Stephanie Davis gives birth to second son and shares adorable first snaps
Stephanie Davis has welcomed her second child with fiance Joe Mckalroy. The Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star has given birth to a baby boy and shared a series of first photos of her newborn in the hospital and alongside his new big brother. The beaming couple announced the happy news and shared their new arrival’s meaningful name.
Taking to Instagram, Joe wrote: “Welcome to the world my beautiful baby boy Samuel McKalroy. Named after your uncle the one and only who will always weigh heavy on my heart I wish so much that he could’ve met you and cherished you as much as I do. It has been a traumatic experience but you are finally here in our arms.”
Paying tribute to Stephanie, Joe added: “I never thought I could possibly love your mummy anymore than I already do but this is just so special and an unconditional love I cannot explain with words. @stephaniedavis88 I love you more than you will ever know."
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Celebrity friends were also quick to offer their congratulations with fellow former soap star Helen Flanagan adding: "Congratulations, what a beautiful boy xxx" and TV presenter Claire Sweeney posting a trio of red love hearts.
The series of sweet snaps include big brother Caben - Stephanie's son from a previous relationship - cradling little newborn Samuel, an adorable snap of Samuel in his hospital crib and alongside new dad Joe. The snaps also showed Stephanie and Joe embracing moments after Samuel was born.
Steph and Joe, 27, who met during a group therapy session in 2021 when they were both in a dark place, are clearly smitten. The Merseyside native admitted to OK! in an exclusive chat in August last year with a giggle that she "just loves him so much.”
The couple had been trying for a baby for two years and were going down the fertility route, getting tests, when Steph fell pregnant naturally.
She told us: “I did the pregnancy test at my mother-in-law’s. I could not believe it. I’ve done a million tests over the past two years and videoed them – the one time I didn’t, it was positive!”
Stephanie has been open and honest with her fans since the beginning of her pregnancy, stating that although mentally she's been far better this time around than the first, physically it has taken it's toll. She'd often update her social media followers with health woes from painful skin flare-ups to uncomfortable aches and pains as her bump grew larger.
Just at the beginning of this month, she shared herself bouncing on a pregnancy ball whilst showcasing her gorgeous hospital bag and its contents as she waited for her "next chapter as a 4."
