HOLBY City star Belinda Owusu has revealed she’s given birth as she shared the first picture of her child.
The Nicky McKendrick actress, 31, is thought to have welcomed her little one a couple of months ago but has not shared an image until now.
Belinda – who also played Libby Fox on EastEnders – posted an adorable shot of her cradling the little one she shares with partner of 10 years, Michael Mackin.
Admitting she was feeling sleep deprived, she wrote: ‘It’’s the little chunky arm for me.’
The soap star shocked fans earlier this year when she revealed she had kept her pregnancy a secret and was already 40 weeks.
Belinda, who currently stars as Nicky on BBC medical drama Holby City, captioned the post: “‘Ready when you are, kid #40Weeks”
Belinda previously appeared on BBC One soap EastEnders as Libby Fox between 2006 and 2010.
After some time away from Albert Square, Belinda’s character Libby returned in 2014 and stayed until 2017 when she returned to her life in Oxford.
Libby Fox is the only student from Walford High to ever attend Oxford.
In her role as Nicky in Holby City her character was also pregnant with viewers seeing her perform an ultrasound on herself. She was last seen on screen in March
