Stacey Dooley has recalled the moment she and her partner Kevin Clifton found out they were having a child, and it’s an experience most parents can relate to.
The couple welcomed their daughter, Minnie, in January 2023. They met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018 and have been together ever since.
Stacey, who has candidly spoken about the challenges of motherhood, has now opened up about the moment she found she was pregnant.
Stacey Dooley’s ‘really happy’ pregnant secret with Kevin Clifton
Stacey recalled her and Kevin’s reaction to finding out she was pregnant on the Dish Podcast.
The couple treated the news as their “really happy” secret, before revealing it to the world a few months later. However, the moment she learned she was expecting a child was “quite chaotic”.
Stacey said she wants her daughter to know the truth about the special moment of her life, which she has detailed in her new book, Dear Minnie: Conversations with Remarkable Mothers.
In a letter to Minnie, she talks about buying a pregnancy test from the chemist and testing herself in a Selfridges washroom.
Stacey said: “Just picked it up because I had five minutes and she, she sort of got it. She was such a sweetheart, this woman, she put a bit of Sellotape over the bag so it wasn’”
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