After a short but sweet pregnancy announcement earlier this year, Fleur East has revealed she has given birth to her first baby.
She and her husband Marcel Robin, who she has been married to since 2019, were overwhelmed as they shared the good news with her Instagram followers.
The 36-year-old singer took to Instagram where she shared a gorgeous photograph of herself holding her new arrival in a sling.
And in an emotional post, she revealed she had welcomed a daughter — who they have named Nova.
She wrote: ‘And just like that, our baby girl, Nova, is here!!’
Fleur went on to share that their daughter has a fairly unique birth story, as she ‘entered the world via squat position into the arms of my Husband and I on our living room floor!’
‘One day I will share my birth story with you (what a RIDE!), but for now, we are resting and doing well.’
Fleur said she was ‘so thankful to the amazing midwives who were by my side, my birthing partners (my auntie Tina and my Husband @marcel__robin ) and all of our family who have been helping out and showering us with love. It really does take a village!
‘So grateful to God for this blessing. Our little Nova was born on the 22nd March and it feels like she’s always been here.’
In another photo, she and Marcel cuddled close together with their newborn daughter, while Fleur also showed off the sling with a twirl in a short video.
Congratulations for the new parents came in thick and fast, with TV star Judi Love writing ‘congratulations sweetie,’ and presenter Hamza Yassin saying he ‘can’t wait to meet Nova, and you guys obviously’.
Strictly icon Ellie Leach wrote ‘Oh Fleur! Welcome to the world baby Nova!’
And Angelica bell declared ‘the facts are OUT! CONGRATULATIONS MAMA AND PAPA!’
Fleur had kept her good news quiet for most of her pregnancy, deciding to share the news in January with a bump-cradling photoshoot.
‘2024 is gonna be different…👶❤️,’ she wrote to the delight of her followers.
The Strictly star had been very low-key with her pregnancy, keeping out of the spotlight except for the Brit Awards where she stunned on the red carpet.
She wore a gorgeous figure-hugging glittering brown jumpsuit, rocking her gorgeous natural hair for the event.
‘Baby at The Brits! Me and bump made it to what will probably be the last glam night out for a while, replaced by night feeds and nappies 😂’ she wrote on Instagram.
The couple also shared a hilarious video of her bouncing on a large balance ball, dancing around with her bump, and making it rain nappies with the caption: ‘For anyone wondering how maternity leave is going 😂.’
She posted another video of them together with the teasing comment: ‘Mum and Dad status imminent…🙏🥹✨’
Fleur rose to fame in 2005, appearing as part of girl group Addictiv Ladies on the X Factor who were booted out in week one.
She returned nine years later as a solo artist, storming her way to the finals and finishing runner-up with a cover of Uptown Funk before reaching chart success with her own song Sax.
The former X Factor star previously opened up about her family wanting her and her husband to have children, explaining at the time that she had lots of other things in her life that she wanted to do first.
‘Everyone in my life is begging me to have kids. It’s got to that stage,’ she told The Sun in 2021.
‘Me and my husband are really driven and doing a lot with our own careers. He’s into fashion and I’m doing 10,000 things at once.
‘We definitely want to have a family for sure but we’re not putting pressure on it. Our mums would say different, they’re itching now. They want grandchildren.’
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