Pregnant Laura Whitmore displays her growing bump in a cream jumper ahead of Irish TV appearance

She’s set to welcome a baby girl with husband Iain Stirling later this year.

And Laura Whitmore highlighted her growing bump in a cosy cream jumper ahead of an appearance on Ireland’s The Late Late Show on Friday.

The Love Island presenter, 35, took to Instagram to share a collection of snaps of her glamorous look as she prepared to chat to host Ryan Tubridy about her new book.

Laura looked effortlessly stylish in the loose-fitting chunky knit jumper with pearl-studded neckline from Simone Rocha’s new collection with H&M. 

The presenter opted for a statement red lip and pulled her glossy blonde tresses back with a black ribbon. 

Laura shared the snaps with fans as she prepared to speak to Ryan about the release of her new book, as well as the much-anticipated return of Love Island this summer.

It comes as Laura confirmed that she and husband Iain are expecting a baby girl on Thursday, after Lorraine Kelly ‘dropped a clanger’ by letting slip the gender during her show. 

She confirmed her baby’s gender in an excerpt from her new self-help title, No One Can Change Your Life Except for You. 

She said: ‘As I finish this book, it doesn’t end at chapter nine, there’s a new chapter coming into my life – in the form of a baby girl currently growing inside me and that scares the s**t out of me.  

‘I once swallowed a bug and freaked out there was a live bug inside me. A live human is a whole new level of freaking out but I am excited because there’s a lot of good in the world, there’s a lot of potential.

Reflecting on impending motherhood, Laura said: ‘I want to bring up my child knowing that she has her own story to write.’ 

‘She will be supported and loved. But she is the heroine of her own life, no-one else.’

This comes after Lorraine let slip that Laura was set to welcome a daughter,noting that the mother-to-be will likely want to pass advice on to her ‘baby girl’.

To which Laura, slightly taken aback, replied: ‘Well, my baby… yes,’ as she and husband Iain had been yet to confirm the gender of their unborn child.

Laura has documented her pregnancy on social media and previously said she is due in ‘early 2021’. 

The star is hoping to be back at work this summer for the next series of Love Island which was pulled off air last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.  

Late last year, it was revealed Laura and Iain had secretly tied the knot in a Humanist ceremony at Dublin’s City Hall on November 11.

Taking to Instagram to celebrate the start of 2021, Laura finally confirmed the nuptials while sharing a beautiful snap from the pair’s big day.

The couple have been together since the summer of 2017 and Iain is believed to have proposed in South Africa in early 2020 when they were filming the winter series of Love Island.