Pregnant This Morning star Sian Welby announces baby's gender live on air ahead of exit

Sian Welby has confirmed the gender of her unborn baby as she prepares to head on maternity leave. The presenter announced the news she and partner Jake Beckett are expecting their first child back in February.

Sian announced the news live on the Capital FM Breakfast show alongside former host Roman Kemp and co-star Chris Stark. She said at the time: "I’ve got a bit of an announcement for you... I’m pregnant! I don’t know how I’ve managed to keep it from you for so long..."

She added at the time: "The lies, the deceit, the mocktails! I couldn’t wait to tell you. This is a whole new journey for me and I want to take you all on it with me, and don't worry I'm not going anywhere! This is going to be a lot of fun and I can’t wait to share it with you all."

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And on Thursday (June 6), Sian became emotional as she was thrown a baby shower on air as the team doted on the mum-to-before she revealed her baby's gender for the first time alongside co-stars Chris and Jordan North, who replaced Roman as host of Capital Breakfast earlier this year.

Sian said on-air that it has been "an absolute pleasure and honour to share this pregnancy with you all". She continued: "I'm at that point where I'm 38 weeks - I've got 11 days to go.

"Before I go off on baby leave I've decided I want to share one more thing with everyone. We are a family. And I have told my nearest and dearest what me and Jake are having because we did find out the sex...

"So I've decided as a huge thank you to all of you that have been on this journey with me, I'm gonna tell you what I'm