ITV Emmerdale star expecting first child with husband months after fairytale wedding

Emmerdale star Isabel Hodgins and her husband Adam Whitehead have announced they are expecting their first baby after tying the knot in April.

Emmerdale star Isabel Hodgins and her husband Adam Whitehead have announced they are expecting their first child in a sweet post. The pair, who tied the knot less than four months ago in a romantic fairytale wedding in Manchester shared the news with fans on social media on Saturday evening.

In a sweet Instagram snap which showed them both lovingly gazing into each other's eyes while holding up their baby scan pic, they wrote: "First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes… Baby Whitehead." The newlyweds, who have been together for three years after meeting at the gym, previously told the Mirror that having a family was their "next step" but it seems they did not expect it to happen so soon.

In an exclusive chat with OK! they shared the news as Isobel said: “It’s something that we wanted to happen, but now it actually has, it’s weird... it’s still sinking in!” The 31-year-old, who has played Victoria Sugden on the ITV soap since she was 12-years-old, revealed how she broke the news to her husband as she revealed: “He actually told me!”

PE teacher Adam, 28, explained: “Isabel was late by a few days, so she did a test. But then, she just threw it on the floor and it was upside down just lying there."

Isabel chimed in: "I didn’t want to look at it, as I felt it would make time go slower to stare. But Mr Impatient comes along to look at it and sees that it’s positive.

“But I thought, ‘Surely we can’t trust it because it’s been upside down, so it might have impacted the result.’ We rushed to Boots to buy three more, and they were all positive too, so we thought it must be right!”

The mum-to-be is now almost four months into her pregnancy.

Despite being over the moon about their news, Isabel admitted: "It’s exciting but also scary, because it has happened so fast and it’s our first time”.

She added that she's feeling "pretty knackered" already as her first trimester has not been easy.

The Emmerdale actress said: “It’s hard to know how to feel because you’re so excited, but also, for me there’s been so much fatigue. So I’m like, ‘I’m so happy but please let me nap!

“I didn’t know what to expect, but I think it has been tougher than I thought because it’s been a bit of a roller-coaster. But luckily, I haven’t been very sick, so that’s a plus."

Isabel and Adam are already well under way with designing their little one's nursery and revealed that they are sticking to neutral colours as they have decided to not find out the baby's gender until after giving birth.

While the pair only met face to face a few years ago and have been on a whirlwind romance since then, their story actually goe back much further to when they were both just newborns.

After they started dating, Adam and Isabel discovered they had actually been born in the same hospital and even went to the same school, but due to their three-year age gap, they did not know one another.

Addressing their 'invisible string' relationship throughout the years, the Emmerdale star said: “It’s a weird story to tell people, the fact that we went to all these places and never knew each other until further down the line. It’s something nice to tell the kids".

Adam sweetly said during the interview that he believes his other half was born to be a mother.

Speaking to Isabel he said: "You’re just a natural with kids. You just seem to gravitate to them and you want to mother them — even when they’re not yours!”

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He continued: “For me, I knew I wanted kids at some point but it wasn’t until I met Isabel that I knew it would happen soon. Because I’m a teacher, I’m quite used to being around them and so I think it’ll come quite naturally. Well, I’m hoping one baby is easier than 750 teenagers!”

Speaking about taking a step back from Emmerdale for maternity leave, Isabel said: “I will miss it. I love the people there, but I’ve worked there for 19 years, so I feel like I’ve done what I’ve wanted to do and been selfish with my career.

"Now, it’s time to devote my life to being a mum, that feels right to me. But there’s still FaceTime, so they won’t forget me!”