Mollie King announces she's given birth to a baby girl and reveals her adorable name
Mollie King has announced the birth of her second daughter in a gorgeous Instagram post. The singer, who is also mum to two-year-old Annabella, posted a photo on Sunday, January 5, of the newborn's tiny fingers along with her own, Stuart's and big sister Annabella's.
Alongside the snap she wrote: "Welcome to the world beautiful baby Liliana. We are bursting with happiness! You are the most perfect Christmas gift our little family could have ever wished for." Her post was quickly flooded with messages congratulations them, including one from her Saturdays bandmate Una Healy, who added three red love hearts.
Giovanna Fletcher also commented, writing: "so happy for you all!! Xxx", and Mollie's BBC Radio 1 colleague Matt Edmondson added: "Yay! Can’t wait to meet her properly!", followed by three hearts.
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In a recent exclusive chat with OK!, 37-year-old Mollie said she was feeling a little daunted about going from one child to two, but was trying to get herself better prepared.
"I am a real over-thinker and a real worrier at times so I have bought lots of books to try and help explain to Annabella what’s to come, as well as books that I’m still yet to read about how to cope with two!!," she shared.
She also said she'd found her second pregnancy harder than her pregnancy with Annabella, who was born in November 2022, as she was juggling her work as a radio DJ and also a mum to a toddler. "I’m feeling physically pretty tired at the moment," she said a few weeks before Liliana's birth.
"It’s hard to know if it’s the fact I’m running after a toddler 24/7 or the fact that I’m carrying a little one in my belly, but the combination is certainly keeping me on the move! Sitting down in the evenings comes as a great treat each night."
Mollie and Stuart announced they were expecting another baby back in August via a sweet black-and-white photo of Mollie's bump alongside Stuart and Annabella. She wrote in the caption: ""Our baby girl is going to become a big sister We can’t wait to meet you, little one!""
She'd previously spoken of her heartbreak following her first birth, as she lost her dad Stephen just 10 days after Annabella was born. "To then find out half-way through my pregnancy that he had a brain tumour and that we didn't have long with him was such a shock," she shared last year. "I think [the lesson] is just be kind to yourself; you never know what's around the corner."
