Jacqueline Jossa cuddles newborn daughter Mia in adorable new photo and says how ‘lucky she is’ to have a family ‘filled with strong women’

JACQUELINE Jossa feels "lucky" to be surrounded by strong women after the birth of her baby Mia.

The former EastEnders star treated her Instagram followers to a new picture of her daughter Ella's little sister and she praised the females in her family as she cuddled the tot.

The 25-year-old cradled Dan Osborne's baby in the sweet photo and captioned it: "Me and my darling Mia, she is 2 days old here bless her!

"Having 2 is different, but it is so amazing, I love seeing how Ella is with her little baby sister and how helpful and understanding she is towards me and how much I can and can’t do."

She went on: "It is amazing to me that Ella is just 3 years old. I couldn’t ask for a better family, filled with strong women!

"My girls are my absolute world and I can’t actually get over how lucky I am. "

The star melted her fans' hearts and they rushed to compliment her as an "amazing mother".

One person wrote beneath the photo: "You are amazing doing it all yourself I did it I brought up 2 boys on my own it’s hard work but well worth it I now have a 3 year old granddaughter she is just amazing I have her 7 days a week most weeks I just love it x x"

Another said: "She is stunning just like her mummy & big sister x"

Jacqueline and Dan, 27, already share a daughter, Ella, three.

Former TOWIE star Dan and Jacqueline split earlier this year amid allegation he had cheated on her while she was pregnant.

He moved out of their home after Love Island star Marcel Somerville accused Gabby Allen of cheating with Dan on a work trip.

Dan defended snaps that emerged of them together and said on Instagram that he was merely “speaking and laughing with a friend”.

There were also tensions because Dan was working away so much.

But he moved back into their home towards the end of her pregnancy so he could help with the new baby.

He gushed over his kids, including Teddy, four, from a previous relationship, on social media following the arrival of Mia.

He said: "This is what ‘complete’ feels like...all of my incredible, beautiful children together ... feel like the luckiest man on earth."

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