
"A moment, a love," they wrote. "Baby no2 - we’re waiting for you." The pair are already parents to son Abel, two. The sweet clip starts with Olivia, 30, showing a shocked Alex, 33, a positive pregnancy test, while little Abel is also seen wearing a red jumper with the words 'Big Brother 2025' on the back. The family are also seen wearing matching pyjamas as they sit in front of a Christmas tree as they hold up the baby scan, while elsewhere in the video, Olivia cradles her growing bump and Abel kisses her tummy.
Olivia and Alex's celebrity fans rushed to send their congratulations on the exciting news. Vicky Pattison said: "OMG.... the best news ever. Congratulations guys x", while Lauren Pope wrote: "Such gorgeous news, congratulations guys."
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The joyous announcement comes after Olivia told OK! that she and Alex were trying for another little one, two years after welcoming son Abel. Speaking before Christmas, Olivia said: "Me and Al really do want another child, but I guess it’s just when it happens… We are trying for one, but I don’t want to put too much pressure on why it’s not happening or when it will. But I would love another one and Alex would as well, but two is the limit! It’s mad enough with one."
Olivia and Alex met on Love Island in 2016 and married in September 2018.
Olivia previously bravely opened up about struggling with her body image after giving birth to Abel, two years ago. In a candid and emotional chat with Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast last year, Olivia told how she 'knew' she'd struggle with the look of her body after giving birth, with the star constantly comparing herself to other new mums.
Discussing her post-pregnancy figure, the reality TV star said: "So I knew when I got pregnant that was something that I would just lose my s**t over after. I really... I still struggle with it. But after I hated myself like beyond belief. Like really, really struggled with my body image. Pregnant - loved, loved, loved it. And then the minute, that minute Abel was born and I was looking at myself in a completely different light, which makes no sense.
"The fact that you can look at yourself when you're pregnant and absolutely love the way you look and think, 'wow, I'm incredible. I'm carrying this baby'. But then after it was like I was comparing myself to other girls that were in the public eye, that had had kids around the same time as me. And I was looking at them thinking, "oh my God, you look amazing" and not thinking about myself and thinking, 'I need to bounce back'."
After convincing herself that she didn't look great in comparison to others, Olivia embarked on a gruelling exercise routine - which would prove to have a negative effect on her body. She explained: 'I ended up actually really injuring myself because I had a complicated birth. I started running too early because I was so conscious of what I looked like. I ended up breaking my stitches. I ended up... I horse rode too early because I wanted to get fit again, and I caused myself a lot of damage. Not going into too much detail, but I ended up, like, actually really hurting myself from wanting to bounce back.'
