Love Island’s Olivia and Alex Bowen welcome baby as they share cute name and first pic
Married couple Alex and Olivia Bowen, who met on Love Island in 2016, have welcomed their first child together
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Olivia and Alex Bowen have become parents after she gave birth to their first child.
The married couple, who met on Love Island in 2016, have welcome a baby boy after keeping the sex a surprise throughout the pregnancy.
Posting to Instagram, new mum Olivia wrote: ‘Abel Jacob Bowen. You are everything. 10/06/22.”
Olivia looked every inch the proud mum as she gazed down adoringly at her new son while dad Alex beamed at the camera.
Alex then shared a second snap to his Instagram page that showed him cradling his boy while Olivia leaned on his shoulder.
“Abel Jacob Bowen, but you can call him AJ…. the day our lives changed for the better,” gushed the dad.
Proud parents Olivia and Alex Bowen showed their new baby son to the world on Instagram
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It wasn’t long before the smitten pair were inundated with congratulatory messages from fans and a few Love Island stars. Voiceover man Iain Stirling was one of the first to comment, as he told the couple: “Congratulations you guys!!!!!!”
Katie Salmon, who also starred in Series 2 of the ITV show, penned: “So happy for use! Sending all my love to all 3 of you.”
Jack Fowler, Danny Williams and Sam Bird also sent their best wishes in the comment section.
Dad Alex revealed they were shortening Abel Jacob’s name to ‘AJ’
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( @ab_bowen/Instagram)
Olivia and Alex are parents!
Olivia and Alex got their new year off to a flying start by announcing they were expecting a baby together on January 1st.
And she’s since explained how lucky she feels to have fallen pregnant so soon after they started trying.
Olivia told New magazine: “We were actually only trying for a couple of months.
“So we are so, so grateful and so, so lucky to be able to conceive that quickly.”
She also opened up about why they were keeping the gender of their baby a secret, only finding out when the little one was born.
Olivia said: “We’re keeping the sex a secret. We just feel that there aren’t many genuine surprises in life, so to leave that right to the last minute will be really exciting.”
Olivia and Alex, 30, have been in the public eye since appearing on Love Island together, and are used to sharing their life together on social media.
But they admit that they haven’t yet decided if they’ll share their baby with the public or not.
They practiced with a fake baby on Love Island in 2016
Many celebs openly share images of their baby on social media, while others choose to blur their faces and give them anonymity.
Alex and Olivia will make that decision about their child after they’re born and depending on “how they feel” about it all.
The couple recently headed off to Tenerife for a ‘babymoon’ holiday to enjoy one last trip together before becoming parents.
The blonde beauty proudly cradled her baby bump and looked stunning as she posed up in an orange bikini.
Her sizzling snaps came after she admitted she didn’t truly love her body until she was pregnant.
Olivia on her babymoon
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( Olivia Bowen/Instagram)
Pregnancy made Olivia love her body
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( Instagram)
Opening up on Instagram, she wrote: “‘I find it mesmerising that I LOVE my body right now during this pregnancy.
”I don’t think I’ve ever truly loved my body but right now I literally could stare all day! I know it’s going to get difficult for me in the last months and after I think, but soaking in this self-love right now.”
She also told MailOnline: “I’m so excited to become a mum. It feels very surreal still to even say it, but we both can’t wait for the next part of our lives. Alex is going to be the best dad – he’s so caring, kind and a big kid at heart.
“My pregnancy is going really fast; We still both can’t quite believe it’s happening. We’re having to stop ourselves buying all the baby clothes at the moment, we just get too excited.”
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