Shelby Tribble has announced she’s expecting her first child with boyfriend Sam Mucklow.
In a sweet post shared to Instagram on Monday, the TOWIE personality, 27, cradled her baby bump as she and her co-star beau, 28, held up an ultrasound snap.
The happy news comes just a month after fitness enthusiast Sam’s older sister Billi revealed she’s set to become a mother for the third time with her footballer fiancé Andy Carroll.
Happy news: Shelby Tribble has announced she’s expecting her first child with boyfriend Sam Mucklow
Sharing identical posts, the TV stars captioned the images: ‘Something fantastic is making us glad, we’re changing our names to Mum and Dad.’
The couple appeared in great spirits as they hugged outside their doorstep, with the former Miss Great Britain winner highlighting her growing baby bump in a clingy black dress.
Shelby and Sam were flooded with love from their pals, with heavily-pregnant Danielle Armstrong, mother-of-one Ferne McCann and pal Demi Sims leading the well-wishers.
The parents-to-be, who recently celebrated Sam’s birthday in lockdown, have been friends for a couple of years, but took their relationship to the next level just last year.
Parents-to-be: In a sweet post shared to Instagram on Monday, the TOWIE personality, 27, cradled her baby bump as she and her co-star beau, 28, held up an ultrasound snap
The more, the merrier: The happy news comes just a month after Sam’s sister Billi (pictured with sons Arlo, four, and Wolf, two) revealed she’s set to become a mother for the third time
They reignited their turbulent romance in May 2019, just weeks after calling it quits during an explosive row, which saw him call her a ‘s**g’.
Their brief split saw Shelby date Tom McDonnell, while Sam attempted to pursue Demi Sims.
The beauty pageant queen’s most high-profile relationship to date was with Celebs Go Dating star Pete Wicks in 2018, and Sam was previously in a romance with Ex on the Beach’s Nicole Bass during that year.
Congrats! Shelby and Sam were flooded with love from their pals, with heavily-pregnant Danielle Armstrong, mother-of-one Ferne McCann and pal Demi Sims leading the well-wishers
Cosy: Shelby and Sam were first pictured getting cosy in October 2018, with the two going on to embark on a turbulent on-off romance (pictured over the summer)
Model Shelby previously hinted marriage and babies were on the cards, telling MailOnline last year: ‘For me personally we think about having babies, marriage.
‘He’s got so many qualities that I love in a man and I know that he will make a great partner and dad because of how he is with me.
‘He has so much to offer his work ethic, he works hard, he makes me laugh, caring and supportive.
‘To me he’s an amazing man so why would I not see myself marrying and having kids with him. I really, really love him so of course that is the future. We want to get married and have kids. I definitely see that. I love him so so much.’
Discussing why she fell for Sam, she added: ‘I do trust him, he makes me feel good about myself. Your partner is meant to bring out the best in you and I feel like we do bring out the best in each other and that in itself it won’t make you feel insecure.
‘Some people do have a flirty personality at the end of the day, he comes home to me. That’s his personality. I trust him.
‘The thing with me is me and Sam we were friends initially. I already know what Sam is all about so for me it’s a very different relationship. For me it’s a nice thing.’
Back in October, it emerged Sam had staged a fake engagement to girlfriend Shelby to ‘make his ex Nicole jealous.’
Insiders told MailOnline that Sam wanted to upset Nicole on her birthday and ‘asked friends to congratulate him and Shelby to make the proposal look real.’
Green with envy: Back in October, it emerged Sam had staged a fake engagement to girlfriend Shelby to ‘make his ex Nicole Bass jealous’
A source exclusively told MailOnline: ‘Shelby and Sam aren’t really engaged. They’re not even in the same country – he’s on holiday in Barbados with his family and Shelby is at home. Sam was keen to make ex Nicole jealous on her birthday and ruin her weekend.
‘He wanted the proposal to look real so text several of his famous friends to comment congratulations on his post.
‘Sam decided to leave the show after filming in Marbella ended. He put pressure on Shelby to quit with him so she terminated her contract too.
Masterplan: Insiders told MailOnline Sam wanted to upset Nicole on her birthday (pictured) and ‘asked friends to congratulate him and Shelby to make the proposal look real
Ex files: The beauty queen’s most high-profile relationship to date was with Celebs Go Dating’s Pete Wicks in 2018
Quit: Back in August, Shelby told MailOnline that she was planning a future with Sam, with marriage and babies on the cards (pictured September 2019)
‘Her friends on TOWIE are upset to see her leave and believe she will regret her decision.’ Sam and Nicole parted ways in September 2018, after just six months of dating.
The pair recently shared their plans to leave ITVBe’s The Only Way Is Essex, where they first found love.
A spokeswoman for TOWIE confirmed Sam would not return to this series, saying: ‘We have mutually agreed with Sam that he won’t return to filming this series as he is busy pursuing his other business ventures.’