Wonderful news.

Heidi Range and her husband Alex Parakis have announced that they are expecting their first child. The couple got married in September last year in a private ceremony in Italy.

Best weekend of our lives, all we had dreamed of and more. Thank you to our friends & family for making it truly magical, Mr & Mrs P ❤️ X

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They have now confirmed to Hello Magazine that Heidi is due in January. Speaking about the news she said:

"It has been a big year for us. Our wedding was amazing and then I had hoped I would fall pregnant straight away. But as each month went by I would take a test and I got used to it always being negative. So when it came back positive it was a shock. Alex was asleep and I came running into the bedroom with the stick, saying, 'Is that a cross? Am I pregnant?"

She went on to talk about the conception:

"We moved into our house at Easter after spending two years renovating it and we think that was the same weekend we conceived. It was like it was meant to be. It was so special that it happened in our first family house together. It's made our home have this lovely feeling about it."

Overjoyed with the news Heidi says that took a second test to be sure before telling her mum:

"I wanted to be sure before I told her so I made Alex go out to buy another test. I gave him the stick to check this time and he told me we were having a baby. I then went downstairs and put it on the kitchen counter in front of my mum. She started jumping up and down, saying, 'Oh, my baby is having a baby!' About five minutes later we were googling prams and nurseries. My sister Hayley has already bought name books. They are dying to know whether we are having a girl or a boy so they can start buying clothes."