Coleen Nolan breaks silence on daughter's pregnancy and addresses babysitting expectation

TV star Coleen Nolan has opened up about her daughter Ciara Fensome's pregnancy. The Loose Women panelist has addressed the news today after her youngest child announced that she's pregnant over the weekend.

Ciara, 24, revealed on Saturday that she's expecting a baby with her fiancé Maxx Innes, a year on from the news of their engagement. She announced the pregnancy on Instagram alongside a photo of herself cradling her baby bump on a beach whilst on holiday on Rhodes with Coleen, 60.

Coleen's eldest children Shane Nolan, 36, and Jake Roche, 32 - whom she shares with her first husband Shane Richie, 61 - are already parents. She's now addressed preparing to welcome another grandchild into the family when her daughter Ciara, whose father is Ray Fensome, gives birth.

She spoke about the news on Loose Women this afternoon. Coleen announced on the ITV show: "My daughter Ciara is expecting. So it'll be my third grandchild." She revealed that Ciara is already in her second trimester of the pregnancy.

Coleen also shared that she has known for some time but had been keeping the news quiet. Amid discussion with her co-stars, she said: "We've known for ages, but we've been trying ... y'know they like to keep it all secret until it's y'know."

She said that Ciara is looking forward to welcoming the new arrival into the family but is also "scared". Coleen added that she's been teased herself over potential babysitting duties and is already planning a nursery at her home.

Coleen said: "She's so excited. She's really scared and really worried, and she just keeps saying 'I mean you'll have it most of the time' and I'm like 'not sure that's in the contract'. But anyway, I will ... I'm already planning the nursery."

Further teasing over her plans, she told the other panelists on the show earlier: "When all my grandkids are there, I'm gonna have a room for them all. Y'know when they come and stay." She went on to excitedly add: "I love it!"

Coleen has since posted about Ciara's pregnancy on Instagram. She wrote about the news alongside a photo of them together, seemingly from their recent trip to Rhodes. It showed them stood together as Ciara cradled her bump.

In the caption, Coleen teased to her followers this afternoon that she can't believe her youngest child Ciara is pregnant. She wrote on the platform: "I'm going to be a nanny for the 3rd time!! I can't believe my baby is having a baby!"

Coleen concluded by congratulating her daughter and future son-in-law over the news that they are expecting a baby. She wrote: "Congratulations to my beautiful daughter Ciara and her fiancé Max, over the moon for you both."

The singer tagged Ciara, who later shared it on her own account, in the post. Coleen also included Billie Eilish's song What Was I Made For? - which featured on soundtrack of the film Barbie - in her post about her daughter's pregnancy.

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