The 30-year-old actress is 19 weeks into her pregnancy after dreaming of starting a family "for so long"
EASTENDERS star Lacey Turner has revealed she is pregnant with her first child following two devastating miscarriages with husband Matt Kay.
The couple - who married in September 2017 - shared their baby joy in the latest issue of OK! Magazine, with Lacey, 30, showing off her growing bump in a mustard yellow polka dot dress.
The star told the publication: "I can’t wait to nurture our baby – we’ve dreamed of having a family for so long.
"When you’ve lost babies all you care about is the heartbeat - we’ve had about 12 scans."
Lacey - who plays Stacey Fowler in the BBC One soap - has never spoken about her miscarriages, but admitted she had struggled to come to terms with what happened for a long time.
She said: "'It felt like my whole world had fallen to pieces and there’s nothing you can do apart from try and put it back together.
"I blamed myself thinking that I’d done something wrong. I’d think, why me? What did I do?
"But, of course, I hadn’t done anything wrong – it’s all down to chromosomes and luck, really.
Lacey told how speaking to other women who had miscarried helped her deal with her pain and thankfully, their unborn baby is healthy and due to arrive in mid-July, just a couple of months before their second wedding anniversary.
However it hasn't all been plane sailing, as Lacey has had to deal with the dreaded morning sickness.
She said: "Sea sick bands were my best friend! I’d only take them off to have a bath.
"When I was wearing them, I’d time it so I’d get up 20 minutes earlier, throw up and then drive to work. I was okay as long as I was eating constantly!"
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