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Olivia Bowen shares sweet clip of the moment she told her husband Alex she was pregnant with their second child

Olivia Bowen shares sweet clip of the moment she told her husband Alex she was pregnant with their second child

Olivia Bowen has shared a sweet clip of the moment she told her husband Alex she was pregnant with their second child.

The former Love Island star, 30, announced earlier this month that she and husband Alex, 33, are expecting an addition to their family.

And on Sunday Olivia posted a video of when she told Alex, holding up her pregnancy test as he looked back in complete shock.

The couple, who have been together for almost a decade, welcomed their first child, son Abel, two, back in June 2022. 

The clip also showed the pair telling various family and friends as they hugged and offered their congratulations.

One part of the video showed Olivia all dressed up for Christmas as she posed for a group pick with pals before suddenly turning around and telling them all. 

Olivia Bowen has shared a sweet clip of the moment she told her husband Alex she was pregnant with their second child

Olivia Bowen has shared a sweet clip of the moment she told her husband Alex she was pregnant with their second child

The former Love Island star, 30, announced earlier this month that she and husband Alex, 33, are expecting an addition to their family

The former Love Island star, 30, announced earlier this month that she and husband Alex, 33, are expecting an addition to their family

It comes after earlier this month she shared a heartwarming video of the pregnancy so far and wrote in the caption: ‘A moment, a love- baby no2 – we’re waiting for you.’

The sweet clip, which looks like it had been recorded on a camcorder, showed the moment the couple find out they were pregnant.

It also featured adorable family moments between Olivia and Alex, and their son Abel, including the little one kissing his mother’s stomach and wearing a shirt that reads ‘big brother’. 

Olivia showed off her blossoming baby bump in multiple clips of the video, as the family prepare to become a four. 

Olivia and Alex, formerly a sales executive and scaffolder respectively, soared to fame in 2016 when they appeared on the ITV2 reality show, where she was an original star and he, a late and extremely popular entrant. 

After leaving the villa their romance soon went from strength to strength and Alex popped the question in New York in December 2016. 

They tied the knot at an idyllic EsSєx ceremony in September 2018.

After leaving the show, the couple earned thousands through brand deals and even had their own TV show, Olivia and Alex Said Yes, on TLC in 2018.

And on Sunday Olivia posted a video of when she told Alex, holding up her pregnancy test as he looked back in complete shock

And on Sunday Olivia posted a video of when she told Alex, holding up her pregnancy test as he looked back in complete shock

The couple, who have been together for almost a decade, welcomed their first child, son Abel, two, back in June 2022

The couple, who have been together for almost a decade, welcomed their first child, son Abel, two, back in June 2022

One part of the video showed Olivia all dressed up for Christmas as she posed for a group pick with pals before suddenly turning around and telling them all

One part of the video showed Olivia all dressed up for Christmas as she posed for a group pick with pals before suddenly turning around and telling them all

The clip also showed the pair telling various family and friends as they hugged and offered their congratulations

The clip also showed the pair telling various family and friends as they hugged and offered their congratulations

Her pals all looked excited for her

Her pals all looked excited for her 

Another friend burst into tears after hearing the happy news

Another friend burst into tears after hearing the happy news

Following the birth of her first child, Olivia admitted that she ‘really really struggled’ with her postpartum figure so much so that she ‘hated’ herself ‘beyond belief’.

In a candid and emotional chat with Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast in November, Olivia told how she ‘knew’ she’d struggle to with the look of her body after giving birth, with the star constantly comparing herself to other new mums.

Discussing her post-pregnancy figure, she 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.

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‘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 sтιтches. 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.’

Olivia and Alex, formerly a sales executive and scaffolder respectively, soared to fame in 2016 when they appeared on the ITV2 reality show, where she was an original star and he, a late and extremely popular entrant

Olivia and Alex, formerly a sales executive and scaffolder respectively, soared to fame in 2016 when they appeared on the ITV2 reality show, where she was an original star and he, a late and extremely popular entrant

The couple welcomed their first child, son Abel, two, back in June 2022

The couple welcomed their first child, son Abel, two, back in June 2022

But despite causing herself physical pain through her actions, the influencer confessed that she would probably still do the same thing again if they had another child.

She said: ‘It was like… and even now, I think I still wouldn’t have done it differently. Really, the first time around… The second… If I got pregnant again, I know to look after myself, but I know for a fact I would have done that again and again and again.

‘Like that wouldn’t have changed. But I guess it is, you know, my job is on social media. And to see all these girls look so incredible and think that you don’t look like that. 

‘It was such a hard thing. And because I’d always had such great body confidence and I loved my body, that was just someone I didn’t really recognize and I had no respect for. And it’s, it’s so sad.’

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