Coronation Street star announces she's pregnant and confirms gender amid 'rollercoaster' journey

Former Coronation Street star Stephanie Davis has revealed she's pregnant. The actress has confirmed she and her partner Joe McKalroy are expecting their first child together.

Stephanie, who is already mum to seven-year-old son Caben, has said it's been a 'rollercoaster' so far but is praying that the worst is over, so the couple can enjoy the rest of their pregnancy journey from now on.

Stephanie, who recently played Courtney Vance in ITV's Corrie, and Joe, 27, who met during a group therapy session in 2021, revealed the news exclusively to OK! Magazine and confirmed that they are expecting a boy – a little brother to Caben, who is Stephanie’s son from a previous relationship.

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But, as Steph, who is 16 weeks pregnant and due in January, admits, it’s been a tough road. "After my previous miscarriage, I thought, ‘God’s going to be good to us, it’ll be plain sailing.’ But that’s not how life works," she said with a wry smile before adding: "It’s been… a roller coaster."

The couple had been trying for a baby for two years and were going down the fertility route, getting tests, when Steph fell pregnant naturally. "I did the pregnancy test at my mother-in-law’s. I could not believe it. I’ve done a million tests over the past two years and videoed them – the one time I didn’t, it was positive!" she said.

But after subsequent blood tests showed her HCG [pregnancy hormone] levels were far too low and not doubling as they should be, Steph was told at a hospital check-up that she was at high risk of miscarriage.

"The doctor said he believed I was having another