Emmerdale star Danny Miller is set to become a dad again, as his wife is pregnant with their third child.
The Aaron Dingle actor, 34, and childhood sweetheart Steph Jones, whom he married in 2022, are already proud parents to three-year-old son Albert and two-year-old daughter Edith.
Taking to Instagram this weekend, the couple announced that their family is growing, as Steph showed off her baby bump.
Posing for a black-and-white photoshoot, mum-to-be Steph wore a crop top that displayed her belly as she and Danny held hands with Albert and Edith.
Danny wrote in his social media caption: ‘Three is the magic number…’
They were quickly inundated with congratulatory messages from fellow soap stars, with Paula Lane commenting hearts and Brooke Vincent sharing clapping emoji.
‘Congratulations!!’, wrote Georgia May Foote.
‘Mate congrats!!!! 😍🙌❤️’, added Lucy-Jo Hudson.
Emmerdale newcomer Bradley Riches wrote: ‘CONGRATS LOVELY XX’, while Lisa Riley added: ‘So much love 😍😍😍’
Danny later took to his Insta Story with a mirror selfie of Steph in which she proudly displayed her blossoming bump in a figure-hugging black jumpsuit.
He sweetly wrote: ‘Can’t wait to see you become a mum again soon. So proud of you.’
Danny repeatedly heaps praise on his other half via social media. Just last month for Mother’s Day, he penned an adorable caption in which he declared her an ‘incredible woman’.
Describing Steph as an ‘inspiration’, Danny wrote: ‘I can only stand and watch in awe of you @stephjones1710.
‘I adore you more so now, than I ever did in year 9,10 and/OR 11 – because you were born to be a Mother’.
He added that he is merely her ‘back-up assistant in the minimal times [she] needs a loud voice and firm tone’.
‘I love you more than you’ll ever know and I will continue to do so as long as I live’, Danny concluded.
He and Steph frequently share an insight into their home life and the trials and tribulations of parenthood, including getting pregnant.
Appearing on Loose Women in 2023, Danny and Steph discussed her polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the struggles they faced when trying to start a family.
Recalling the period before Albert was born, Steph shared: ‘We had been trying for six months, and we hadn’t conceived, and it was getting quite close to the wedding, so we thought with the stress of the wedding, and we were moving house, trying for a baby too, it’s quite stressful when you’re tracking your days…
‘We had some fertility investigations again and we needed Clomid (a fertility medication) to stimulate the ovaries…
‘This time (when trying for their second baby) it only took a month, and we were quite surprised, weren’t we? Because last time it took six months of Clomid with Albert, and this time it was just the first month.’
The Manchester-based soap star has been playing Aaron since 2008. He initially left the Dales in 2012 and took on roles in Scott & Bailey, Lightfields, and Jamaica Inn.
After two years away, viewers welcomed Danny back to the soap in 2014, and he’s been a regular as the much-loved mechanic ever since, tackling hard-hitting storylines covering sexual abuse, self-harm, and infidelity.
In 2021, he took part in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and emerged victorious as the new King of the Jungle.
