Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash announced they are expecting their first child together

A massive congratulations.

Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash have announced they are expecting their first child together. The couple confirmed the news with a series of sweet social media posts on Friday morning, with Joe joking how relieved he was to have found out the reason behind Stacey's recent napping. He began:

"Have been driving myself mad thinking that she's bored senseless of me and can’t stand to be awake for longer than 10 minutes of my company. "So you can imagine my delight to find out that she still loves me and my company very much she's just been growing a baby. I can't begin to describe how happy we are to be able to share this wonderful news. "We've been so blessed with 3 incredible children that we've had the privilege of raising and we are forever grateful to have the chance to become parents to another wonderful child. It's all very overwhelming and emotional and we couldn’t be happier right now."

Stacey soon posted a photo of an ultrasound scan on Instagram, telling her followers how overwhelmed she was by the news. The Loose Women panelist wrote:

"Every time I go to write anything I sob so... what he said @realjoeswashy."

Joe appeared on Good Morning Britain soon after sharing the news, where he told how they were "really happy, really excited" as he was flooded with congratulations. He added:

"We're really happy, really excited. We just feel blessed... I'm well trained I'll be fine, we'll be fine it'll be good. She's all good she's excited we just can't wait for it to happen now."

Stacey has two sons from a previous relationship: 10-year-old Zachary and 6-year-old Leighton. Joe has one son, 11-year-old Harry.