In a new Instagram post, Rachel – who appeared on the 2021 series – looked absolutely glowing as she showed off her huge baby belly in black lingerie.
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Wearing a black lace bra, tighters and a silk robe, Rachel posed by running her fingers through her hair.
She wrote alongside the pic: “Ready whenever you are Little R”
It seems her Love Island pals are just as excited about the upcoming arrival, with All Stars villa star Kaz Kamwi declaring: “Aunty Kaz is waiting patiently!!”
Chyna Mills, who has just welcomed her own first baby with Strictly star Neil Jones, sent her words of encouragement and wrote: “You’ve got this.”
Amy Day called her a ‘beauty’ while Leanne Amaning called her a ‘milf’.
Rachel officially announced online she was expecting her first baby in January – and was already far along in the pregnancy.
She shared an adorable video of her baby bump alongside the music What A Wonderful World.
The luxury travel specialist entered the 2021 villa as the third bombshell of the series third bombshell of the series, but failed to find love and was eventually dumped from the island.
By 2022 she had ditched fame and had returned to a ‘normal’ job, working as a group and sale executive for two hotels in London.
She wrote at the time her end goal was “to focus as much as she could on her career, keep doing influencing on the side and hopefully one day be a housewife with babies.”
Rachel has opted to keep her baby daddy away from the public eye, and has not revealed the tot’s gender.
However, she has been open about the struggles she’s faced during her pregnancy in brutally honest posts.
Among the symptoms, Rachel has dealt with hypersalivation – which left her constantly drooling – and struggling to deal with the smell of apples, hair loss and near-constant nausea.
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