Three clues EastEnders’ Lacey Turner was secretly pregnant – and how she hid her baby bump
EASTENDERS star Lacey Turner has shared the happy news that she is expecting her third baby.
But eagle-eyed fans might have guessed the actress was pregnant before she had even announced it.
Here, we look at three clues that hinted at Lacey and her husband Matt Kay’s baby news.
Baggy clothing
Lacey, 36, has shied away from social media recently, but in the few rare appearances she made online, she has been dressing carefully.
The soap star has been wearing long maxi dresses over the past few weeks, which have hung loosely over her tummy.
Lacey was also filmed gardening in her impressive home allotment – again in baggy clothes.
She was caught on camera pottering away in green jogging bottoms and an oversized black sweatshirt.
Maternity leave job
Last month, Lacey announced she had landed a brand new job with the BBC.
Lacey is set to host the podcast We Started Here, which will celebrate famous telly and film icons.
The reason the actress is so perfect for the role is because all of those featured will have started their careers in soap operas.
As with her previous pregnancies, Lacey will take a period of maternity leave from EastEnders.
After the birth of her second child, she took a six-month break.
The BBC have confirmed the podcast will launch later this year – which will marry up rather nicely with Stacey Slater’s temporary exit.
This means the star should still have a job during her maternity leave, albeit a lot less demanding than her role in ‘Enders.
Wanting more
Lacey is besotted with her two children; Dusty, five, and three-year-old Trilby.
She adores being a mum and the siblings even have their own Instagram account, run by their dad Matt.
But just months after Trilby has born, Lacey was already vowing to expand their brood further.
In a candid chat with OK! VIP Club, she said she’d like four children.
“We’re so lucky to have the two we’ve got, but I would definitely have more,” Lacey admitted.
“It definitely won’t be any time soon though – we have our hands full at the moment!”
Fast-forward three years and Lacey is pregnant.
Announcing the news on Instagram on Monday, she posed alongside her childhood sweetheart husband and their two children on the beach.
Dusty and Trilby are proudly holding a row of ultrasound images in the snaps.
Lacey simply said: “Aren’t we lucky ….. @thekayoskids.”