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The only way is expecting! Baby joy for Lauren

- by JOSH STEPHENSON

FORMER TOWIE star Lauren Goodger has announced she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Charles Drury, three months after confirming their relationsh­ip.

Lauren, 34, revealed she is three months pregnant in her column for new! magazine yesterday, saying the baby is due in July.

It has been a whirlwind romance with Charles – whose former girlfriend­s include Katie Price, 42. Lauren moved him into her Essex home in late October, within weeks of their first meeting.

The star admitted the 23-yearold builder was initially sceptical when she told him her pregnancy test was positive.

Lauren added: ‘It’s exciting and we’re really happy. It’s difficult, but we’ve just got through it.’

Recalling the day she suspected she might be pregnant, Lauren explained: ‘I was in bed not well with a cold. We went and bought a test from a bargain shop and I did it – I couldn’t believe it! I rang him (Charles) and he was like, “You’re lying, you’re joking.”

‘He didn’t believe the test! I did a digital one as well and he walked around with it in his bag for about three days.’ A source told The Sun: ‘Charles has moved into her Essex home and they’re really loved up. ‘She’s head over heels for him – friends can’t believe how fast she’s fallen for him. Everyone’s hoping she’s finally found The One.’

Only last month Lauren said she wanted ‘marriage and family’ following years of disappoint­ment. She was previously engaged to Towie co-star Mark Wright, who went on to marry Our Girl star Michelle Keegan. Lauren suffered a miscarriag­e in 2013, when she was with Jake McLean, her on-off boyfriend between 2012 and 2016.

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REX Towie favourites: Lauren with her ex, Mark Wright, in 2011
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Whirlwind romance: Charles and Lauren

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